Palestinian factions, meeting in Cairo to iron out long-standing grievances have agreed to hold parliamentary and presidential elections in 2010. Pale...
The United Nations has taken charge of a multi-national protection force in eastern Chad following the end of the European Union's one-year mandate. T...
South Koreans and Japanese envoys to the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program have met in Tokyo. The negotiations remain deadlocked and No...
The recently signed free-trade pact between the 10 members Association of South East Asian Nations with Australia and New Zealand is seen as a positiv...
The United Nations has confirmed that four of its workers were abducted early Monday in Waajid, in south-central Somalia. According to the U.N., the w...
A group of prominent international war crimes experts is calling for an inquiry into the behavior of Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups durin...
U.S. President Barack Obama has announced new help for small business owners who have been hard hit by the economic downturn. He is taking steps to ea...
The United States on Monday welcomed the peaceful outcome of the week-long political crisis in Pakistan, saying it brought the country back from the b...
Russia says it will send a permanent observer to the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, amid mounting concerns among producers about f...
Israel's outgoing government is pushing for what many describe as a lopsided prisoner swap with Palestinian militants. Israel has sent an intelligence...
