RIYADH, Lachlan Carmichael- Saudi Arabia on Monday played down suggestions it could encourage China not to block sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme by giving Beijing oil supply...
LONDON - The death of 12 Afghan civilians in rocket attacks during a major US-led offensive is a "very serious setback," the head of Britain's armed forces admitted Monday.
But Jock Stirrup, the...
BAGHDAD - A former Iraqi deputy prime minister who encouraged the United States to topple dictator Saddam Hussein said Sunday that Washington had interfered in the war-torn country's March 7 general...
MOSCOW- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Moscow early Monday on a two-day working visit with Russia on the verge of backing tough international sanctions against Iran, the Jewish...
DOHA, Acil Tabbara - Hopes of a new US approach to the Muslim world under President Barack Obama are giving way to frustration over the deadlock in Middle East peace efforts, participants in a...
DOHA - US State Secretary Hillary Clinton said Sunday that Washington was "disappointed" with the lack of a breakthrough in the Middle East peace process, but stressed solutions cannot be forced....
PORT-AU-PRINCE, David Dieudonne - The wall supporting his bookcase partially collapsed but the books were saved. The Haitian poet and painter Franketienne sees in the January 12 "apocalypse" a chance...
WASHINGTON, Lachlan Carmichael- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton departed Saturday for Qatar and Saudi Arabia to build the US case for tougher sanctions over Iran's nuclear plans in meetings with...
WASHINGTON- Syria has accepted Washington's nominee for the first US ambassador to Damascus in five years, a US official said Friday as the Obama administration tries to engage Syria in Arab-Israeli...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Andrew Beatty and M.J. Smith - Haitians gathered at tearful ceremonies in sprawling homeless camps, churches and alleyways Friday to mark one month since a huge quake shattered their...