Institute gives poor youth a shot at their dreams as cuisine increasingly becomes a point of national pride.

Three women dead and two others injured at party attended by thousands of people in Madrid.

Rebels kill at least 28 government soldiers in attacks on three checkpoints on main road from Damascus to Aleppo.

Testimony published in Israeli daily claims the 1988 killing of Abu Jihad in Tunis was planned by the Mossad spy agency.

Editor Costas Vaxevanis charged with publishing names of wealthy Greeks with Swiss bank accounts.

Meet the top consultants, advisers, and pollsters behind Barack Obama and Mitt Romney's candidacies.

Costas Vaxevanis "innocent" after he was tried for publishing list showing 2,000 Greeks with Swiss bank accounts.

At least six people killed after tropical storm batters region with heavy rains, forcing 150,000 to evacuate homes.

US president begins final tour of battleground states after storm Sandy kept him off the campaign trail for three days.

Former Kashmiri fighters face difficult challenges as they try to start new lives in Pakistani refugee camps.

Security at NATO-led military coalition tightened to prevent attacks by Afghan forces on foreign troops.

Fresh cases being reported years after disease was wiped out, as spending cuts curtail insecticide spraying.

Rights group slams government for mistreating suspected members of armed movement blamed for hundreds of killings.

Interior ministry says forces will "firmly" confront protests as opposition figure accused of insulting emir is freed.

Millions remain without power as authorities are clearing roads amid rising death toll.

As Israel prepares for elections, many of the country's Palestinian citizens feel that there is little hope for change.

Activist churches also need to be regulated for spreading sorcery-related propaganda.

US regulators gave bank 30 days to show why it should not be penalised for manipulating physical electricity prices.

Change could help politically ailing President Cristina Fernandez court the youth vote ahead of next year's elections.

Veteran editor Costas Vaxevanis in court after publishing names of 2,000 Swiss bank account holders.

A Romanian journalist discovers that the dictatorship of the past still casts an influence over people's lives today.

"Legitimate rape" comments have divided the party, but Akin is seeing a resurgence of support.

American voters pick their commander-in-chief not by true popular vote, but through the enigmatic Electoral College.

Young voters are still behind the president, but admit they are not as enthusiastic as they were in 2008.

Ramping up rhetoric appears to be a vote-winner, but may lead to diplomatic problems.

New South Wales law would make it illegal for driver to have any physical contact with device while driving.

Canadian judge to examine video footage of "dehumanising treatment" of 19-year-old who went on to commit suicide.

Myanmar wants to end its global political and economic isolation but international attention is also casting a spotlight on a bloody cycle of ethnic violence.

As Mexico's drug war rages, we ask if the new government can end the violence and steer a democratic path to prosperity.

Witness tells Reuters that an explosion at a petrol station in the Saudi capital has levelled an industrial building.

Regardless of who wins the US elections, Obama's war on civil liberties gives future presidents deadly capability.

We ask whether the judiciary and political opposition are agents of change in this volatile nation.

One indigenous tribe is engaged in a life and death struggle against the big business interests flooding their land.

Tony Harris takes a personal look at Baltimore's inner city and an education system failing black Americans.

Why have the US presidential candidates been avoiding discussing climate change in the run up to the elections?

Hundreds of Kurdish prisoners go on hunger strike to demand reform.

People displaced by territorial dispute with Cameroon are asking the Nigerian government for help.

The 17-nation bloc had a jobless rate of 11.6 per cent in September, while inflation eased slightly in the last month.

Soldiers deployed following deadly clashes in Tunis suburb over arrest of Salafist in connection with assault.

Asia's youngest nation announced that its police are now "assuming full responsibility for maintaining law and order".

Millions of people are left without power or transportation after Hurricane Sandy sweeps ashore, flooding New York.

The story of the Arab revolution that was abandoned by the Arabs, forsaken by the West and forgotten by the world.

Meet the top consultants, advisers, and pollsters behind Barack Obama and Mitt Romney's candidacies.

Seven women said to be among eight civilians killed in Helmand bombing while seven policemen die at Zabul checkpoint.

Thousands moved to higher ground and schools and ports shut as low-lying areas are at risk of flooding.

Difficulties in importing medicine and equiptment having adverse affect on health of up to six million patients.

Some economists don't get paid to know about the economy, but to justify the trickle-up of wealth.

Brahimi holds talks with Chinese officials in Beijing as Assad's forces continue attacks on rebels in Damascus suburbs.