There Won't Be a Crisis in India – Unless It Is In One Already As readers are probably aware, India's government is trying to "fix" its own economic policy mistakes by curtailing the economic freedom of its citizens, or putting it differently, by adding new mistakes to the old ones. Most prominently, it has slapped large import duties on gold, which has led to a soaring business in gold smuggling (policing India's borders sounds like an impossibility). Recently it has also...
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge spent a few quiet weeks with Prince George out of the limelight. With the whole world waiting to hear what the newborn is like, however, Prince William couldn't stay silent forever. On Monday, he gave his first interview since George was born, and in it, the Prince...
Egyptian authorities have arrested Muslim Brotherhood chief Mohammed Badie, escalating a crackdown on the group following the military&aposs ouster of president Mohamed Morsi. The 70-year-old Badie was taken into custody early Tuesday in a neighborhood of eastern Cairo...
Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) speaks to reporters shortly after the Maine House and Senate both voted to override his veto of the state budget on June 26. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) told a group of Republicans last week that President Barack Obama "hates white people,"...
Fort Meade, Md. -- ArmyPfc.Bradley Manning should spend 60 years in prison because he betrayed the United States by giving classified material to WikiLeaks, a prosecutor argued Monday. The soldier's lawyer didn't recommend a specific punishment, but suggested any prison term shouldn't exceed 25...
The spiritual leader of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood was arrested in Cairo as part of an army crackdown on supporters of ousted President Mohamed Mursi that has killed about 1,000 people. Mohammed Badie was detained in an apartment in the Rabaa district and accused of giving instructions to Muslim...
The leader of militant Islamist sect Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, may have died of gunshot wounds some weeks after a clash with soldiers, the Nigerian military says. Past reports of Shekau's death have proved false and there was no independent confirmation of the army account. In a statement, the...
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria - Nigeria's military says the leader of an Islamic uprising in the northeast "might have died" of a gunshot wound. Lt. Col. Sagir Musa said in a statement Monday that intelligence reports available to his task force "revealed that Abubakar Shekau, the most dreaded and wanted Boko...
