WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama ordered the US government Monday to lead by example on climate change, requiring all federal agencies to set 2020 targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions within...
WASHINGTON - The Dalai Lama on Monday started his first Washington visit in nearly two decades to lack a presidential meeting, as Barack Obama's administration insisted it still respected the Tibetan...
NAIROBI - Kenya's unity government must do more to implement reforms and avoid a resurgence of last year's post-election violence, former UN chief Kofi Annan, the mediator in the crisis, said...
WASHINGTON, Stephanie Griffith- US lawmakers on Sunday vowed quick action against Iran following a report that weapons experts believe Tehran has the know-how to build an atomic bomb -- even as a...
ATHENS, John Hadoulis - Greek socialist leader George Papandreou on Sunday pledged to "turn a page" on scandals and economic malaise associated with the outgoing conservative government which...
TEGUCIGALPA, Oscar Nunez Olivas and Isabel Sanchez - Deposed President Manuel Zelaya on Sunday called on the interim Honduran regime to restore civil liberties and withdraw soldiers surrounding his...
THE HAGUE- A Dutch warplane dropped the bomb which Afghan authorities said killed nine civilians and four Taliban fighters in the south of the country on Wednesday, the Dutch defence ministry said....
BRIGHTON, Guy Jackson - Prime Minister Gordon Brown voiced defiance Wednesday despite losing the support of Britain's top-selling daily newspaper, in a fresh blow to his already slim re-election...
UNITED NATIONS - The UN Security Council on Wednesday condemned the crackdown by government troops reported to have killed more than 150 civilians in Guinea and demanded that authorities there end...
OTTAWA, Michel Comte - A suspected terrorist on Tuesday asked the Canadian government to stop harassing him and to apologize for six years of "hardships" after a federal court all but quashed the...