President Raul Castro on Sunday called it a "disgrace" that Cuban women's representation in political life was not as significant at the "decision-making" level as it should be. "It is a disgrace...

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, reflecting on her life in the public spotlight, said Saturday she misses ordinary pleasures but has no regrets about her choice of public service. "It's very...

More than 1,000 people gathered in London on Saturday for a demonstration against Chinese rule in Tibet ahead of next week's 50th anniversary of a failed uprising which prompted the Dalai Lama's...

Twenty years after the end of the Cold War, Vienna remains a spy haven, swarming with foreign agents who think nothing of killing in broad daylight, while the Austrian authorities turn a blind eye,...

Clark Lombardi, an assistant professor of law at the University of Washington School of Law and expert on Islamic and constitutional law, says the role of religion in a future Iraq and federalism...

JAKARTA, February 18, 2009 (AFP) - US President Barack Obama should wait until the pressure of his presidency mounts before enjoying the love he will feel at a homecoming in Indonesia, his secretary...

Allawi, who was hand-picked by Washington as Iraq's first post-US invasion leader, said in an interview that the country remains wracked by sectarianism, despite recent polls which saw religious...

COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops on Sunday overran the last town controlled by Tamil rebels, army chief Lieutenant General Sarath Fonseka said, striking a major blow in Asia's longest-running ethnic...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The International Monetary Fund slashed its economic outlook Wednesday, predicting the global financial crisis would slam growth to a virtual standstill this year. "World growth...