Members of the Pan-African Parliament are in Niger for separate talks with President Mamdou Tandja and his political opponents concerning the referendum that has extended the president's time in office. African parliamentarians are in Niger to asses...
The U.N. refugee agency says 65 people are dead or missing and presumed dead in three separate incidents involving smuggling boats in the Gulf of Aden during the past 48 hours. Somalia and Gulf of Aden These tragic events are just the latest in a lo...
A leading expert on economic development and poverty alleviation says the panic that followed the eruption of the financial crisis last year is probably over. But he warns global financial instability is likely to go on for years because nations hav...
European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana says talks concerning Iran's nuclear program are likely to be held in Turkey. Javier Solana (file photo) EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana told a group of reporters that talks between world power...
The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes in protest at former U.S. President George W. Bush has been released from prison. Muntazer al-Zaidi speaks during a press conference at the offices of his employer Baghdadiyah TV, 15 Sep 2009 Muntazer al-Zaid...
Somali witnesses say a U.S. air assault in Somalia has killed a top terrorist suspect linked to al-Qaida. The fugitive is believed to have been behind the bombing of a Kenyan hotel and is also suspected in the 1998 bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Nai...
Afghan election officials have begun recounting disputed ballots from the August 20 presidential election. The recount amid fraud allegations leaves open the possibility of a second round for the disputed election. Workers count ballots at the Indep...
The international donor community has unveiled a $70-million Educational Transition Fund aimed at improving the quality of education for the country's children. Some of the money will also be used to pay school fees for orphans and other under privi...
A senior ally of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has accused the European Union of undermining the power sharing agreement with Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai. The charge follows the first visit to Zimbabwe by senior EU officials since the Euro...
The president of Somaliland is calling for his political opponents to cease public protests and to sit down at the table with him for renewed negotiations. Political protests in the breakaway republic of Somaliland turned deadly on Saturday, leaving...
The world's major economies have spent trillions of dollars in government money to ease a severe global slump. That spending has led to huge budget deficits in some countries, including the United States, but it also is credited with recent signs of...
A group linked to al-Qaida has taken responsibility for last week's rocket attacks from Lebanon into Israel. Two Lebanese women next to an Indonesian UN peacekeepers' armored personnel carrier on the border with Israel a day after rockets launched f...
Authorities in Papua New Guinea are battling simultaneous outbreaks of influenza, dysentery and cholera that have killed about 120 people. Thousands of others have been infected by the diseases in Morobe province on the remote northern coast of the...
U.S. special envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell is on the second day of a visit to Israel, where he is working to jump-start the peace process. It has been a slow start for the U.S. official in his efforts to bridge the gaps. U.S. Mideast envo...
As countries begin emerging from the global financial crisis, France is proposing to measure progress in a new way - one that includes happiness and well being, as well as traditional economic benchmarks. US Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stig...
