A meeting of India's top military brass is under way - the first since last November's terror attack on Mumbai, in which more than 160 people died. Th...
The top U.S. military officer is in Moscow for talks on missile defense, arms control and other issues in advance of U.S. President Barack Obama's vis...
In Somalia's capital, the radical Islamist al-Shabab militia amputated a hand and a foot each from four young men accused of stealing guns and mobile ...
Fire authorities from around the world have been meeting in Australia to learn from the devastating bush fires in the southern state of Victoria earli...
Indonesia reported its first two confirmed cases of the H1N1 swine flu virus. One of the cases is an Australian tourist, who was visiting the island o...
The U.S. embassy in Sudan is warning of a threat by Islamist extremists to attack the Sudanese government as well as Western interests. A statement on...
Last week, a top Somali government minister was killed in a suicide bombing claimed by al-Shabab militants opposed to the government. It was the lates...
The Paris-based Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development has offered its most positive forecast in months on the world economy, saying 201...
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says he is not prepared to back down, under pressure, over Iran's disputed June 12 presidential election....
A group of 11 refugees left the Chadian capital N'Djamena by air on Sunday to be resettled in the United States. The group is comprised of seven urban...
