The U.N. secretary-general is calling on all parties in Lebanon to show restraint, as a second day of sectarian clashes threatens to escalate that country's political crisis. 联合国秘书长潘基文呼吁黎巴嫩各方保持克制，与此同时，...
Democratic Party presidential contender Hillary Clinton shows no signs of quitting the race, despite calls from some fellow Democrats that it is time to concede the nomination fight to rival Barack Obama. 争取美国民主党总统大选提名的候选...
A U.S. official is expressing concern that tensions between Russia and Georgia could lead to armed conflict. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Daniel Fried used an appearance before a congressional panel Thursday to appeal to bot...
U.N. officials say they have suspended aid shipments to Burma after the military government seized all of the food and equipment that had been flown in by the World Food Program. The latest development in the unfolding crisis, came as the military go...
The U.N.'s humanitarian chief says he is disappointed with the government in Burma because it has not moved faster to allow in international aid workers and relief supplies to the cyclone-devastated country. 联合国救援机构的负责人表示，他...
U.S. President George Bush heads to the Middle East Tuesday for a five-day trip to Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt. What the president hopes to accomplish. 美国总统布什将在下星期二前往中东地区，对以色列、沙特阿拉伯和埃及...
Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama picked up more support Friday in his battle with rival Hillary Clinton for the party's presidential nomination. Both candidates campaigned in Oregon, which holds a primary on May 20. 美国民主党总统候...
Burma's military government has gone ahead with a constitutional referendum as its people wait for assistance in the wake of a cyclone disaster a week ago that left at least 62,000 people dead or missing. Critics have labeled the referendum a sham. 缅...
Spokesmen for the Iraqi government and the movement of radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr say the two sides agreed to a truce Saturday to end weeks of fighting in Baghdad's Sadr City. Hundreds of people have been killed in clashes between militan...
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) says it has sent the first UN convoy of aid overland into Burma, and a planeload of shelter supplies has been flown in from Dubai. 联合国难民事务高级专员公署表示，该机构已经派出第一支联合国援助...
Although economists say the United States is not technically in a recession, the slowdown in economic activity is having a dramatic impact on the amount of money immigrants are able to send back home. The so-called remittances have fallen off sharply...
Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai says he will take part in a presidential runoff against the incumbent, Robert Mugabe. The runoff became necessary after the Zimbabwe Election Commission determined Tsvangirai did not get more than 50 per...
The latest count of Democratic Party superdelegates shows Barack Obama has eliminated Hillary Clinton's lead among the officials who will decide the party's nomination for president. 最新点算结果显示，角逐美国民主党总统候选人提名...
U.S. President George Bush is at his Texas ranch, where his daughter Jenna is getting married in a private ceremony at the Bush home. The president noted the occasion in his weekly radio address. 美国总统布什目前在德克萨斯州他的牧场家...
A Red Cross plane loaded with 35 tons of equipment and materials has landed in Burma. The International Committee of the Red Cross says most of the relief supplies are to assist thousands of people held in Burmese prisons. Meanwhile, a boat carrying...
