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With municipal elections approaching, conservatives and progressives are sparring over congestion in the city center and how to fix it.

The biggest episodes of the past have altered the course of human events, according to researchers. An emerging one is drawing historic comparisons.

"I feel like we have given him to the world," the filmmaker said in a conversation with The New York Times. Her next movie is about one of India's greatest artists.

Decision making in Iran is guided by a small group of men associated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.

Our Beijing bureau chief, Keith Bradsher, describes how China's enormous housing crash is affecting economies all over the world.

Property prices in Shanghai, in particular, are rebounding, but the national market still faces an enormous overhang -- 90 million empty or unfinished apartments.

While many Cubans were divided over the legitimacy of the U.S. charging Raul Castro with murder, the hope for developments that might ease their suffering is widespread. "This has to change."

Even the most capable autocrats need help hanging on to power. Mediocre officials are often best for the job, according to new research.

Aid cuts by the Trump administration have shut down crucial disease surveillance networks and medical supply chains in East Africa.

Cuba's ambassador to the United Nations said in an interview that Havana wanted to talk but the Trump administration was creating pretexts for military action.