YAOUNDE - Cameroon's President Paul Biya named presidential aide Yang Philemon as his new prime minister to replace Ephraim Inoni, who had held the post since December 2004.
Philemon, a...
WASHINGTON- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton refrained from comment Monday on the reelection of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, but pointed to a "credibility" gap for Iran's leadership....
NEW YORK, Luis Torres de la Llosa and Amandine Ambregni - Wall Street swindler Bernard Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in jail Monday for masterminding an "evil" multi-billion-dollar investment...
WASHINGTON- President Barack Obama said Monday the United States believes that ousted leader Manuel Zelaya "remains the president of Honduras" and the coup in his country was a throwback to a "dark...
WASHINGTON - The US Supreme Court on Monday discreetly delayed until October a decision on whether Chinese Uighurs who are being held at Guantanamo Bay prison can be released in the United States....
PARIS- More than 2,000 people are still in detention and hundreds more are missing in Iran since a government crackdown on protests over a disputed presidential election, the FIDH human rights group...
BISSAU, Malick Rokhy Ba - Voters in Guinea-Bissau went to the polls Sunday to elect a new president after a series of assassinations, including that of long-time leader Joao Bernardo Vieira....
BUDAPEST, June 27, 2009 (AFP) - Western and eastern European leaders celebrated in Hungary on Saturday the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Iron Curtain that divided the continent during the Cold...
BEIRUT, Rana Moussaoui - Saad Hariri, who was propelled into the heart of Lebanese politics following the assassination of his former prime minister father four years ago, was himself named to the...
YANGON- UN troubleshooter Ibrahim Gambari wrapped up his visit to military-ruled Myanmar Saturday, paving the way for a visit by UN chief Ban Ki-moon expected to focus on the trial of democracy...
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