Mauritania's military leaders are going ahead with plans for new elections in June, despite African Union sanctions meant to force the return of the t...
At least 140 people have died in Australia's worst-ever bushfire disaster. Arsonists, who are thought to have been responsible for some of the devasta...
Israelis go to the polls in general elections Tuesday with hard-liner Benjamin Netanyahu expected to become the country's next prime minister. Israel'...
Yemeni officials say they are releasing about 170 detainees with suspected ties to al-Qaida, two weeks after al-Qaida said it would use Yemen as its b...
Representatives of Sudan's Justice and Equality rebel movement are set to begin discussions with the Sudanese government this week in Qatar, in a bid ...
A senior State Department official says Pakistan has given the United States assurances that nuclear scientist A.Q. Khan - released from five years of...
This is the last day of campaigning in Israel, where voters on Tuesday are to elect a new prime minister. With security as a major concern in the elec...
U.S. President Barack Obama is back in campaign mode - traveling to regions hard-hit by the economic recession to rally support for his massive stimul...
A new survey indicates several South East Asian countries rank poorly in providing accessible and transparent information on their national budgets, r...
Britain's Treasury Secretary has ordered an independent review into the bonus structure of British banks that are being propped up by the British taxp...
