Two former generals are being questioned about their alleged involvement with a group suspected of plotting to overthrow the government

Authorities are trying to determine whether the killer was a lone madman or part of a new terror campaign

Despite hard-line rhetoric and rumors of war, key figures in the Tehran regime suggest a compromise may be afoot

A visit to the once hostile, radical slum shows new life -- but also frustration at what residents see as government neglect

The Portuguese attorney general denies any decision has been taken on closing the investigation

Violent crime is rampant in Venezuela's capital. For help, some residents have turned to the spirits of dead villains

Bowing to the German government, the company supplying the embattled regime with its hyper-inflating bank notes has stopped deliveries

Mugabe and his opponents consider talks, but neither accepts the other's terms for power sharing

Colombia's rebel movement may have suffered several blows, but don't tell that to Comandante Alberto and his bitter-enders

As the quest for bin Laden founders, one of the few Western journalists to have met him argues that al-Qaeda's leader may be poised to strike again