WASHINGTON- US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton offered President Barack Obama a downbeat report on Thursday on his administration's so-far frustrated efforts to forge Middle East peace.
Clinton...
UNITED NATIONS - UN chief Ban Ki-moon expressed sadness on Thursday at the death of a senior Pakistani peacekeeper who was gunned down while on leave from his UN mission in Sudan.
"The...
WASHINGTON - US lawmakers approved legislation Thursday that, for the first time, extends decades-old "hate crimes" protections to cover those physically attacked because of their sexual...
TEGUCIGALPA- Honduran troops blared loud music and animal noises Wednesday at the Brazilian embassy to intensify pressure on deposed President Manuel Zelaya, as talks on the months-long crisis...
WASHINGTON- The Taliban issued a statement on Tuesday dismissing the election process in Afghanistan as a "laughing stock," a US monitoring group said.
"The recent elections of August 20 for the...
WASHINGTON- The US Congress on Tuesday gave President Barack Obama the green light to bring Guantanamo Bay detainees to US soil for trial, in a boost to his efforts to close the notorious facility....
UNITED NATIONS - The UN Security Council on Tuesday condemned a suicide attack in Iran at the weekend targeting top commanders of the elite Revolutionary Guards.
"The members of the Security...
WASHINGTON, Lachlan Carmichael - The United States announced Monday a new policy of "broad engagement" with Sudan, but warned of a tough response if Khartoum ignored incentives to stop "abuses" and...
WASHINGTON - A top American scientist who once worked for the Pentagon and the US space agency NASA was arrested Monday and charged with attempted spying for Israel, the Department of Justice said....
KABUL, Lynne O'Donnell - A UN-backed watchdog overseeing Afghanistan's elections ordered votes from 210 polling stations thrown out Monday in a move that observers said deprived President Hamid...