The DRC is scheduled to hold multiparty elections for only the second time in five decades.

Peter Godwin untangles his country's complex and tragic history, and shows us the arc of President Mugabe's brutal career.

Egyptian militant Saif al-Adel reportedly named interim leader of terror group.

Nicaragua's Telica volcano shoots gas and ash into the sky as authorities consider evacuating nearby residents.

Libyan rebels continue to fire rocket attacks at Muammar Gaddafi’s forces near the Ajdabiya front line, as the UN tries to negotiate a ceasefire for humanitarian aid.

Hundreds of protesters, angered by an overnight NATO raid that they believed killed four civilians, clashed on Wednesday with security forces on the streets of a northern Afghan city. (May 18)

Shortly before his death, Osama bin Laden purportedly recorded a message praising the Middle East protest movements and predicting that revolutions would spread across the region as the Pakistani Taliban vow to step up their attacks. (May 19)

Dominique Strauss-Kahn steps down as head of the IMF after sex assault allegations in the United States.

President Obama imposed sanctions Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's and six other top Syrians, responding to deadly crackdowns on anti-government protests. Chip Reid reports.

Al Jazeera journalist Dorothy Parvaz speaks about the "terrifying experience" of being detained in Syria.

Activists across the Arab world have been using Facebook as a tool to organize the wave of anti-government protests.

Nathan Hughes and Rodger Baker examine the tactical and strategic reasons behind China's blocking of a United Nations report on missile technology sharing between Iran, North Korea and Pakistan.

China's government warns of severe energy shortages. CNN's Ramy Inocencio reports.

Gen. Barry McCaffrey, discusses the future of America's involvement in Afghanistan.

A bride dumped by her fiance is dramatically rescued as she threatens to jump from a high rise building in her wedding dress.