The State Department's top Africa envoy said Thursday the Obama administration is prepared to provide more military help to Somalia's embattled Transitional Federal Government, the TFG. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton begins a seven-nation Africa...
South Korea is demanding that North Korea return a fishing boat and its crew that crossed into the North's waters in a possible case of mistaken navigation. The demand has not yet received a response. South Korean Unification Ministry spokesman Chun...
For decades, most couples in China were allowed to have just one child. But in some cities, that policy is changing - most recently in Shanghai. The reason: China needs more young people to care for its rapidly rising elderly population. One-child f...
It has been nearly two weeks since suicide bombers attacked two luxury hotels in Indonesia. The blasts killed seven people and injured more than 50, but appears to have had little long-term economic or political impact. The governor of Jakarta said...
Opposition politicians in the Indian Parliament have staged a noisy walkout to express their anger about the joint statement with Pakistan signed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh earlier this month. Opposition protest on the floor of India's Parliam...
Nigerian government forces say they are in hot pursuit of a fundamentalist Islamic sect in the northern city of Maiduguri. A building that allegedly housed Islamic extremists is reportedly burnt by military in Maiduguri, 30 Jul 2009 Sounds of heavy...
Iran's opposition movement is holding what is being described as a silent memorial to remember the victims of the unrest that erupted following last month's contested presidential election. The Iranian government banned the gathering, leading to fea...
Ruling party candidate Malam Bacai Sanha has won Guinea-Bissau's presidential election. It was a vote to replace long-time leader Joao Bernardo Vieira, who was killed by mutinous troops five months ago. Malam Bacai Sanha at a polling station in Biss...
The World Trade Organization says the global economic troubles make it more important than ever to successfully conclude the Doha Development Round of trade negotiations. The WTO says a free-trade agreement is possible by the end of next year. Meeti...
An unprecedented two-day dialogue of top U.S. and Chinese officials ended in Washington Tuesday with pledges by the two governments to work more closely together on political, economic and environmental issues. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sai...
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, says the Obama administration is committed to supporting international peacekeeping operations, including reforms to address issues such as misconduct by peacekeepers. Rice also addressed specif...
Families of two of the three remaining British hostages held in Iraq for two years are deeply troubled to hear the men are likely dead. The news was broken to them last week by British officials. The loved ones of the British hostages are going thro...
India's Prime Minister says Pakistan's pledge to fight terrorism should be trusted, but its actions need to be verified. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh notes some cooperation with Islamabad on the investigation into last year's terror attack on Mumba...
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates sounded an optimistic note about the possibility of speeding up U.S. troop withdrawals from Iraq, Wednesday, after meeting for a second day with top Iraqi leaders and talking with U.S. and Iraqi military commander...
U.S. President Barack Obama is taking his campaign for health-care reform on the road, with events in the southern states of Virginia and North Carolina. Mr. Obama has pushed back his timetable for Congressional action, saying he expects to get the...
