The United Nations Security Council has adjourned an emergency session without agreeing a response to the sentencing of Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi to a further period of detention. Some countries including China and Russia asked fo...
A summit in South America has ended with leaders still deeply divided over Colombian plans to grant American troops access to its military bases. Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez who called for a joint statement condemning the Colombian proposal said...
Nearly one million people have been evacuated from the coastal regions of China which have been battered by Typhoon Morakot. Its brought torrential rains and high winds that have destroyed hundreds of houses and flooded vast tracts of farmland. Micha...
Theres been strong European reaction to the latest trials in Iran over unrest that followed the country's disputed presidential election. A French national and Iranian workers at the French and British Embassies are among those charged. The EU Swedis...
Indonesian police have surrounded a house in central Java, having exchanged gunfire with the occupants believed to include one of Southeast Asia's most wanted militants Noordin Top. Police say Mr. Noordin, a Malaysian national and the leader of the J...
国际货币基金组织（IMF）要求全球各国政府采取进一步行动以恢复全球金融体系的稳定。在最近一份对金融问题规模估计的报告中，IMF称全球有毒资产损失总额已高达4万亿美元。 The Internatio...
The American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said the situation in Pakistan poses what she described as a mortal threat to the security of the United States and the world. She also criticized Pakistan's judicial system, saying it was corrupt a...
The North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has ordered the release of two American journalists who were jailed after crossing into North Korea from China in March. The announcement came during a surprise visit to Pyongyang by the former US President Bill Cl...
The Bank of America has agreed to pay 33 million dollars to settle accusations by the US government over billions of dollars of bonuses paid out last year by its investment on Merrill Lynch. Bank of America took over Merrill Lynch to save it from col...
Two prominent opposition figures in Iran have denounced the trials of leading reformists and activists detained during the unrest that followed the disputed presidential election in June. The main opposition candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi has said the...
