Christiane Amanpour

Next month, extraordinary leaders and activists from around the globe—including Nobel laureate Leymah Gbowee, Meryl Streep, Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg, Madeleine Albright, IMF Chief Christine Lagarde, and many more—will gather in New York City to kick off Newsweek & The Daily Beast’s third-annual Women in the World summit. Learn how you can buy tickets, and preview our lineup of inspiring events.

Say what? During a taping Sunday, Christiane Amanpour showcased her vocabulary prowess when she used the word "perspicacious" in conversation. Producers helpfully added a graphic defining the term on the screen.

In an outrageous interview with ABC’s Christiane Amanpour and the BBC’s Jeremy Bowen, the embattled Libyan leader denies the existence of protests and explains why he can’t step down. WATCH VIDEO of his comments.

In an exclusive interview with Christiane Amanpour on This Week, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stressed that the violence against peaceful protesters in Bahrain must end now. She warned that transition to democracy, similar to Iran in 1979, is always vulnerable to hijacking.