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Mitt Romney has vowed to increase the Navy’s shipbuilding program, but the cuts faced by the Defense Department suggest that even maintaining the fleet at its current size would be no easy feat.

The country’s constitutional court ruled on Friday that President Abdoulaye Wade could seek a third term, and threw out the candidacy of Youssou N’Dour, a popular singer.

Hijackings have declined sharply in the past year, but where interdiction ends, a problem begins: what to do with the detained pirates?

After years of hearing lectures on fiscal prudence from the West, many in Latin America are left with bewilderment, and even a little schadenfreude, at the West’s problems.

After the handover of relatively calm regions, control of more volatile areas in eastern Afghanistan is being transferred amid doubts about the ability of Afghan forces to handle security.

The Scottish government recently passed a law making it illegal for fans to attack each other using religious or ethnic slurs in chants, Internet postings and even stray remarks at the pub.

Could America build a lunar base during an eight-year Newt Gingrich presidency, as Mr. Gingrich promised this week? The obstacles would lie in money and politics.

The resentments of many political activists toward the Muslim Brotherhood spilled into a public spat, and opponents of the leadership of Syria stormed its embassy.

Russia remains a staunch defender of Syria, providing it with a political lifeline as well as arms and ammunition.

The protesters of Occupy W.E.F., short for World Economic Forum, framed the big issues of the day with the same conviction as those in the Davos conference center.

The British government’s so-called money transfers prop up its poorer regions, keeping them from the kind of collapse suffered in euro zone nations like Greece.

The former governor of Massachusetts moved past his rival, Newt Gingrich, heading into the final weekend before the vote.

Khaled Meshal has effectively abandoned his long-time base in Syria, where a popular uprising has left thousands dead, and has no plans to return, Hamas sources in Gaza said on Friday.

The data show that the new government of Mariano Rajoy is struggling with an economy that is sliding toward recession.

From iguana safaris to zydeco bars, these vacations will satisfy children, and their parents too.

President Nicolas Sarkozy on Friday said French troops would leave a year early, by the end of 2013.

Jean-Claude Mas, the founder of a French company that used substandard silicone in thousands of breast implants, was placed under formal investigation, his lawyer said Friday.

The American economy picked up steam last quarter, with output growing at an annualized rate of 2.8 percent, a faster rate than the 1.8 percent of the third quarter.

The average daily death toll has risen to 11 in the last month, up from 9 for last year, amid concerns about a resurgence by Al Qaeda in Iraq.

The growing assertiveness of a loosely organized force in Syria hinted at the expanding role of the armed opposition in a movement that began peacefully more than 10 months ago.