Iran's top nuclear negotiator, Said Jalili, has signaled that Tehran is ready for constructive dialogue over its nuclear program, in an apparent response to the invitation by European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana for talks with the Unite...
The mother of the Somali piracy suspect being held for trial in the United States is appealing for mercy for her son. She says he did not know what he was doing when he and three other men boarded a U.S.-flagged ship earlier this month and took the...
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the United States is laying groundwork for new sanctions against Iran if outreach to Tehran on its nuclear program fails to produce results. Clinton says the Obama administration's call for dialogue provides m...
President Barack Obama says the United States should depend more on so-called clean forms of energy, like wind and solar, and less on oil. The president promoted his alternative energy plan on an Earth Day visit to the central state of Iowa. Preside...
Nearly one third of South Africa's 23 million registered voters are younger than 30-years-old and of those, about two million are first time voters. There is much speculation about the impact of these young voters. The 2009 election is the first in...
Sierra Leone has convicted 15 men of trying to smuggle nearly 700 kilograms of cocaine through the country's airport. Justice Nicolas Browne Marke found all 15 men guilty of conspiracy to import a prohibited drug without lawful authority. Two Colomb...
Stocks in Asia reached a three-month high this week, injecting fresh hopes among investors of an early turnaround in the global financial crisis. A new report by the Asian Development Bank says, although Asia's stock markets are showing signs of sta...
Former Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky has pleaded not guilty to a new set of charges that could add 22 years to the sentence he is already serving. Human rights activists say the imprisonment of Khodorkovsky, who was once Russia's wealthies...
The head of Britain's Independent Police Complaints Commission was questioned Tuesday by a host of politicians in parliament regarding the much criticized security tactics employed during London's G-20 summit earlier this month. British police in ri...
The Pakistani government's recent approval of Islamic courts in parts of the country's northwest was aimed at bringing peace to a region that had long suffered from clashes between Taliban fighters and the military. But the agreement's legal ambigui...