A series of bomb attacks in the Iraqi city of Mosul and the capital Baghdad killed at least 35 people Friday. Shi'ite pilgrims were marking the birthday of the 12th Imam, a revered figure in Shi'ite Islam. The scene of a road side bomb blast that hi...
A Nigerian government program that offers cash, job training and pardons to militants who turn in their weapons begins Thursday. The government hopes this will bring stability to the troubled, oil-producing Niger Delta. A fighter of the Movement for...
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, along with INTERPOL and the government of Guinea, recently discovered four sites where they believe drugs such as heroin, cocaine and ecstasy could have been processed and manufactured in Conakry. These...
Twelve South Pacific islanders taken hostage by Somali pirates earlier this year have been released. The men were seized off the east African coast and have been set free after their employer reportedly paid a ransom. A pirate taking a stroll on sho...
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton challenged Kenya's youth Thursday to utilize new media technologies to shine light on public corruption in the country. She continued her message that only Kenyans can solve Kenya's problems. US Sec. of State...
Thailand's central bank hopes to help the country's beleaguered exporters by allowing more investment overseas part of a strategy to cheapen the Thai baht. Thailand market analysts doubt the plan will offer much respite from the global economic slum...
Smoke from forest fires, largely in Indonesia, has shrouded parts of Southeast Asia in thick haze. It is a seasonal problem in the region that will not go away. Putrajaya's landmark Putra Mosque (l) and Prime Minister's building seen covered by haze...
A delegation of conservative congressmen from the United States is on a solidarity visit to Israel. They are concerned about Washington's Middle East policies. Congressman Eric Cantor (c), with delegation of Republican members of Congress, during pr...
Sixty-four years ago, the United States dropped the first nuclear weapon used in war on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. A few days later, another was exploded over Nagasaki. More than 200,000 people died in the bombings and many of them were Korean....
Mauritania's former military ruler has taken the oath of office as the nation's new civilian president. His political opponents are still challenging the outcome of last month's election. Gen. Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, left, speaks to the press short...
