The mother of the Somali piracy suspect being held for trial in the United States is appealing for mercy for her son. She says he did not know what he...
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the United States is laying groundwork for new sanctions against Iran if outreach to Tehran on its nuclear pro...
President Barack Obama says the United States should depend more on so-called clean forms of energy, like wind and solar, and less on oil. The preside...
Nearly one third of South Africa's 23 million registered voters are younger than 30-years-old and of those, about two million are first time voters. T...
Sierra Leone has convicted 15 men of trying to smuggle nearly 700 kilograms of cocaine through the country's airport. Justice Nicolas Browne Marke fou...
Stocks in Asia reached a three-month high this week, injecting fresh hopes among investors of an early turnaround in the global financial crisis. A ne...
Former Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky has pleaded not guilty to a new set of charges that could add 22 years to the sentence he is already se...
The head of Britain's Independent Police Complaints Commission was questioned Tuesday by a host of politicians in parliament regarding the much critic...
The Pakistani government's recent approval of Islamic courts in parts of the country's northwest was aimed at bringing peace to a region that had long...
South Africans are preparing to vote Wednesday in national and provincial elections. Candidates are making last-minute appeals to voters. South Africa...
