SOFIA - The Bulgarian parliament voted on Wednesday to ban deputies with former links to the communist-era secret services from key posts in the legislature. Under the new regulations, anyone who...

WASHINGTON- The US Senate on Wednesday called North Korea a "threat" to its neighbors and pushed for a formal review to see whether Washington should return the secretive regime to a US terrorism...

GIBRALTAR, Joe Garcia - Spain's Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos on Tuesday made the first visit to Gibraltar by a member of the Madrid government since the rocky outcrop was captured by...

GENEVA - UN human rights experts offered Tuesday to help Russia investigate the murder of activist Natalya Estemirova and criticised a failure to solve a string of killings in the country. "We...

ROME, Gina Doggett - A purported exchange between Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and a call girl aired Monday on the website of a left-leaning weekly, drawing angry denunciation from the...

WASHINGTON- US lawmakers on Monday stepped up pressure on President Barack Obama to ready tough new economic sanctions on Iran in the event Tehran fails to freeze its suspect nuclear program by late...

DURBAN- The Mahatma Gandhi prize was on Monday handed over to a representative of Myanmar's imprisoned Aung San Suu Kyi, an AFP correspondent said. The Durban-based committee behind the...

NEW YORK, Aline Reynolds - Violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman, whose mastery has enraptured millions around the world, believes one of his proudest achievements is imparting his knowledge and love of...

SAN JOSE, Ana Fernandez - A three-week crisis in Honduras looked poised to worsen Sunday as mediated talks in Costa Rica's capital hit a wall over ousted President Manuel Zelaya's demand to return...