The latest chapter in lessons of Kim Jong-un's saber-rattling has left us with this: South Korea and U.S. are pretty convinced North Korea isn't that serious about making good on its bellicose threats of war. So why is the U.S. continuing its own show of force by moving a big ole missile destroyer and a mobile-radar station in the direction of North Korea?
In a turnaround for the Pentagon, the U.S. has agreed to help French troops deploy to the west African nation, where the French military is currently trying to push back on the ground against a growing faction of militants.
Everybody knew that the British loved to conquer lots of countries for their precious empire. It's not until somebody sits down and actually counts all of them that we realize just how many.
Hillary Clinton arrived in China on Tuesday, in what's likely to be her last trip there as Secretary of State, but that milestone didn't stop China's state-run media outlets from printing scathing editorials about her and the U.S.'s growing unpopularity in the country.
Maybe it's the weather up there: Two recent polls show that fewer Canadians than Americans doubt climate change's occurence.
Only one thing is certain in Syria following the resignation of U.N. special envoy Kofi Annan: It will be impossible to find a more seasoned diplomat to fix the mess it's in.
Li Guilian is the woman in charge of making those non-American American Olympic uniforms, and she just can't understand why we're all so mad that Ralph Lauren's makers are Chinese—especially since China gives us such wonderful cheap products.
If the berets and double-breasted young Republican look that the U.S.'s Olympic athletes will be wearing during the opening ceremony in London aren't doing it for you sartorially, we'll give you one more reason to hate these things. Ralph Lauren had these duds made in China--just like four years ago.
This morning we were greeted by some pretty dismal retail sales figures, but according to Yahoo's Daniel Gross, you shouldn't fret just yet.
While the rest of the world has plenty to say about American foreign policy, our stalling exports, and our ugly tourists, the United States still has something that everyone wants. Spoiler: it's sperm.
In news that's probably going to make you want to shake your head and sigh, it seems Pakistani government officials, still sore from the Osama bin Laden raid, have become so paranoid about spies that they're cracking down on international aid--to the detriment of their people.
Apparently America's nuns are being way too lenient on gay rights, abortion, and women's ordination--which is why the Vatican reprimanded and ordered disciplinary action against the largest and most influential group of Catholic nuns in the United States.
The New York Times on the U.S.'s energy boom and the fate of nuclear energy, The Guardian on bees, AccuWeather on icebergs, and the Associated Press on seals
And things were going so well with North Korea. The secretive, ornery regime in Pyongyang which agreed to stop enriching uranium and stop testing long-range missiles in exchange for food aid from the U.S. is now planning to launch a rocket. For science, though.
U.S. diplomats this morning are trumpeting an agreement they reached with North Korea to end its enrichment of uranium and its frightening, chest-thumping long-range missile tests. Does this signal a friendlier regime under Kim Jong-Un?
Bucking the trend of the currently-escalating U.S.-Iran tensions, the American Navy has rescued a 13-member crew of an Iranian fishing boat who had been held hostage by Somalian pirates for 40 days.
Now that robots have proven they can clear IEDs, tour the then-radioactive Fukushima nuclear power plant, and observe endangered tortoises, the next natural step for these overachievers is investigating dangerous drug tunnels.
Cartoonist Nick Anderson makes light of Iran's newly-acquired drone.
The Iranian government is airing images of the captured U.S drone plane on its state-run, English-language TV station this evening, reports CNN, and it looks like it's in pretty good shape considering that Iran claimed to have shot it down.
Following the publicized lack of an Obama apology for the airstrikes which ended in the friendly-fire death of 24 Pakistani soldiers, the U.S. is vacating a drone base in Shamsi base in Pakistan--a move that sounds way more serious than it actually is.
In exchange for releasing Warren Weinstein, a 70-year-old American aid worker who they may or may not be holding captive, al Qaeda is demanding an end to airstrikes in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia, and Yemen; the release of Taliban suspects worldwide; and the release of all Guantanamo detainees.
U.S. officials are claiming that Pakistan had given their approval for the American airstrikes that accidentally killed 24 Pakistan soldiers on Saturday, adding to the messy aftermath and political posturing of this friendly-fire tragedy.
The White House has decided that President Obama will not apologize to Pakistan for the deaths of two dozen soldiers in NATO airstrikes last week, which means Pakistan will have to settle for a sorry from Hillary Clinton instead.
In news that sounds scarier than it might actually be, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has issued a threat that Russia can aim its missiles at the U.S. missile defense sites in Europe if his concerns about the U.S. missile defense shield aren't met, according to the AP.
Robert Samuelson on the debt deal, Jane Mayer on Keystone XL, Gordon Crovitz on tent cities, Lawrence Summers on income inequality, and Yan Xuetong on China's rise.
Russia and China are spinning why they won't condemn the Syrian regime
Cartoonist Steve Benson on Palestine's bid for statehood
Presidents must renew the embargo annually under a decades-old act
It's time for our regular roundup of propaganda from around the world
Reactions to a report that the FBI bugged the Israeli Embassy in Washington
The state-run news agency emphasizes that the teams have made up
Cartoonist Tom Toles shares his view of the U.S. health care system
He'll replace Bob Bradley, who was fired yesterday
But won't say who participated or what the talks touched on
The French defense minister says the rebels and Qaddafi loyalists should negotiate
Germany has reportedly struck a secret tank deal with Saudi Arabia
U.S. officials are implicating Pakistan's spy agency in Saleem Shahzad's death
Cooks invited to compete at ambassador's house in Ottawa
The U.S. has used a drone strike to kill at least one al- Qaeda operative
The U.S. says Pakistan helped in the lead-up, but Pakistan's story is less clear
The sanctions will target Bashar al-Assad's relatives and intelligence chief
The report comes as an Afghan pilot kills six coalition troops in Kabul
Apparently they didn't like Hillary Clinton's speech last week
Ecuador's quite a feisty country; Mexico at least waited for the ambassador to resign
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