By Edward Yeranian Cairo 08 October 2009 Iran's Revolutionary Court has sentenced an opposition activist to death, in the first such verdict since trials of opposition supporters began in August. Monarchist Mohammad Reza Ali Zamani is to be hanged f...
By Alan Boswell Nairobi 08 October 2009 Former UN Sec. General Kofi Annan(R) leaves the offices of Kenyan Pres. Mwai Kibaki (unseen) in Nairobi on 05 Oct 2009 Former U.N. chief Kofi Annan warned late Wednesday of a crisis of confidence in Kenya's le...
By Gary Thomas Washington 08 October 2009 Glasse report Download (WM) US Soldiers in Afghanistan As the situation in Afghanistan grows more deadly and complex, the Obama administration finds itself confronted with difficult questions over strategy a...
By Vidushi Sinha Washington. 08 October 2009 Anders Fogh Rasmussen (file photo) NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen is urging European member states to contribute more to the Afghan mission. His appeal in Brussels Wednesday comes as the Obama administr...
By Elizabeth Arrott Cairo, Egypt 08 October 2009 A prominent Egyptian editor faces disciplinary charges for meeting with Israel's ambassador. An inquiry by her colleagues is set for the coming days, and is expected to highlight the clash between pol...
By Ravi Khanna Washington 08 October 2009 For decades, India mostly depended on, first, the Soviet Union and then Russia for its military supplies. But as the Cold War ended and India's relations with the United States began improving during Bill Cl...
By Luis Ramirez Jerusalem 08 October 2009 U.S. special envoy for Middle East Peace, George Mitchell is calling for an early re-launch of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. The envoy has begun meetings with officials in Israel and the Palestinian terr...
By Meredith Buel Washington 08 October 2009 Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi Pakistan's Foreign Minister, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, said Wednesday terrorists are in retreat in his country and the Taliban are in disarray. The foreign minist...
By Margaret Besheer United Nations 08 October 2009 U.N. Security Council (file photo) The U.N. Security Council has extended the mandate of the NATO-led military forces in Afghanistan for another year. The 15-member council also urged the protection...
By Steve Herman New Delhi 08 October 2009 India's government says no embassy personnel were killed or severely injured in a car bombing outside its diplomatic compound Thursday morning in Kabul. But Indian officials contend the attack, indeed, targe...