A judge declares former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his partner guilty of charges including embezzlement in their second trial.

Heavy rains and severe flooding sweep through the Australian state of Queensland -- the aftermath of tropical cyclone Tasha.

Ten years ago, the Lisbon neighborhood was a hellhole, a "drug supermarket" where some 5,000 users lined up every day to buy heroin and sneaked into a hillside honeycomb of derelict housing to shoot up. (Dec. 27)

A top military official says new warnings about insulated beverage containers are an example of federal officials trying to anticipate terror tactics. (Dec. 24)

Barbara Starr explains why the Haqqani network along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border is a threat to U.S. forces.

Ivorians unevenly followed a general strike aimed at pressuring their incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo to step down, largely sticking to the same fracture lines that marked the West African nation's civil war eight years ago.

Max Foster talks to Atika Shubert about WikiLeaks and its founder, Julian Assange.

Nine men have been remanded in custody charged with conspiracy to cause explosions in the UK and other terrorism offences.

After the latest conviction of oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Jeffrey Brown examines political dissent, the rule of law and the legal system in Russia with Anna Vassilieva and Dimitri Simes.

Eugene Chausovsky examines the political scandal surrounding an Estonian political leader and Russia's alleged influence over him.

Kyung Lah tours a photo gallery designed to create unified opinion about South Korean national security.

Sudan stands at a crossroads with the people of the South set to vote in January on whether to become an independent state.

A discussion on the challenges cities globally will face.