PARIS, September 22, 2009 (AFP) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday the people of France deserve better than their leaders, in response to similar comments by the French president...

JERUSALEM- Israel on Tuesday welcomed the election of Bulgaria's Irina Bokova as head of the UN culture agency after she defeated an Egyptian rival accused of anti-Semitism. "Israel welcomes the...

BEIJING, Francois Bougon- Ai Weiwei, one of China's most controversial artists, may be the son of a poet who was a cultural icon for a new communist China 60 years ago -- but he has nothing but scorn...

WASHINGTON, Alex Ogle - US President Barack Obama does not think racism is "the overriding issue" in the fierce debate on health care, but said in interviews to be aired Sunday that tempers were...

UNITED NATIONS- UN chief Ban Ki-moon welcomed Friday the release of a batch of political prisoners in Myanmar but urged the junta to free those still being held, including democracy icon Aung San Suu...

MOSCOW - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Friday spoke of the common "vision" uniting him and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and said they had "the same blood", despite their different careers...

WASHINGTON, Veronica Smith - The International Monetary Fund said its executive board on Friday endorsed the sale of 403 tonnes of gold, worth an estimated 13 billion dollars, to boost its lending...

PARIS, Benoit Fauchet - Opera star Waltraud Meier, the German mezzo-soprano hailed as much for her powerful presence as powerful voice, is back at the Paris Opera on Thursday in one of her most...

ATHENS - The Iraqi consulate in Athens on Thursday retracted its confirmation that the journalist jailed for throwing his shoes at George W. Bush had arrived in Greece, saying it was unaware of his...