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An enduring mystery of modern global politics is why the biggest threat to security the one most likely to kill hundreds of thousands or millions of people has been …

Bishkek, Kygyzstan - The Kyrgyz capital still shows deep scars from last week’s bloody overthrow of President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, which left at least 81 dead and more than a …

Gambier, Ohio - Ohio's U.S. Senate campaign offers an excellent preview of what this fall's midterm elections will be like: Everyone in the race wants to be an outsider, …

Coal consumption has costs — this week's explosion at a West Virginia mine, which killed 25, made that clear. Those costs aren't limited to human lives, either. Massey Energy …

New Orleans - Southern Republicans wrapped up a three-day meeting in New Orleans Saturday unified in fervent opposition to President Barack Obama, but wide open at this early stage …

Among things that TV did indeed change, Calvino suggests, is the way we view our leaders.

The racial and homophobic slurs launched on Capitol Hill finally solidified the Tea Party's reputation. What we knew all along was out in the open - that the Tea …

Who should care about the future of the university? Why should they care? The university used to be an elite institution that most working people rarely encountered. The training …

Washington - The confirmation battle over the replacement for Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, who announced his retirement Friday, could become one of the most heated US political …

Candidates pull out, charging that President Omar al-Bashir has rigged the polls. Juba, South Sudan - Voters in Africa’s largest country are going to the polls Sunday through Tuesday …