A look at al-Qaeda's role in stoking friction between Algeria and Libya.

A rebel military leader says about 50,000 people have been killed since the beginning of Libya's uprising to oust Muammar Gaddafi six months ago. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.

While a recent spike of violence in Iraq raises concerns as U.S. forces prepare to leave, the U.S. military maintains they see no return to sectarian warfare.

After 26 years of disruption regular train services link Argentina with neighbouring Uruguay.

Syria's Bashar al-Assad attends prayers at a Damascus mosque, as demonstrations continue across the country. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.

Oil giant ExxonMobil and Russia's state-owned energy provider Rosneft announced a partnership to explore oil and gas reserves in the Russian Arctic.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Tuesday, the U.S. can't be a leader by "hoping our enemies will hate us less," during remarks at the 112th Veterans of Foreign Wars National Convention in San Antonio, Texas.

Vishnu Varathan expects inflation in India to rise slightly above 10%, and that will be the RBI's key focus for the year.

New reports of U.S. involvement in Libya.

As another deadline for the completion of the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant passes, analyst Reva Bhalla examines the complexities in the Iran-Russia relationship.

Errol Barnett talks to John Defterios on the European Union moving ahead with an oil embargo on Syria.

Amnesty International says it has documented the cases of 88 people who have died in Syrian prisons

A German pressure group calls for higher taxes on the country's rich.

Anti-Gaddafi fighters have moved closer to the deposed Libyan leader's birthplace of Sirte as the country's interim council gave his loyalists there an ultimatum. The stark message was surrender by Saturday or face a bloody end.