A program that unveiled a powerful vision for the post-recession economy that is ultimately led by metropolitan areas.

China's leaders have pledged to step up their efforts to keep inflation under control and keep its robust economic growth on track.

A stalemate threatening to throw the European Union's financial planning into disarray could be resolved at a meeting in Strasbourg on Monday.

Richard Holbrooke, a top U.S. diplomat, died after emergency heart surgery to fix a torn aorta. He was 69-years-old.

A nursery school nightmare in Eastern France has ended,but not before a 17-year-old intruder held young children and their teacher hostage for hours.

Swedish prosecutors said authorities are certain the suicide bomber who terrified pre-Christmas shoppers was Taimour Abdulwahab, an Iraq-born Swede who spent much of the past decade in Britain.

Richard Holbrooke, a distinguished US diplomat who helped broker peace in Bosnia, has died at the age of 69.

Nic Robertson reports from Kabul, Afghanistan, on the impact of the death of Ambassador Richard Holbrooke.

Nic Robertson finds out why former Taliban members who've put down their weapons now want peace.

Kamran Bokhari discusses the firing of Iran's foreign minister and how the move illustrates the Iranian president's ability to steer through domestic opposition and push his foreign policy agenda.

Is WikiLeaks a force for good, allowing journalists and ordinary citizens a glimpse at what diplomats and politicians are doing in our name?

UK student protestor Johann Hoiby vows to continue the fight.

Donna Kwok of HSBC on the debate over the dollar's future as the world's reserve currency.

Brief interview with Ukraine's Foreign Minister Kostyantyn Gryshchenko.