The viability and prospect of finding solutions to the current euro crisis.

Foreign policy analyst Anne-Marie Slaughter talks about why she left her job at the U.S. State Department, motherhood and the new feminism.

More than 100 people have died in Bangladesh and around a quarter of a million have been affected, as heavy rains cause flash floods and mudslides.

China's Hu inspects PLA troops in Hong Kong.

Capsule carrynig Chinese astronauts returns safely to Earth.

Mexico prepares for Sunday's presidential elections amid accusations that front-runner Enrique Pena Nieto is buying votes.

Leaders from the 17 countries sharing the euro sealed a dramatic deal Friday to direct emergency measures at crisis-hit Italy and Spain and boost the embattled economy, sending markets sharply upwards.

Italy and Spain held up agreement on measures to promote growth at a summit of European leaders. The two countries are under market pressure in the euro zone crisis and demanded urgent action to bring down their borrowing costs. Joanna Partridge reports from Brussels

Michael Woolfolk discusses his expectations for the EU summit. He adds that unfavorable market and political conditions could be a drag on the euro.

Stan Grant explains what the completion of this ambitious mission means for the future of China's space program.

Matt Zeller talks about the safety in the Middle East.

In the face of the ongoing violence in Syria, Kofi Annan, the joint United Nations-Arab League envoy, is pushing yet another plan to try to end the fighting.

Thomas Costberg of Standard Chartered discusses European leader' talks on ending the debt crisis.