It needs it. The economy has slumped since the Arab Spring in 2011. Political unrest and a series of currency devaluations have scared off foreign investors.
Foreign companies run an "extreme risk" of being linked to modern forms of slavery in both countries, according to a new report from Verisk Maplecroft.
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte called the US ambassador to his country a "gay son of a bitch" in a speech, prompting US diplomats to raise the issue with their Filipino counterparts in Washington.
One day, Michael Andrew Ryan sat down at a computer, hopped onto a hidden part of the Internet known as the dark Web, called himself "Gunrunner" and opened for business.
Amnesty International has accused the Australian government of a "mass cover-up" after more than 2,000 case reports were leaked detailing abuse on the Pacific island of Nauru.
Three elderly people have been killed in fierce wildfires that are ravaging the Portuguese island of Madeira, destroying dozens of homes, a local official said Wednesday.
Tonya Harding vs. Nancy Kerrigan; the Russian and US ice hockey teams; Carl Lewis and Ben Johnson; Mary Decker vs. Zola Budd -- the Olympics have always played host to some intense rivalries, sometimes personal, sometimes geopolitical.
Late Sunday at an art-deco restaurant in Copacabana, three recent Harvard Business School graduates from Brazil chatted casually as they kept tabs on the soccer match on display behind the bar.
