WASHINGTON - The United States said Friday it "fully supports" the UN special envoy in Afghanistan, who is at the center of a controversy after he sacked his former US deputy. Kai Eide, a...

GENEVA- The Palestinians asked the United Nations Human Rights Council on Thursday to hold a special meeting soon on a contentious UN report blasting the Israeli military offensive in Gaza, officials...

WASHINGTON, Shaun Tandon - Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said Thursday he accepted President Barack Obama's decision to avoid him on a visit here, insisting he did not want to cause...

UNITED NATIONS - The UN Security Council and UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Thursday strongly condemned slammed the massive suicide bombing that killed at least 17 people near the Indian embassy in Kabul....

UNITED NATIONS - A contentious UN report blasting the Israeli military offensive in the Gaza Strip will be discussed next week as part of a rescheduled UN Security Council debate on the Middle East,...

CHICAGO - An Illinois man who tried to blow up a federal courthouse but was stymied by undercover FBI agents posing as fellow militants was indicted Wednesday on two criminal counts. Michael...

KAMPALA - Somalia's defence minister was detained by Ugandan security agents on Tuesday during a visit to Kampala and has not been kidnapped, Uganda's military intelligence chief said. Ugandan...

WASHINGTON, Stephen Collinson - US President Barack Obama told top lawmakers Tuesday not to politicize his deliberations on whether to send thousands more troops to Afghanistan, but failed to quell...

VATICAN CITY- A Madagascar bishop on Monday came out in favour of granting impunity in some conflicts gripping African countries to encourage reconciliation. "Political problems need political...