The real wild card for unrest in the Middle East over the next 20 years is water.

US Senator Sam Nunn on Iran's nuclear aspirations.

60 percent of Americans say the war has not been worth fighting.

A usually staid weekly Papal audience was spiced up this week with an acrobatic performance by a troupe of topless men.

A wooden boat smuggling as many as 100 asylum seekers smashed against the cliffs off Christmas Island, a day earlier.

Chinese PM Wen Jiabao has begun a three-day official visit to India to boost trade between the two Asian giants

Protesters in Greece clash with police in central Athens, exchanging petrol bombs and tear gas

As European Union leaders begin their end-of-year summit in Brussels, investors want them to focus on a single vision of how to resolve the eurozone's debt crisis.

Washington welcomes Beijing's pledge to take action on issues of U.S. beef imports and software piracy.

Restaurant chain McDonald's is marking its 20th anniversary in China with plans to double its size in the world's fastest growing economy.

Elizabeth Bumiller of the New York Times talks with Margaret Warner about an upcoming review of the war in Afghanistan, and what intelligence reports reveal about the region.

In Afghanistan's Herat region, U.S. aid projects are succeeding, but Afghan government is getting the credit.

North Korea nuke technology is more advanced than Iran's

Both Arabs and Jews remain open to peace and fear more violence if there's no two-state solution.