Where the defense budget should fall in budget priorities.

Colin Bradford: The G-20 leaders will focus mainly on the sovereign debt crisis in the EU and rightfully so; but there are other issues that also need their attention.

Anne Kamau: Currency volatility is a growing problem for a number of African countries in these hard economic times. These countries have a lot to offer the global marketplace but they need investment dollars to help spur economic growth.

President Obama recently announced all U.S. troops will leave Iraq by the end of this year. What might be the strategic and political fall-out?

High Court tells Wikileaks founder Julian Assange he is to be extradited to Sweden over alleged sex crimes.

A U.S. soldier is sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping a South Korean teenager.

People in other districts of western Bangkok flee their homes as floodwaters rise.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai says he needs greater accountability from the Taliban before peace talks can begin

Nearly 20 people are arrested for protesting the absence of opposition parties in Russia's upcoming elections.

Wall Street suffered through the worst two-day sell-off since September as talk of a possible Greek default resurfaces.

David Buik, partner at BGC Partners, says the Greek Prime Minister's decision to call a referendum is destroying market confidence and jeopardizing the EU bail out plan.

Alastair Newton, Senior Political Analyst at Nomura talks about dire situation and risks that come with the Greek referendum.

Adam Shapiro on how the Greek referendum vote will impact the rest of the Eurozone.

The announcement seems to signal that the Assad government is willing to accept the terms of an Arab League brokered deal to end the months-long turmoil that began in March.