Plans to build a series of hydropower dams on the Mekong River could threaten already endangered species in the waterway. The Mekong River is the lifeblood of Southeast Asia, with the largest inland fisheries in the world. About 40 million people dep...
Members of Zimbabwe's constitutional outreach team has begun training in Harare before being deployed across the country to prepare for the writing of a new document. Ish Mafundikwa | Harare 11 January 2010 Zimbabwe took another step towards drafting...
Human rights groups are criticizing an Emirati court for exonerating Sheikh Issa bin Zayed al-Nahyan, who was caught on videotape beating a man with a nailed plank, setting him on fire and running him over with a vehicle. Phillip Walter Wellman | Dub...
Officials from the Africa Cup of Nations have denied a request by the Togolese Football team to join the tournament in Angola late following a deadly border ambush last week that left three members of their entourage dead. Ricci Shryock | Dakar 11 Ja...
The suicide bomber who killed 7 CIA employees on a US base in eastern Afghanistan was seen, on Saturday, in a pre-attack video alongside Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud. In the video, Humam Khalil Abu Mulal al-Balawi, a Jordanian, says he w...
The U.S. says it wants to see North Korea return to six-party denuclearization talks before it considers negotiations involving a wider range of issues. U.S. officials commented Monday after North Korea called for peace talks with the U.S. and an end...
Five years after a comprehensive peace agreement in Sudan was signed ending the longest running war in Africa, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Sudan is at a critical juncture. The peace agreement left many issues undetermined, such as th...
Angolan authorities say security forces have arrested two individuals allegedly involved in the deadly attack on Togo's national football team on the eve of the Africa Cup of Nations. Despite the Togolese team's subsequent withdrawal, the tournament...
Angolan officials say African Cup of Nations tournament goes ahead as planned, but Togo's PM pulls out his country's team after Friday's attack. Scott Bobb | Johannesburg 10 January 2010 Angolan soccer fans parade near the airport in Cabinda, Angola,...
The International Organization for Migration says an increasing number of qualified, educated young Ghanaians are migrating to foreign countries. It says this so-called brain drain could affect the country's economic and development prospects. Ghana...
The comment follows a disappointing monthly unemployment report that showed continuing job losses in the United States. Michael Bowman | Washington 10 January 2010 Photo: AP Nick Rodriguez looks at job listings for tow truck drivers in the New York S...
A wave of cold and snowy weather continues to grip Europe, grounding airplanes, trains and cars and causing dozens of deaths. Britons shivering through one of the coldest winters to hit the United Kingdom in decades got no reprieve from Mother Nature...
Croats begin voting in decisive round of presidential elections with opinion polls predicting narrow victory for left-leaning candidate Ivo Josipovic. Stefan Bos | Budapest 10 January 2010 Croatia's presidential candidate Ivo Josipovic of the Social...
U.S. Middle East envoy says the United States could withhold loan guarantees if Israel fails to advance the peace process. Robert Berger | Jerusalem 10 January 2010 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seen during the weekly cabinet meeting i...
The Nigerian Bar Association, a prominent human rights lawyer and a former lawmaker have filed separate suits seeking recognition for Vice President Goodluck Jonathan as acting president, given President Umaru Yar'Adua's six-week absence because of i...
