The evolving situation in the Middle East and North Africa.

The historic old town of Florence, Italy, now has a replica counterpart in China featuring renaissance colonnades and luxury shopping.

Egypt's military rulers were quick to take credit Tuesday for a strong turnout in the first elections since Hosni Mubarak's ouster, a vote that appeared to be the country's freest and fairest in living memory.

Euro zone finance ministers are under pressure to resolve the euro zone debt crisis as they meet in Brussels, where they're expected to agree on details of leveraging the EFSF bailout fund and are likely to approve the next aid installment for Greece and Ireland.

A life-sized nativity scene made entirely out of ice blocks is unveiled in the Austrian city of Graz.

Several thousand Afghan war veterans and Chernobyl victims clash with police in central Kiev.

Drawdown plans announced by the U.S. and more than a dozen other nations will shrink the foreign military footprint in Afghanistan by 40,000 troops at the close of next year.

Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski delivers an impassioned plea to Germany to save the euro zone, as Italy comes under more market pressure - and France faces a potential downgrade.

Tensions escalate and anti-U.S.sentiment grows following deadly NATO attack on Pakistani military outposts.

Declaring himself 'deeply disturbed' by the storming of the British Embassy in Tehran, President Barack Obama strongly urged the Iranian government to hold those responsible to account.

Vice President Joe Biden is in Iraq. The surprise visit will focus on charting a new relationship between the two countries after all American forces have left.

Unless Europe's political leaders come up with a 'shock and awe' solution, Alastair Newton, says a Eurozone breakup could come very soon.

How could collapse affect our economy?

Peter Schiff on efforts to resolve the European debt crisis.