A roundup of links to local stories of global importance from around the world.

Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderón will discuss the drug-related violence that has caused more than 10,000 Mexican deaths in the past three years and may be inching across the border.

A roundup of links to local stories of global importance from around the world.

Wide Angle interviews Bruce Klingner, North Korea expert at The Heritage Foundation, about North Korea’s recent rocket launch.

Buzzwords appears each Friday on the Wide Angle blog and breaks down the lingo, jargon and hot topics of the world’s headlines.

Hillary Clinton vowed to speed the delivery of equipment promised in the Merida Initiative, a security partnership between the U.S., Mexico and other Central American nations to combat drug trafficking and organized crime.

A roundup of links to local stories of global importance from around the world.

A roundup of links to local stories of global importance from around the world.

Nowruz is a secular holiday with roots in the Zoroastrian religion, celebrating fertility and renewal and dating back thousands of years to ancient Persian kings.

A roundup of links to local stories of global importance from around the world.

Will the Obama administration reverse Bush's antagonism towards the ICC?

"The bigger question is political--how the Obama Administration responds to the new constitution," said economist Mark Weisbrot.

What do Joe Biden, Leon Panetta, and Hillary Clinton have in common? They're all expected to serve in high-level positions in the Obama administration, and they've all appeared as distinguished guests on WIDE ANGLE.

The Turkish Prime Minister makes his first public speech in the United States outside of the United Nations Security Council.