As the world is astonished by the bravery of the young Pakistani girl, attention is being given to the man whose ambitions inspired her courage
TIME talks to a specialist about the procedures the young girl is going through and the difficulties ahead as she attempts to rebuild her life
On deck for Tuesday: Vietnam's Communist Party apologizes for corruption, the Ibrahim Prize for good governance in Africa has no winner this year, Gary McKinnon's extradition to the U.S., Cuba lifts travel restrictions and Karadzic seeks praise for promoting peace at trial in The Hague.
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic cast himself as a "mild man, a tolerant man" who tried to prevent war and then worked to reduce casualties on all sides in the bloody 1992-95 Bosnian conflict, as he opened his defense in his long-running genocide trial Tuesday
An exclusive look at a leaked 43-page document detailing the winning strategy of a ruling party gubernatorial candidate
On deck for Monday: North Korea's apparent progress is only skin deep, criminal activity in Latin America takes a heavy toll on the environment, and the Pakistani girl who was recently shot by the Taliban has been sent to Britain for specialist hospital care
The former monarch, who died Monday in Beijing at 89, was at various times a playboy prince, a teenage King, an independence leader, an elected Prime Minister, an exile and, later, a peace negotiator
Seven years ago, almost no one in Guinea-Bissau could imagine that just 1 g of a bland-looking white powder could be worth more than their average monthly salary
China's demand for elephant ivory, which is still widely seen as a status symbol on the mainland, has transformed the port city of Hong Kong into a major transit point for illegal trade
As Turkey and Syria trade fire, the one war Turkey is already fighting — its conflict with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party — has become the most violent in more than a decade
Whether by accident or attempted coup, the shooting of the President of Mauritania removes a key ally just as France is contemplating a military strike against allies of al-Qaeda in north Africa
