The State Department confirmed Friday U.S. diplomats have received a letter to President Obama from the militant Islamic group Hamas, which controls t...
State Department officials say they are still skeptical about whether a U.N.-sponsored conference against racism set for April in Geneva can be a cons...
Scientists in Los Angeles have uncovered a treasure trove of Ice Age animal bones, including the nearly complete fossil of a huge Columbian mammoth. T...
United Nations member states met informally on Thursday to begin talks on key issues of reforming the body's powerful Security Council. Many countries...
One year after the signing of a power-sharing agreement in Kenya, a new survey indicates a sharp decline in public confidence in the country's coaliti...
U.S. lawmakers just back from Afghanistan say the United States and its NATO allies must have a clearer strategy to stabilize the country and fight re...
Government opponents and supporters of Thailand's former prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, launched a rally by blockading the government's main admi...
senior United Nations' official in Asia says the financial crisis hitting regional economies is an opportunity to boost investment in green technologi...
Ghana's coming oil boom brings with it questions of financial transparency and environmental protection. The government has just now put in place a re...
Mikhail Khodorkovsky, formerly Russia's richest man, has been transferred from a Siberian prison to Moscow to face trial for alleged embezzlement and ...
