PARIS, Richard Ingham- Of all the issues that will be aired from the pulpit of the UN's development summit this week, one is likely to stand out by its absence: What should be done about the world's...
LONDON, Gildas Le Roux- Pope Benedict XVI expressed his "shame" and "deep sorrow" in a meeting with victims of clerical abuse on Saturday as thousands of protesters demonstrated against his state...
WASHINGTON- The former US commander in Afghanistan, sacked over a disastrous magazine interview, plans to teach Yale University students about "coping with failure" and the "media environment" in his...
BOGOTA- It was only this week that Colombia's pint-sized Edward Nino was on top of the world, named the Guinness Book's smallest man on the planet. Now a tiny Nepalese teen is about to torpedo his...
PARIS, Thibauld Malterre - The son of an Iranian woman sentenced to be stoned to death for adultery said Monday that he fears she will be executed shortly after this week's end to the Muslim holy...
WASHINGTON- First Lady Michelle Obama and Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, in a Friday editorial urged Americans to "do something" to support US troops as they return from combat in...
VATICAN CITY- Pope Benedict XVI offered a rare glimpse into his youth, recalling the ambitions of his generation in Nazi Germany and his vocation in a message ahead of the 2011 World Youth Day in...
RIYADH- Saudi government and private sector officials have questioned the account of a Sri Lankan maid who said her Saudi employers forced 24 nails and needles into her body.
Saad al-Badah, head...
DUBAI, W.G. Dunlop- America and its core principles are compatible with Islam, the US imam behind a controversial initiative to build an Islamic centre near the site of the 9/11 attacks said Tuesday...
CAIRO- Rights group Amnesty International called on Egypt not to try eight workers, accused of assaulting a manager and of vandalism at a military-owned factory, before a military court on Saturday....
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