Analysis: The U.S. demand for a settlement freeze forces Israel's leader to choose between Washington and his settler supporters, or to find a way to convince both that he is doing their bidding
The day before Iran went to the polls, Mir-Hossein Mousavi, the leading reform candidate, agreed to talk to TIME Magazine
Bruised by the parliamentary expenses scandal, humiliating losses in European and local elections, and a series of Cabinet resignations, Gordon Brown survives the threat of a leadership challenge. But 12 years on, New Labour is running out of ideas
As the violence in Russia's North Caucasus region escalates, the Kremlin is waking up to the fact that it may be losing control of its lawless semi-autonomous republics to the south
The U.N. Security Council has approved tough new sanctions against North Korea for its recent nuclear test
As supporters of Ahmadinejad's challengers go to the polls on Friday to vote, they are armed with an arsenal of instructions on how to contribute to making Iran's presidential elections "fair"
This cover of Obama as Chairman Mao, spotted by the Quirky Beijing blog at Beijing's Joy City mall, is not an official TIME product.
In a surprising boost for the Obama Administration Middle East agenda, Lebanon's American-backed ruling coalition maintained its majority in parliament after the country voted in record numbers.
Bodybuilders celebrated the Mr. Afghanistan competition in Kabul, in spite of security and money woes
Brazilian and French crews begin to locate debris and bodies from the Air France Airbus tragedy
Foreign investment in Burma's abundant natural resources is picking up around the isolated nation, but there is little hope that its benefits will reach anyone but members of the country's ruling military junta
From freestylers in Shenyang to rappers in Beijing and on the airwaves, hip-hop is on the rise in China
Coppola's Tetro: An Offer You Can Refuse
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A Fond Farewell to Analog Television
10 Questions for Janet Evanovich
Family Tech: Top-of-the-Line Backyard Smoker
Afghanistan's Real Strongmen
In Russia, a Recession-Plagued Town Revolts
Gabon Faces Bongo's Disastrous Legacy
The Music-Making of Pelham 123
Bomb Blast Hits Peshawar Hotel