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When Texas Gov. Rick Perry announced plans to run for president, he made a point of noting that it was his wife, Anita, who urged him to go for it, to get out of his "comfort zone."

Joblessness can be particularly tough for those in middle age.

Vladimir Putin's planned run for the presidency next year comes as no surprise to U.S. policymakers.

In the coastal Mexican city of Acapulco, teachers are out on strike — not over wages, working conditions or pensions, but because of crime.Teachers say they're being extorted, kidnapped and intimidated by local gangs and they're refusing to return to their classrooms until the government does someth

After seven months of protests in Syria, the international community has stepped up economic pressure, and some of Syria's traditional allies have turned into critics.Yet President Bashar Assad presses on with a relentless and bloody crackdown, and his government seems to be operating on its own tim

Will Chris Christie run or not?Rumors have been flying faster than ever about whether the New Jersey governor will go after the Republican nomination for president.

"We need Greece," Maurice Minot, a Frankfurt taxi driver, told me, swerving in excitement. "We need Spain, we need Italy. It's the dream for Europeans, for more than a hundred years."