Somali witnesses say a U.S. air assault in Somalia has killed a top terrorist suspect linked to al-Qaida. The fugitive is believed to have been behind...
Afghan election officials have begun recounting disputed ballots from the August 20 presidential election. The recount amid fraud allegations leaves o...
The international donor community has unveiled a $70-million Educational Transition Fund aimed at improving the quality of education for the country's...
A senior ally of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has accused the European Union of undermining the power sharing agreement with Prime Minister Morg...
The president of Somaliland is calling for his political opponents to cease public protests and to sit down at the table with him for renewed negotiat...
The world's major economies have spent trillions of dollars in government money to ease a severe global slump. That spending has led to huge budget de...
A group linked to al-Qaida has taken responsibility for last week's rocket attacks from Lebanon into Israel. Two Lebanese women next to an Indonesian ...
Authorities in Papua New Guinea are battling simultaneous outbreaks of influenza, dysentery and cholera that have killed about 120 people. Thousands o...
U.S. special envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell is on the second day of a visit to Israel, where he is working to jump-start the peace process. ...
As countries begin emerging from the global financial crisis, France is proposing to measure progress in a new way - one that includes happiness and w...