BAGHDAD, Salam Faraj - Violent deaths in Iraq hit a 13-month high in August, official figures showed on Tuesday, raising fresh concerns about the country's stability after the government admitted...

NDJAMENA - A Greek employee of the Medecins sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders - MSF) medical charity kidnapped in eastern Chad early last month has been released, an army general told AFP...

LOS ANGELES - Three-dimensioned horror was just what moviegoers needed to send "The Final Destination" to the top of the North American box office, industry estimate figures showed Sunday. On its...

WASHINGTON - The United States criticized Sri Lanka Monday for sentencing to 20 years in prison a Tamil reporter whose case has been highlighted by US President Barack Obama. "We were disappointed...

LONG NEN, Sarah Stewart - In the language of the nomadic Penan there is no word for forest, it is simply their universe, and its destruction is snuffing out the ancient lifestyle of this tribe who...

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's Democratic allies in the US Senate said Monday they were putting off introducing sweeping climate change legislation for a few weeks but hoped for a final vote...

GDANSK - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin arrived in the Polish Baltic Sea port of Gdansk late Monday ahead of ceremonies marking the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II. It is...

ANKARA, Hande Culpan- Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed Sunday to press ahead with a plan to extend the rights of the Kurds despite what he claimed were attempts by Kurdish rebels to...

EHDEN - The small town of Ehden in north Lebanon gained an entry in the Guinness Book of World Records on Saturday for producing the largest ever kebbe -- a dish of minced meat and cracked wheat....