(Source: UN - United Nations) Water holds key to sustainable development, UN chief tells Budapest summit Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (at lectern and on screens) addresses the 2013 Water Summit in...
(Source: UN - United Nations) ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia-African governments today issued a strong reaffirmation of their common commitment to prioritizing the needs and rights of women, girls and young...
European lawmakers on Tuesday were set to tighten rules governing the multibillion-dollar tobacco market by imposing bigger and bolder warnings on cigarette packs, banning most flavorings like menthol...
RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s president, Dilma Rousseff, crisply demanded an explanation on Monday from Canada over revelations that a Canadian intelligence agency had spied on Brazil’s mining and energy...
WASHINGTON: Stock markets fell on day as the federal government shutdown entered its seventh day with no end in sight and the prospect of a US default loomed. Lawmakers appeared to be making little...
Argentina's PresidentCristina Fernandez de Kirchner will undergo surgery later to treat bleeding on her brain. Ms Kirchner, 60, was initially ordered her to rest for a month on Saturday after doctors...
A possible national default loomed closer on Monday as the partial government shutdown lingered, rattling markets in the U.S. and overseas. A gridlocked Congress betrayed little or no urgency toward...
BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- A lawyer for New York City on Monday denied that the NYPD has a surveillance program to spy on Muslims. Responding to an ACLU lawsuit claiming religious discrimination that seeks to...
KABUL: Afghan PresidentHamid Karzai on Monday condemned the NATO mission in his country for causing "a lot of suffering" without delivering any gains. The outgoing leader also suggested to the BBC...
The head of Pakistan’s powerful military has said he will stand down when his term ends next month, apparently scotching rumours that he was seeking to further extend his position. In an announcement...
At least 34 people have been killed and dozens hurt in Egypt in clashes between police and supporters of the deposed Islamist PresidentMohammed Morsi. More than 200 members of the Muslim Brotherhood...
BERLIN (AP) â Germany is handing over a key military base in northern Afghanistan to local security forces as part of the gradual pullout of Western forces in the coming years. According to prepared...
At least 66 people have died in Iraq after a suicide bomber blew himself up among a crowd of Shiite pilgrims passing through a mainly Sunni neighbourhood in Baghdad and another detonated his...
(Source: UN - United Nations) UN labour agency urges revision of migration policies after Lampedusa incident The Italian coastguard brings survivors of Thursday's tragedy to the harbour in...
BRAITHWAITE, La. (AP) — Tropical Storm Karen continued to chug toward the Gulf Coast on Saturday, threatening to bring heavy winds and high rains, despite a general weakening of the storm. Officials...
OSAKA — Thursday’s agreement between the United States and Japan to revise defense cooperation guidelines touched on a number of core issues, such as transferring U.S. Marines to Guam, building a...
At least five civilians, including three children, were killed overnight in a NATO airstrike in eastern Afghanistan, officials said yesterday. The civilians, aged between 12 and 20, were killed while...
Syria has given international experts additional details about its chemical weapons program that go beyond a Sept. 21 declaration of its poison gas arsenal, the UN said on Friday. The team consists of...