The Asian Development Bank says Asia needs to balance its growth to prevent damage from future crises like the global economic slow-down. The bank has pledged to increase funds to strengthen growth. The Asian Development Bank is holding its annual m...
Sri Lankan journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge has been posthumously awarded the World Press Freedom Prize. At conference in the Gulf state, Qatar, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization emphasized the need for journalist...
Pakistan's government has embarked on an offensive against Islamic militants after the Taliban set off alarm bells in the country by moving into a district just 100 kilometers from the capital. Sentiment in Pakistan has somewhat swung against the mi...
Europe has received more bad economic news, with the 27-member European Union announcing the business downturn would be far worse this year than its earlier predictions. The European Union's economy is expected to shrink by four percent this year -...
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is on a trip to the Middle East, where he says he will tell two key American allies they should not worry about any potential improvements in American relations with Iran. US Defense Secretary Robert Gates Secreta...
President Barack Obama wants to crack down on U.S. companies and wealthy investors who avoid federal taxes through offshore business dealings. Mr. Obama unveiled a plan that aims to boost U.S. tax revenue and preserve American jobs. President Barack...
U.S. officials say President Barack Obama will press Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari this week to continue a military drive against Taliban insurgents to prevent a situation in which extremists might threaten that country's stability and nuclea...
The top U.S. military officer says he is comfortable that Pakistan's nuclear weapons are secure, but he says he is gravely concerned about Taliban advances in the country and neighboring Afghanistan. Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mik...
The U.N. secretary-general says if and when the world faces a severe influenza pandemic, the U.N. system is prepared. Ban Ki-moon briefed members of the U.N. General Assembly in an informal session. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon The U.N. chief ca...
The World Health Organization says there is some concern the swine flu A-H1N1 virus may start moving from the Northern Hemisphere to the Southern Hemisphere, where the regular winter flu season is approaching. People, wearing face masks as a precaut...