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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pays an unexpected visit to Kirkuk on Tuesday, as the Turkish army sends soldiers about 1.5 miles into northern Iraq in a hunt for Kurdish rebels.

For analysis of news and events from Africa, Farai Chideya talks with Edmond Keller, professor of political science and director of the Globalization Research Center on Africa at UCLA. This week, they discuss violence erupting in eastern Congo and South Africa's ANC party electing a new leader.

The Mingyong glacier is melting as temperatures rise on the Tibetan plateau, an area scientists say is warming almost twice as fast as the rest of China. Climate shifts are changing the lives of the villagers there and threatening their futures.

In a recent surge of violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, hundreds of thousands of civilians have been caught in the crossfire as government troops and rebel fighters fight over land and natural resources. Ethnic tensions have worsened the conflict.

Meth has been a major headache in San Diego County for 60 years. Some might say that’s long enough to figure out what to do about it. Others might reply that it’s a complicated local, national, regi

This is the face of a teenager who uses crystal meth. The face of Abbie Richardson who started drinking and smoking marijuana at 14-years old. By 16, she was hooked on speed.

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, a Democrat from Texas, is taking up the cause of Megan Williams, who alleges she was tortured and raped. Lee is hoping for the case to be classified as a hate crime — Williams is black, the accused are white. Joining Rep. Lee to discuss the case is Megan Williams' legal advisor Malik Shabazz.

A new state audit out today says CSU campuses don't always consider gender and ethnicity when hiring professors. The report says women and minorities were not always represented on hiring search commi

As Kosovo's future remains in doubt, the city of Mitrovica, the province's most divided community, is noticeably tense. Members of the Serbian community say they can't live in an independent Kosovo under majority Albanian rule. Albanians driven from the north say they want to return to their homes.

An ice storm was not enough to keep the Democratic presidential candidates from meeting in Des Moines for a debate focusing on issues of concern to minority voters. During the debate, candidates were permitted to question each other.