The Pentagon announced Tuesday it will change the composition and mission of some troop units being deployed to Iraq in the coming months to reduce their combat role and increase their ability to train and support Iraqi forces. Pentagon spokesman Br...
President Barack Obama says the U.S. unemployment rate is likely to continue rising for several months, even as the economy recovers from its worst recession in decades. President Barack Obama at the White House President Obama says he expects the n...
Environmental and regulatory concerns surround Ghana's plans to start producing offshore oil. Ghana's President John Atta Mills (file photo) With more than 600 million barrels of proven reserves, the International Monetary Fund says oil and natural...
The autonomous region of Somaliland is in danger of losing its democratic and human rights gains if its leadership does not soon mend its ways, according to a human rights group. The group accuses the international community of harmful neglect and c...
On Sunday, the Republic of Congo held its second presidential election since the civil war that erupted in 1997, but voter turnout appeared low after an opposition boycott. Republic of Congo President Denis Sassou-Nguesso (file photo) Incumbent pres...
Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, is reportedly calm one day after African Union peacekeepers were seen fighting al-Shabab-led insurgents in the north of the city. The incident has raised questions about whether the peacekeepers exceeded their mandate,...
A major South Korean broadcaster is reporting that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has a life-threatening form of cancer. His health has been in serious question since his apparent stroke about a year ago. The medical prognosis is a matter of utmost...
Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore is in Australia launching a new environmental pressure group made up of scientists and civic and business leaders. Safe Climate Australia demands emergency action to address warming temperatures and has plans to he...
Turkey's controversial Ilisu dam project has been dealt a severe blow. An international consortium of German, Austrian and Swiss companies withdrew their financial support last week, accusing Turkey of failing to meet environmental concerns and comm...
For the first time since eight British soldiers died in Afghanistan last week, Britain's Defense Secretary Bob Ainsworth addressed parliament as he tried to rebut claims British forces are under-equipped for the tough mission they are engaged in. Th...
Tensions threatened to disrupt Zimbabwe's first consitution-writing conference. Many people left the gathering fearing political hostility would lead to violence, but leaders vowed to press ahead with the meeting. Militants of President Robert Mugab...
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says it was a deep disappointment that he was unable to meet imprisoned democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi during his recent visit to Burma, saying the decision of authorities there not to let him meet with her was...
Judge Sonia Sotomayor, President Barack Obama's nominee to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States, has pledged impartiality and fidelity to the law if she is confirmed as the first Hispanic Supreme Court justice and only the third woman to...
G-8 leaders in Italy pledged to cut global emissions 50 percent by 2050. But advocacy organizations say that the commitment is much too weak and too vague for sub-Saharan Africa, which is already facing serious challenges due to a changing climate....
Somalia's neighbors are pleading for urgent international help to prevent the strategic Horn of Africa nation from falling into the hands of foreigners bent on turning it into a haven for terrorists. Regional foreign ministers held an emergency sess...
