A suicide bomber killed at least 32 people at a mosque in northwestern Pakistan on Friday just hours before top U.S. envoy Richard Holbrooke declared the Pakistani mood has turned decidedly against Islamic extremism. Top U.S. envoy Richard Holbrooke...
U.S. Middle East special envoy George Mitchell has met with the president of Turkey Thursday as part of his quest for peace in the region. U.S. Middle-East special envoy George Mitchell, left, is seen with Turkish President Abdullah Gul, center, and...
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday the new U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Policy Stephen Bosworth will begin his first trip to the region early next week. Bosworth says he thinks North Korea is inclined to continue dialogu...
The African Union special envoy to Somalia said Somali President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed has assured him the national unity government now being formed will be secular. The head of the AU peacekeeping mission AMISOM is hailing Sheikh Sharif's ris...
A senior Sudanese diplomat says the safety of United Nations' peacekeepers in his country will not be in jeopardy, if the International Criminal Court, or ICC, grants a request for an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir. A decision...
The United Nations' special envoy on Burma has met with detained Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, to discuss political reform in the military-run country. But it is not clear if the military's top leader will grant him a similar meeting....
Middle East envoy Tony Blair is saying that the elements are in place for a ceasefire in Gaza, after meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Egyptian diplomatic efforts to mediate a cease-fire, meanwhile, have hit a number of snags. Tony Blai...
Foreign ministers from the United States, Britain, France and the Arab League met separately and together behind closed doors at the United Nations Wednesday, seeking an end to nearly two weeks of deadly fighting in the Gaza Strip. After hours of ta...
With less than a week to go before elections in Bangladesh, the U.S. ambassador to that country is warning that whoever wins will have to simultaneously focus on democracy, development and fighting terrorism. Otherwise, he says, Bangladesh will face...
Talks between the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo and a rebel faction taking place in Nairobi have encountered difficulties, with U.N. Special Envoy Olusegun Obasanjo placing most of the blame on the rebel delegation. The rebel group,...