IBT Staff Reporter

No end to headaches over how to deal with Iran's nuclear program, even among the closest of allies.

Taxpayer money is sent to help save the troubled Japanese utility, but that sum won't be coming back for the foreseeable future.

How easy is it to pick on a 16-year-old girl for cheating?

Japan's Ministry of Defense warns about the growing influence of the Chinese military on Beijing's regional diplomacy.

An independent U.S. government auditor gives a dismal assessment of American efforts at infrastructure building in Afghanistan.

The U.S. Air Force's new 30,000 pound Massive Ordinance Penetrator is impressive, expensive, and possibly not enough to kill the target it's meant for

A bit of good news, from one of the scariest places on the planet, to mark the anniversary of 59 years of non-peace.

China's biggest political scandal in recent years is raising eyebrows again, after months of quiet and guesswork -- and may usher in a major political development

How well protected are the London Olympics? As it turns out, incredibly well.

Syria is one of the few countries on the planet to have a large stockpile of some of the deadliest substances known to man. What's it doing with them now?

This time, China's bid is unlikely to be blocked by the government, as its attempted takeover of Unocal was seven years ago

Sudan must press ahead with reforms to ensure its economic stability, an International Monetary Fund mission said on Wednesday, while welcoming the country's recent moves including scaling back its fuel subsidies and devaluing its currency.

Britain has contingency plans to send a powerful fleet to Syria; France may even send an aircraft carrier; Russia is sending 11 ships; and then there are the Americans. Are they all there just to bring back any evacuated civilians?

Republicans torpedo a treaty in the Senate, and the U.S. remains outside the bounds of a major international maritime agreement. Together with a few unsavory names

A fancy new aircraft upgrade for the Marines is causing a backlash in Japan and exposing years of tensions over U.S. forces in the country.

The Kalashnikov is a modern icon - one that's responsible for uncountable deaths, possibly including those in the Colorado massacre. It's cheap, it's plentiful, and in the middle of America, pretty easy to find

What guns laws are like elsewhere in the world, and how the U.S. outranks every other nation in gun ownership

China uses Africa conference as an opportunity to respond to foreign criticisms of its expanding relations with the continent.

King Jong-un, a young man with zero military experience, now holds the highest rank in North Korea's armed forces -- and as bizarre as it is, there are more interesting political developments yet to come

The deaths of major Syrian military leaders in a spectacular strike on the capital are tipping the playing field, but don't expect the conflict to end anytime soon.

Chinese fishermen make neighbors angry again -- this time the Russian coast guard, which hit suspected poachers

At least 75,000 protesters took to the streets of Tokyo to protest plans to restart nuclear energy. By Western standards they are exceedingly mild-mannered, but they question they raise is very serious - the word's third-largest economy may depend on it, in fact

China's aging and diminishing population is not a surprise, but experts lament that little is being done to prepare society for its effects.

America's leading cyber warrior is distressed about a potentially grim future for cyber-security.

How do we make sense of reports coming from Russia that it intends to send a large fleet of ships on maneuvers off Syria?

The potential for a silver, but greasy, lining to a cloudy story about quality control and food safety in China.

North Korea's now got its own version of the loveable Disney pantheon, but the phenomenon is revealing of much more than Americanization across the globe.

Russia isn't the first place that comes to mind when thinking of free speech, but that's exactly where the second World Media Summit was held. Attendees including BBC and CNN heard about a free press from Vladimir Putin, and about world harmony from the North Koreans.

Asian shares crawled higher on Tuesday after sharp losses the day before but gains were limited as investors, worried about a global economic deceleration, waited for Chinese trade data due later in the day that could set the tone for risk appetite.