Irreconcilable differences between supporters of ex-President Thabo Mbeki and those of his rival Jacob Zuma may lead to the creation of a new party

Author Hooman Majd offers rare insights into the politics of the Islamic Republic

As Sotheby's wraps up a Hong Kong auction, contemporary Chinese artists appear to be among the Asian art world's first casualties of the global financial crisis

The global credit crisis leaves the tiny Nordic nation on the brink of bankruptcy

Prime Minister Gordon Brown faces the tough job of restoring trust in a severely battered sector

In the ongoing regional meltdown, Japan's stock market suffers its steepest daily drop since 1987, and Indonesia closes its exchange after shares fall by more than 10%

A pilot police program to intimidate known offenders is not exactly scaring them out of their wits, but the mere presence of bobbies on the beat helps keep down crime

Volunteers and NGOs are setting up classrooms across India to try supplement a national education system that they say does not make the grade

Kenyan officials found bureaucratic reasons to throw controversial writer Jerome Corsi out of their country