Libyan head of state Moammar Gadhafi is in Mauritania, where he opened multi-lateral talks aimed at resolving the months-old political crisis there. Libya's leader Moammar Gadhafi (file photo) In his capacity as current head of the African Union, Li...
Australian researchers have studied the navigation skills of insects to develop a pioneering weapons-guidance system. The insect-inspired tracking technology has been launched at an air show in the southern state, Victoria. Australian army captain i...
Authorities in Pakistan have banned protests and rounded up hundreds of lawyers, opposition politicians and other activists before a planned rally against the government in the capital. Protesters want to reinstate the country's former Supreme Court...
The best way to improve U.S. relations with Latin America is by fixing the U.S. economy, according to analysts who testified before a Congressional committee in Washington on Wednesday. They told U.S. lawmakers that President Barack Obama should add...
President Barack Obama has now reached the halfway mark in his first 100 days in office, a traditional benchmark when new presidents are evaluated on their progress. Mr. Obama has laid out an ambitious agenda that has focused on reviving the weak U....
Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz says the global economic system is stacked against developing countries. He warns rich countries will lose out by ignoring the plight of poor nations during these testing times. Joseph Stiglitz at the Wo...
U.S. officials are warning that Islamic extremists are attempting to radicalize and recruit Somali Americans. An American college student became the first U.S. citizen suicide bomber when he killed himself in Somalia last year. And U.S. authorities...
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad spoke Wednesday at the opening of the Economic Cooperation Organization summit in Tehran that brings together 10 regional countries. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (file photo) President Ahmadinejad blamed the West for the...
Secretary of State Clinton says parties to the Chinese-sponsored talks on North Korea are prepared to discuss a joint response, including possible U.N. Security Council action, if North Korea goes ahead with a threatened test of a long-range ballist...
French President Nicolas Sarkozy officially announced Wednesday that France would rejoin NATO's military command more than four decades after leaving it. French President Nicolas Sarkozy delivers a speech during conference at Paris Military School,...
U.S. President Barack Obama is calling on America's allies to further coordinate efforts to jump-start their economies. The president also is expected to sign a bill Wednesday to keep the U.S. government running through September, while calling for...
The funeral for Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's wife, Susan, who died in a car accident, is to be held Wednesday, one month to the day after the country inaugurated its power-sharing government. Morgan Tsvangirai (l) takes the oath of pr...
Recently heightened tensions between North and South Korea have eased in at least one way - North Korea is once again allowing a small number of South Koreans who do business in the North to cross the border. South Koreans were stranded in the North...
Australian farmers are urging their political leaders to secure a swift trade accord with South Korea, ahead of free-trade negotiations that are scheduled to start in May. Australian beef producers are worried that their hopes for greater access to...
U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden is heading to Brussels for talks Tuesday with NATO allies as Washington seeks greater European support in Afghanistan. Possible U.S. missile-defense systems and ties with Russia may also be on the menu. US Vice Presi...
