Mark Bergin | Zimbabweans are starving and inflation is out of sight, but Auntie Paula's motto is "I can't say no"
Jill Nelson | U.S.-Russia relations aren't taking into account Moscow's growing number of mysterious murders
Mindy Belz | Extortion remains one of the rules of the road in still dangerous provinces
Washington congregations stage a protest rally outside the White House, asking the next president to ban torture
Christians had started returning to Iraq's third largest city, but a militant attack on Wednesday may continue to keep them away
Mindy Belz | Assassination and fear spread through Iraq's Nineveh Plain
Thanks to improved security, control of the southern province of Babil was ceremoniously handed over to the Iraqi government
Mindy Belz | War is hell, but rebuilding Iraq's political infrastructure is no picnic.
Jill Nelson | Instability in Pakistan puts a region-and U.S.
Alisa Harris | Proposals gaining steam at the UN concern freedom and life advocates