There’s fresh political turmoil in Pakistan today after the country’s highest court “disqualified” Prime Minister Yousuf Reza Gilani from office, The Associated Press writes. As Pakisan’s Dawn newspaper reminds us, “the Supreme Court announced the move after convicting Gilani on April 26 of contempt for refusing to ask Switzerland to reopen a multi-million-dollar corruption investigation

Enlarge Marco Secchi/Getty Images A gondola sails in front of the Fondaco dei Tedeschi, which has been sold to Benetton Group. The clothing company plans to convert the Venice landmark into a shopping mall. Marco Secchi/Getty Images A gondola sails in front of the Fondaco dei Tedeschi, which has been sold to Benetton Group. The

Enlarge John W. Poole/NPR One of the founders of Egypt’s satirical online magazine El Koshary Today, Taha Belal, 28, at the Freedom Bar in downtown Cairo. Since Egypt’s revolution last year, political parody has become popular on the Internet. John W. Poole/NPR One of the founders of Egypt’s satirical online magazine El Koshary Today, Taha

President Obama and other world leaders are gathering in Los Cabos, Mexico, Monday, hoping to get some assurances at the G-20 summit that European governments are getting control of their financial problems before they become a further drag on the global economy. While the Pacific Ocean beckons from the Mexican resort at the southern tip

Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi says the Nobel Peace Prize she won while under house arrest 21 years ago helped to shatter her sense of isolation and ensured that the world would demand democracy in her military-controlled homeland. Suu Kyi was speaking Saturday at the start of her long-delayed acceptance speech to the

Enlarge Mario Tama/Getty Images Occupy Wall Street protesters joined with unions in New York on May 1, a traditional day of global protests in sympathy with unions and leftist politics. Mario Tama/Getty Images Occupy Wall Street protesters joined with unions in New York on May 1, a traditional day of global protests in sympathy with

Enlarge Becky Bohrer/AP In this Sept. 11, 2011, photo, clouds obscure a portion of Mount McKinley, in Denali National Park and Preserve. Becky Bohrer/AP In this Sept. 11, 2011, photo, clouds obscure a portion of Mount McKinley, in Denali National Park and Preserve. One member of a Japanese climbing team survived and four others are

Enlarge Susan Walsh/AP President Obama on Friday announced he was using his executive power to give some young illegal immigrants the right to stay longer in the United States. Susan Walsh/AP President Obama on Friday announced he was using his executive power to give some young illegal immigrants the right to stay longer in the

Enlarge Josh Berglund/via Wikimedia Commons An American Cancer Society Relay for Life event at the University of Texas-Dallas in 2006. The events are meant to “celebrate the lives of people who have battled cancer, remember loved ones lost, and fight back against the disease,” according to the organization. Josh Berglund/via Wikimedia Commons An American Cancer

Who says disco is dead? Or that it can’t be used to explain complicated news events, like the debt crisis that threatens to disassemble Europe as we know it. A number of eurzone-themed songs are making their way up the monetary charts. Take, “The Euro Crisis Song,” a funky little number courtesy of The Guardian,