A tornado ravaged three neighborhoods in the outskirts of the Bolivian city of Cochabamba, damaging dozens of private homes and warehouses but was not responsible for any deaths.

Van Rompuy on Thursday addressed the current economic and financial challenges facing the euro countries.

US President Barack Obama opend door to new US ties with Myanmar.

Workers move in to Bangkok's domestic Don Muang airport preparing to reclaim it after the worst floods in 50 years.

China said Friday its just concluded docking mission with the Shenzhou 8 capsule is a major step toward its independent space station.

Pope Benedict XVI has had his first meeting with Italy's new leader on the tarmac of Rome's airport just before taking off for a trip to Africa.

New Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti said on Thursday that the European single currency's future will be partly decided on how Rome deals with its economic woes.

The 2012 candidate discusses trade with China, and the Super Committee.

Mousab Azzawi of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights discusses the violence some say looks a lot more like civil war.

Columbia University Business School Professor Frederic Mishkin on the European contagion risks facing U.S. banks.

Europe is America's second biggest export market and as their economic crisis grows, U.S. businesses deteriorate along with it. Anthony Mason reports on American progress resting on European shoulders.

Amateur video out of Syria purportedly shows military defectors taking arms against government troops and tanks. NBC’s Richard Engel talks to Andrea Mitchell about the video. MSNBC has not independently verified the video.

Amb. John Bolton weighs in on the IAEA resolution

Bob Parker of Credit Suisse discusses the debate over the European Central Bank's role in the debt crisis.