Ravi Somaiya

A third inquiry into the "climategate" e-mails—documents from a climate-research center that skeptics claimed proved global warming was a hoax—has cleared the scientists of any wrongdoing. But what exactly was the scandal?

Human-rights campaigners say that a 43-year-old mother of two who says she confessed to adultery under duress will be buried up to her breasts and stoned to death as soon as this weekend.

The Obama administration has consistently disguised victory as defeat—because it is as terrible at politics as it is effective at policy. Maybe the president needs some steel in his cabinet.

It's not just the 4th of July holiday that's raising memories of revolution. The idea of active anti-government resistance, once the province of the fringe or a mere historical parable, is now a common component of the national discourse.

Today CNN announced that Eliot Spitzer would be co-hosting a talk show in the prime-time 8 p.m. slot. It's a remarkable comeback for the once disgraced governor of New York. Here's how he did it.

Jamaican authorities finally captured suspected drug lord Christopher "Dudus" Coke yesterday. It marked the end of a violent years-long battle that revealed a cozy relationship between gangsters and politicians in that country.

Robert Mugabe sees a newly mined diamond deposit in Zimbabwe—so rich it is described in The New York Times as "a freak of nature"—as the key to extending his 30-year rule over the country.

A Rolling Stone profile includes insults against Vice President Joe Biden, Ambassador Karl Eikenberry, special envoy Richard Holbrooke, and President Barack Obama himself. National security adviser James L. Jones is referred to as a "clown."

Representatives of several oil companies will stand in front of a federal judge today and ask for a moratorium on deepwater drilling to be lifted. The government argues that more work needs to be done to assess the issues associated with drilling at depth. BP CEO Tony Hayward argues ... well, nothing really. He was busy racing his yacht over the weekend.

Ronnie Lee Gardner, a convicted murderer who opted to be put to death by firing squad, was strapped to a chair at a prison in Draper, Utah, and shot with .30 caliber bullets just after midnight. Here's how it happened.

In an interview with Britain's Sky News, BP chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg revealed that CEO Tony Hayward, reviled by many, will hand over day-to-day dealings with the gulf oil spill to managing director Bob Dudley.

Over the course of the last two months, the estimate for the amount of oil billowing from the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico has gone from 1,000 barrels per day to 60,000 barrels. Here's a brief history of who was wrong, and when.

While the gulf oil spill gets all the attention, less high-profile but often equally damaging oil and gas spills continue across America and around the world.

The former Vice President, often blamed for setting the stage on which the BP oil disaster played out, had been mysteriously silent as critics rallied against him. He finally responded in a speech.

Mark Kirk, the Republican contender for Barack Obama's former Illinois Senate seat, had previously misrepresented his military service in the course of campaigning. Now his oft-recalled time as a teacher is being questioned too.

Sharron Angle, the Republican nominee for Harry Reid's Nevada Senate seat, has called for armed revolt against the government. Glenn Beck's new novel, "The Overton Window," encourages concerned citizens to pick up a gun, too. And they're not the only public figures calling for violent insurrection.

At the U.N., where it must answer for the sinking of a South Korean warship, and at the World Cup, where rumors of odd behavior are rife, North Korea has been dragged uncomfortably into the spotlight.

The last four years of Mexico's drug wars have already killed at least 23,000 people. Last night more than 40 died as rival gangs clashed in prison and federal police officers were ambushed in two other attacks.

Afghanistan has struck gold. And iron. And copper, cobalt, and lithium. A U.S. survey discovered almost $1 trillion of mineral deposits there, reports The New York Times. But it may not be good news.

Three days of clashes between Kyrgyz and ethnic Uzbeks in south Kyrgyzstan have killed hundreds of people. It is the worst ethnic violence in the region in recent years.

In South Carolina's surprising Democratic Senate primary, Alvin Greene's opponent and at least one political expert suspect foul play. A look at the anomalies in the results.

When the Obama administration, or the media, contradict the former vice president's views on national security, he is far from shy about expressing his distaste. But facing a firestorm of criticism over the oil spill, he's been notably silent.

First BP said about 5,000 barrels of oil were leaking into the Gulf of Mexico each day. Then an independent panel revealed it was more likely to be between 12,000 and 19,000 barrels. Now a federal group revised that to as much as 30,000.

Last month, according to a United Nations report, about 600 people were killed violently in Darfur—the largest number since the U.N. was deployed in 2008. So why aren't we paying attention anymore?

Some eccentric and unusual candidates snuck under the wire in Tuesday's primaries and will be competing in November's elections. Here's our guide to the fringe candidates to watch.

The former governor's barbs against President Obama over the oil spill leave some inconvenient truths out of her own history.

Newly revealed internal safety investigations carried out by BP indicate an alarming pattern of neglect and a culture skewed towards silencing whistleblowers. The reports were turned up in an investigation by ProPublica and The Washington Post.

The federal panel investigating the financial crisis subpoenaed Goldman Sachs on Monday for information on the company's role in contributing to the recession, with commission chairman Phil Angelides citing Goldman's "deliberate effort to run out the clock" as a factor in the subpoena.

Wondering how poor Bernie Madoff is faring in prison? A new report describes an unrepentant man who boasts of his fraud and lives a relatively cushy life inside the big house.

It's a sad end to a wonderful career, but perhaps not too surprising for a woman who was increasingly partisan in her golden years. Helen Thomas, who turns 90 on Aug. 4, announced her sudden retirement Monday following a firestorm of controversy over some ill-chosen remarks about Israel, which found their way onto YouTube.