Dozens of exhausted train passengers have arrived in the south of France more than 13 hours late after a series of incidents along the way. Jon Decker reports.

In Northern Ireland thousands of homes and businesses are without water because of leaks in the main supply.

Passengers escape without serious injuries after an Israeli train catches fire.

Russia's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday fired back at U.S. and European criticism of the second conviction of jailed oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, telling Western leaders to mind their own business. (Dec. 28)

The U.N. charts escalating Afghan violence despite the troop surge.

Kamran Bokhari examines a proposal originating from a meeting between Turkey, Afghanistan and Pakistan to make the Afghan Taliban a legitimate political entity.

Peter Beinart looks at why Middle East peace talks have fizzled, despite President Obama's "reset."

Two experts discuss a new U.N. report that shows a clear deterioration in security in parts of Afghanistan this year.

The last remaining police officer in the Mexican border town of Guadalupe has disappeared, and prosecutors in northern Chihuahua state said Tuesday they have started a search for her.

Possible motives and intentions behind the recent parcel bomb attacks.

Iran and North Korea's nuclear ambitions trouble Western nations.