Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao leaves for Laos, at the end of the week, to take part in a Southeast Asia summit that is held every three years. The regional gathering is just one of several China has pursued in recent years, in an effort to build stronge...
In the U.S. presidential election campaign, Democrat Hillary Clinton was on the defensive Tuesday about a 1996 visit to Bosnia while Republican John McCain sought to boost his economic credentials. 在美国大选的竞选活动中,民主党候选人...
Heavy fighting has been raging in Basra following a major pre-dawn offensive by thousands of Iraqi troops against Shi'ite militias in the southern city. Iraqi officials say at least 12 people have been killed and 18 wounded in the clashes, but the nu...
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has discussed the formation of the country's abinet with Raila Odinga, the opposition leader expected to take up the post of prime minister in a coalition government, but the two have not reached agreement. Meanwhile, civ...
The government of Comoros says its forces have captured most of the rebel-held island of Anjouan, following a pre-dawn invasion. 科摩罗政府说,政府军已经收复了被反政府武装控制的昂儒昂岛的大部分地区。联军拂晓前攻...
In a long interview with Britain's Financial Times newspaper, Russia's President-elect Dmitri Medvedev shares his views about the country's economy, foreign policy and civil society. The next Kremlin leader is also calling for people in and out of th...
Pakistan's president has sworn in a political enemy as prime minister. Meanwhile, two top U.S. State Department officials arrived in the country and held talks with the embattled president and the new government leaders. 巴基斯坦总统穆沙拉夫主...
President Bush met at the White House with the King of Bahrain to discuss Mideast security and the war in Iraq. 布什总统在白宫会见了巴林国王哈马德。双方讨论了中东安全局势和伊拉克战争。 President Bush thanked the Ki...
In Bhutan's landmark elections that ended a century of absolute monarchy, the party widely perceived as most loyal to the monarchy won by a landslide. 不丹历史性的选举结束了长达一个多世纪的世袭君主制。被广泛视为对王室最...
In Egypt, a shortage of subsidized bread has resulted in long lines and occasional clashes in which several people have been killed. The president has ordered the army to use its bakeries to try to end the bread crisis, but the roots of the problem a...