cThe U.N. Special Humanitarian Envoy appealed for increased attention to the humanitarian crisis in Somalia, following a trip to the country. As Derek...
Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas is meeting with top Lebanese officials, on a two-day visit, expected to include discussions over the future o...
India's prime minister on Thursday declared the flooded state of Bihar a national calamity and ordered emergency relief. The official death toll is 55...
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner says the European Union is considering sanctions against Russia following its recognition of independence for...
The Pakistani lawyers whose protests helped drive President Musharraf from office have returned to the streets and this time they are targeting the co...
New details are emerging of a link between rising piracy off the coast of Somalia and insurgent activities on shore. A Kenyan piracy expert says a pro...
India's military has been sent into the state of Bihar, where an estimated two million people are affected by the flooded Kosi River. At least 40 peop...
In India's eastern Orissa State, spiraling violence between Hindus and Christians has killed at least nine people. From New Delhi, Anjana Pasricha rep...
Indian forces in Kashmir say they have killed one of three suspected Muslim militants who are holding about half a dozen hostages including women and ...
Russia's U.N. envoy has defended his government's decision to recognize two breakaway Georgian provinces, saying Tbilisi's attack on South Ossetia ear...
