UNITED NATIONS - UN chief Ban Ki-moon backs a Palestinian proposal to reopen debate in the Human Rights Council on a contentious UN report condemning Israel's conduct during the Gaza war, his...

KABUL, Lynne O'Donnell - The UN special representative to Afghanistan acknowledged Sunday for the first time that the country's presidential election had been tainted by "significant" and...

BELFAST, Lachlan Carmichael - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton threw America's weight Sunday behind efforts to stop Northern Ireland slipping back towards conflict, as a paramilitary group ended...

BORDEAUX - French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand was back in the spotlight Saturday for standing as character reference for two rapists after a row over his admission of paying "boys" for sex....

ANTANANARIVO - Madagascar's prime minister said Saturday he had no plans to step down for now despite his removal being set out in a deal to end the country's political crisis, the latest setback for...

TEGUCIGALPA- Dialogue between deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya and the de facto government began a three-day pause Saturday, prolonging uncertainty in the almost four-month standoff that...

LONDON - The pacts signed Saturday between Turkey and Armenia to normalise relations between the two neighbours were "historic" and overcame "decades of hostility", a top US diplomat said. "This...

VIENNA - An Austrian man accused of attempting to kidnap the ex-head of the Kazakh secret service has walked free from court after judges in Vienna on Friday ruled there was insufficient evidence in...

PARIS - Citizens and world leaders urged US President Barack Obama to seize on his surprise Nobel Peace Prize win Friday to forge peace in the globe's troublespots and rid the world of nuclear...