So you think China's 6 percent growth will power a global recovery. Think again.

The Obama administration is reacting to the anticipated launch of another North Korean long-range ballistic missile, expected to fly over the Pacific toward Hawaii sometime soon, by putting missile defense on alert. That's a big change from last time.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il decided long ago that nuclear weapons were his best protection against an external threat of regime change.

Staving off California's financial meltdown will be the toughest role ever for Hollywood hero Arnold Schwarzenegger as he enters the last 18 months of his governorship.

Halfway through 2009, the U.S. economy is still struggling in recession amid fragile hopes for recovery by the end of the year.

Whoever becomes head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog later this year will have to tackle a deep political divide over a nuclear fuel supply plan aimed at keeping the world safe from the spread of atomic weapons.

The controversy surrounding celebrity writer Wu Dan-ru's childbirth has come down to a Rashomon moment.

If the aftermath of the credit crunch is a financial landscape featuring fewer banks, each even bigger than before because of government-engineered mergers and opportunistic takeovers of weaker brethren, then we should all be very afraid.

President Barack Obama has accomplished some extraordinary things, but can he really shoot down a fighter jet?

The fallout from Iran's disputed presidential vote is dimming what were already modest prospects for meaningful negotiations with Tehran over its nuclear program.