ROME - Supporters of Italy's Democratic Party on Sunday elected former minister Pierluigi Bersani as new leader of the centre-left opposition, organisers said.
"The electorate has chosen Pierluigi...
WASHINGTON - Former guerrilla leader Jose Mujica is ahead of his rivals in Sunday's presidential election, but shy of the 50 percent of the votes needed to avoid a November runoff, according to...
BAGHDAD, Ammar Karim - Iraqi security forces were on high alert on Monday, a day after twin suicide vehicle bombs blamed on Al-Qaeda killed 99 people and blasted government offices in Baghdad....
LONDON- Protesters marched through London on Saturday to demand a British military withdrawal from Afghanistan -- among them a serving soldier facing court martial for refusing a second tour of duty...
KABUL, Sardar Ahmad - The Taliban called Saturday for a boycott of the upcoming run-off in Afghanistan's fraud-tainted presidential election as US and UN envoys predicted fewer problems with the...
BERLIN, Simon Sturdee - Germany's newly elected government unveiled its plans for the next four years on Saturday, spearheaded by 24 billion euros of tax cuts in spite of the country's mammoth debt...
WASHINGTON- US President Barack Obama contacted his Russian and French counterparts Saturday, rallying support for a deal to end the crisis over Iran's nuclear program as they urged Tehran to accept...
PRAGUE - US Vice President Joe Biden rebuked his predecessor Dick Cheney over Afghanistan on Friday, and said a war review the previous administration passed onto President Barack Obama was...
WASHINGTON- Afghan presidential challenger Abdullah Abdullah ruled out Friday joining Hamid Karzai's government should the incumbent beat him in the November 7 run-off election.
"I think I left...
TEGUCIGALPA, Noe Leiva - Talks to resolve the political crisis in Honduras collapsed Friday over the de facto government's refusal to reinstate the ousted president, Manuel Zelaya.
Zelaya late...