For generations, rich Colombian mountains have produced a variety of food crops, beans, cassava and notably coffee. But local coffee farmers say the weather is changing, and so are crop yields. Carmen Eneida Trujillo is worried. Look, there are not t...
The commander of the new U.S. Cyber Command, Army General Keith Alexander, said the Pentagon's vast computer system is probed by potential enemies a quarter-of-a-million times every hour and needs to be protected, especially in a time of war. Alexand...
The latest violence erupted in the town of Mendhar, which had been untouched by the mass protests that have engulfed the Kashmir valley. Police opened fire after protesters tried to enter a Christian school and attacked government buildings. In New D...
You've heard of finger printing, passport photos and eye recognition - but the latest airport security measures could see your EARS being scanned to prove your identity. Researchers have discovered that every person has uniquely-shaped ears and have...
The United Nations has established a new multi-donor trust fund to aid victims of human trafficking around the world. Indonesian women remain among the most vulnerable to trafficking, despite the country's progress in passing laws to combat the probl...
At the start of new Middle East peace talks, U.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned Tuesday's deadly shooting near the West Bank town of Hebron. Both leaders said Wednesday that they are determined that th...
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday signed a bill allocating 600 million dollars to help enhance border security in the southwestern states bordering Mexico. Obama signed the bill in the Oval Office in the presence o...
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange speaks during a press conference in London, 26 Jul 2010. Assange said he believes there is evidence of war crimes in the thousands of pages of leaked U.S. military documents. WikiLeaks is a website that posts formerly...
Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Deputy Secretary of State Jacob Lew address the media at the Combined Press Information Center in Baghdad, Iraq, 27 Jul 2010 Two senior U.S. officials called on Iraqi leaders Tuesday t...
The head of the U.N.-AU Mission in Darfur, known as UNAMID, said Tuesday that there has been steady progress in talks between the Sudanese government and a major opposition group, but that the security situation in Darfur has deteriorated. UNAMID chi...
