By Heda Bayron Kuala Lumpur 26 July 2006 The European Union has agreed to allow Burma's foreign minister to attend a summit of European and Asian leaders in Helsinki later this year. ------- Nyan Win (File photo) The European Union will waive a trav...
By Paula Wolfson White House 25 July 2006 Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is personally urging President Bush to back an immediate cease-fire between Israeli forces and Lebanese-based Hezbollah militants. But Mr. Bush continues to stand firm in...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 17 July 2006 Israel's prime minister says Israel will continue to attack Lebanon until two Israeli prisoners are freed and Hezbollah militants leave the area along Israel's northern border. Israel is continuing air strikes ag...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 12 July 2006 A day after India's financial capital, Bombay, was hit by a series of powerful explosions on commuter trains, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh urged the country to stand united in the face of terrorism....
By Michael Bowman White House 19 May 2006 Saudi Arabia's foreign minister says he hopes the United States will release more prisoners from the detention facility at the U.S. Naval Station at Guantanam...
By Matt Steinglass Hanoi 04 April 2006 Dao Dinh Binh (File photo - Dec. 4, 2003) Vietnam's transportation minister has resigned to take responsibility for a huge gambling scandal, and a vice minister...
By Scott Bobb Bangkok 04 April 2006 Thailand's PM Thaksin Shinawatra speaks at Government House in Bangkok, April 4, 2006 Thailand's embattled Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has announced he will s...
By Scott Bobb Bangkok 03 April 2006 Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has claimed victory in Sunday's snap elections that were boycotted by the opposition. But he acknowledged that many Thais pro...
By Stephanie Ho Washington 02 April 2006 Iraq's foreign minister says Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw have conveyed their impatience with the slow formatio...
By Ron Corben Bangkok 22 March 2006 Thousands of farmers from Thailand's poorest regions have come to Bangkok to provide support for besieged Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Mr. Thaksin has long wo...