US Marines take cover in a poppy field as Taliban fighters fire on them in the town of Marjaha in Afghanistan's Helmand province, 15 Feb 2010 Top military commanders in Afghanistan say a major anti-Taliban offensive in the southern Helmand Province i...
From NPR News in Washington, Im Korva Coleman. Making good on his promise to pursue a comprehensive energy strategy, President Obama has announced plans to expand offshore oil drilling off the East Coast. NPRs Scott Horsley reports. President Obama s...
1. The Red Cross is estimating up to 50,000 people have died in the Haitian earthquake. Meantime, the casualty numbers for the UN personnel keep mounting with officials now saying 36 people have been killed, nearly 200 are missing. 2. The FAA has sto...
In Nepal, a group of former child soldiers, living in detention in United Nations-supervised camps since a peace deal ended a Maoist insurgency, has been released. The children are the first of nearly 4,000 young boys and girls affiliated with former...
Good morning, everyone. I am Catherine Callaway at the CNN center in Atlanta, with a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. Today on Fort Hood we will observe a day of mourning and remembering in our thoughts and prayers the victims of this incide...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 10 November 2009 The U.N. refugee agency says it is extremely concerned about the recent escalation of the conflict in northern Yemen between the government and rebel Houthis. The UNHCR says there has been a significant increa...
Political opponents of Mauritania's military government say they will demonstrate against plans for new elections in June. The military says it will not allow unauthorized protests. Mauritania's military ruler Gen. Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz (File) Now...
The U.N. refugee agency says it is concerned about the safety of tens of thousands of displaced civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where fighting between government and rebel forces threatens North Kivu's provincial capital Goma. Lis...
The United States and India Friday signed an accord allowing U.S. firms to sell nuclear fuel and technology to India, reversing a three-decade ban on such trade. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee signed...
An Afghan government commission says a U.S. airstrike this week that American commanders claimed had targeted militants instead killed 47 civilians. The reports of civilian casualties come as American commanders say they are trying to counter the gr...
