The Egyptian capital, Cairo, is buzzing with diplomatic activity, as European and Arab diplomats scramble to put together a cease-fire in Gaza, amid increasingly strident calls from Arab public opinion to halt Israel's invasion of the enclave. Egypt...
A senior government official says Pakistan's top civilian and military leaders had planned to dine at Islamabad's Marriot Hotel when a suicide car bombing struck it, killing 53 people. While an investigation is under way into the country's deadliest...
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is sending the top U.S. diplomat for Africa to Kinshasa for talks on the violence and humanitarian crisis in the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the DRC. Assistant Secretary for State fo...
The top U.S. diplomat involved in talks on North Korea's nuclear disarmament says the country's human rights record is abysmal. At the same time, Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill says important progress is being made to remove nuclear w...
The European Union Tuesday tightened sanctions against Zimbabwe president, Robert Mugabe. The EU foreign ministers added 37 more people to the EU list of individuals under a visa ban and asset freeze that already includes the president and members o...
By David Gollust State Department 07 May 2008 The senior U.S. diplomat in Burma said Wednesday the death toll from the cyclone that hit the southeast Asian country late last week could exceed 100,000. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice meawnhile say...
By Margaret Besheer United Nations 29 February 2008 Members of the U.N. Security Council say a vote on a new resolution imposing a third round of sanctions against Iran for its controversial nuclear program will probably not happen before Saturday. W...
By Scott Bobb Nairobi 26 February 2008 A team of international diplomats has flown to a rebel island of theComoros to try to avoid a military intervention by the central government. VOA's Scott Bobb reports from Nairobi the delegation is to meet with...
By Ayaz Gul Islamabad 27 December 2007 Two diplomats from the United Nations and European Union have left Afghanistan after local authorities ordered their expulsion for allegedly holding unauthorized talks with Taliban insurgents. From neighboring P...
By Phil Mercer Sydney 06 December 2007 U.S. Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns has predicted that the close alliance between Washington and Australia will continue under the new Rudd government despite differences over Iraq and climate change. Bu...