Palash Ghosh

French/Corsican mobsters may have been contracted by the US mafia to murder John F. Kennedy.

Mexico's name was originally designed to follow the example of the United States of America.

Simone Gbagbo is the first woman ever charged by the ICC.

The ‘American Dream’ is dead – or at best, suspended.

Ahmadinejad’s term expires next August, however Khamenei exercises ultimate authority in Iran.

Sarkozy allegedly accepted hundreds of thousands of euros from Bettencourt during his 2007 presidential campaign.

Security along the 560-mile border between Turkey and Syria is of grave concern to Ankara.

The Church of England defeated a measure to allow women as bishops.

The Beatles' epic and sprawling White Album represents the absolute peak of pop music creativity and versatility.

At one time, France had as many as 3,600 troops in Afghanistan, making it the fifth largest NATO contingent.

The UK government has spent $162 million to improve Nigerian schools, and plans to spend more than $200 million over the next seven years.

Ellinah Ntombi Wamukoya became the first female Anglican bishop in Africa.

Fermanagh in Ulster will host next year's G-8 summit, making it the highest-profile event ever held in Northern Ireland.

Cypriots who fought against British rule during the 1950s now want to sue the UK government for torture.

Honor killings are widespread in India, among all ethnic groups and religions, but especially so in rural Bihar.

Barack Obama's friendly kiss of Aung Sang Suu Kyi may not have intended to offend, but public displays of affection are discouraged across Asia.

The latest presidential election and cable TV news coverage underscored the extremely polarized state of politics in the contemporary U.S.

Mike Ditka is a throwback to a long-vanished America.

As former possessions of the British Empire, India and Ireland have enjoyed long political and cultural links.

A Buddhist monk committed suicide at a monastery in France, but it's unclear if he was expressing solidarity with Tibetans.

The UK has suspended all financial aid to the Ugandan government over evidence of corruption and misuse.

The tragic death of an Indian woman in a hospital has renewed the call for Ireland to reform its abortion laws.

One-fifth of all vendetta-type murders in France occur in Corsica.

A new biography of Jean-Marie Le Pen, suggests he is not a Nazi and did not torture prisoners in Algeria.

Brazilian scientists hope to save eight species from extinction by cloning them.

Conservation officials in Galapagos islands will eradicate 180-million rats to protect native species.

Despite its image as a violent and repressive country, executions are quite rare in Pakistan.

Bangladesh has one of the highest rates of traffic fatalities in the world.

Britain's Education Department will cut one-fourth of its workers within two years and slash administrative buget by half within four years.