South Korea says North Korea must immediately withdraw an implicit threat it made this week to civilian airliners. Major airlines have adjusted their routes. Asiana airline employees work in front of a graphic screen indicating airroutes at Asiana A...
U.S. President Barack Obama says Friday's report showing unemployment in the United States has reached the highest level in 25 years, underscores the importance of the economic stimulus package he has signed in an effort to jump start the stalled ec...
The International Labor Organization warns the economic crisis is expected to increase the number of unemployed people worldwide between 24 million and 52 million, of which 22 million would be women. At the same time, the ILO reports the deepening r...
The United States joined U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon Thursday in urging Sudan to reconsider its announced expulsion of leading international aid agencies active in war-torn Darfur. Sudan took the action after the International Criminal Court,...
The African Union is sending a high-level delegation to the U.N. Security Council to plead for suspension of the war crimes indictments against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir. Sudan appealed to African members of the International Criminal Court...
Pakistani officials continue to search for gunmen who participated in Tuesday's ambush of the Sri Lankan cricket team, but have announced no arrests. The security provided to the players and the police response continue to draw criticism. Players of...
A Palestinian driver has been shot dead in Jerusalem after allegedly slamming his tractor into a police car and a bus. The killing happened as tensions flare over Israel's planned demolition of Arab homes in East Jerusalem and a spate of new violenc...
A new report casts doubt on the viability of America's biggest carmaker, General Motors, despite costly government attempts to rescue the domestic automobile industry. Cleaning staff rests next to the signs of carmakers Opel, above, and GM, General...
A senior United Nations official says that more than a million people in Darfur will be left without food aid, health care and drinking water as a result of Sudan's decision to order the 13 largest aid groups out of the conflict zone. The expulsion...
Thousands demonstrated in support of Sudan's president in Khartoum, a day after the International Criminal Court approved an arrest warrant for Omar al-Bashir. President Bashir lashed out at the court's efforts, calling them neo-colonialist. Sudanes...
NATO foreign ministers agreed to resume high-level talks with Russia, despite remaining differences. Also on Thursday, the United States proposed a special international meeting on Afghanistan, possibly the end of March. The ministers met throughout...
The United Nations reports hundreds of thousands of children in Somalia are facing an acute malnutrition crisis. It warns many of them will die if they do not receive international assistance immediately. Internally displaced Somali's queue for food...
Thousands protested in the Sudanese capital Khartoum after the announcement that the International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for the country's president. Security has been beefed up in Khartoum and in Darfur as the country waits to...
U.S. plans to deploy a missile defense system in Eastern Europe continue to be a major source of contention between the United States and Russia. U.S. officials say the proposed missile defense system - made up of 10 missile interceptors in Poland a...
Pakistani police say they have detained several people suspected of possible links to Tuesday's attack against Sri Lanka's cricket team, but so far have announced no arrests in the manhunt. A Pakistani policeman stands next to bullet-riddled windows...
