Talks between the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo and a rebel faction taking place in Nairobi have encountered difficulties, with U.N. ...
South Africa has joined the global trend of lowering interest rates to combat the current economic slowdown. The move is an abrupt reversal for a coun...
As Congress debates a multi-billion-dollar rescue plan for the U.S. auto industry, the government's budget deficit has reached record levels. Sen. Ric...
President-elect Barack Obama joined a growing call for Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich to resign on Wednesday amid a state corruption scandal that t...
Africa's top peace and security official is to begin urgent talks on Thursday at the United Nations in an attempt to save Somalia's fragile U.N.-backe...
The State Department said a critical round of talks in Beijing on ending North Korea's nuclear program is not trending in the right direction. U.S. of...
In Ghana, the candidate of the governing party received the most votes in the first round of Sunday's presidential election, but failed to win a 50 pe...
India's government is expressing optimism that the United Nations will respond favorably to its request to outlaw a Pakistani group linked to the rece...
A former member of Colombia's FARC rebel group is the first person to take advantage of a special French asylum offer. The rebel arrived in Paris with...
The top U.S. military officer says he is concerned that the global economic crisis could create instability and, potentially, more terrorism around th...
