With official visits overlapping in Afghanistan, Iran's outspoken president and the US defence secretary have accused each other of interfering in local...

A number of schools in the US were closed down on Wednesday after posted on a social networking...

The US Senate has adopted a draft bill to increase unemployment...

A United Nations report, which is still to be released, has found that up to half the food aid in Somalia is diverted to corrupt contractors, local UN workers and Islamic...

The BBC has reported that a man who has been subjected to claims he is the killer of James Bulger, has asked for the UK government to reveal who the real murderer...

Two UK women who were repeatedly raped and violently abused by their father have received an apology from 28 different public...

Federal prosecutors in the US have charged the owner of a California restaurant over alleged sales of whale meat, which was labelled...

A young actor who became a teen idol during his time as a Hollywood star, has died of unknown...

Politicians and police authorities in Ukraine are investigating the airline industry after an incident on the main...

The main airport in Bangkok has been locked down by soldiers as the Thai capital prepares for anti-government...

Pakistani police have reported a militant incident at the offices of a US-based Christian aid...

Bangladesh has been accused of starving and blocking medical treatment for Rohingya...

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden called today for no delay in resuming Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. Speaking in Tel Aviv, he also called peace with the Palestinianians "profoundly" in the...

In the wake of the UN Human Rights Council's recent session on Iran, RFE/RL's Radio Farda correspondent Javad Kouroshy asked Manfred Nowak, the UN's special rapporteur on torture, about his attempts...

KEMEROVO, Russia -- Russia's first plant to produce synthetic fuel will be built in the central Kemerovo Oblast, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports.Kemerovo Governor Aman Tuleyev told journalists that...

DUSHANBE -- Tajik President Emomali Rahmon has appointed veteran economist Matlubkhon Davlatov to head the presidential office, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reports.Davlatov, 60, had taught economics at...

The Washington Post's Style section highlighted the "Voices From Afghanistan" exhibit at the Library of Congress, which showcases some of the thousands of handwritten scrolls and letters sent in by...

The Washington Post's Style section highlighted the "Voices From Afghanistan" exhibit at the Library of Congress, which showcases some of the thousands of handwritten scrolls and letters sent in by...

A woman suspected of being the hit and run driver who mowed down two pedestrians in Brooklyn -- including an aide to Mayor Bloomberg -- was apparently telling the truth when she said her sister did...

Nuri Kamal al-Maliki ’s coalition was likely to win a plurality in an exceedingly close race. But even as the preliminary results were about to be broadcast to the public, a coalition of...

Nomiya, a temporary rooftop dining room at the contemporary-art museum Palais de Tokyo, one of several high-end restaurants installed at cultural institutions in...

Maybe her whining wasn't just baby talk after all. An inside look at the making of E-Trade's "milkaholic" Super Bowl ad that drew Lindsay Lohan's ire revealed that the baby's name was changed from...

Palestinians said Israel must cancel a settlement project before negotiations can begin. "The most important thing is for these talks to go forward and go forward promptly and go forward in good...

It's the "don't pass the salt" bill. Brooklyn Assemblyman Felix Ortiz has introduced legislation to eliminate the use of salt "in any form" in preparing food in every restaurant in the state -- a...

A British journalist has been released from Hamas custody after a month's detention and is on his way out of the Gaza Strip.Paul Martin was arrested Feb. 14 in a Gaza court where he had intended to...

BANGKOK, Mar 11, 2010 (IPS) - Anyone who is still trying to look for neutrality or balance in the Thai media in these days of political ferment, ahead of large anti-government protests expected in...

An administration official says Obama will issue an executive order Thursday creating an Export Promotion Cabinet of federal agencies whose work affects exports. The president is instructing the...

Earlier this week, Biden condemned Israel's plan to build 1,600 new homes in disputed east Jerusalem, saying it undermined trust in peace...

Kansas City school board approves plan to close 28 of 61 public schools Superintendent says 'right-size' plan is needed to save money, prevent declining enrollment Critics say closures will drive...

The Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas has released a British journalist accused of espionage in the Gaza Strip.Paul Martin, a freelance journalist accused of "collaborating with Israel",...

Former Bosnian president Ejup Ganic, who was arrested at London's Heathrow Airport over war crimes allegations, has been given bail by the High Court.Mr Ganic was detained on 1 March at the request...

A woman convicted of trying to carry out a mercy killing on her ill husband in 1998 has died in an assisted suicide at a clinic in Switzerland.Vicky Wood, from Harbertonford, Devon, who had a lung...

Survivors of violence in central Nigeria on Sunday have been telling the BBC what happened.One witness in a village near the city of Jos said he heard his neighbours screaming as they were attacked....

download Flash from the Adobe download website. The country's Law Minister, Rana Sanaullah, has apologised after wrongly revealing that authorities had recovered Sahil Saeed. Earlier, senior...

The Lost Boys actor Corey Haim was a "tormented soul", friend and fellow actor Corey Feldman has said.Paying tribute to the star, Feldman said he wept when he heard Haim had died at a...

The unknown West Cape May resident, dubbed The Midnight Knitter, is covering tree branches and lamp posts with little sweaters under cover of darkness. Residents say they're enthralled by the...

The Asian elephant mother, Porntip, delivered the bull calf early yesterday in what Taronga Park Zoo officials said was "unbelievable good fortune"."Dedicated keepers reported the amazing news early...

Workers walked off the job at midnight last night, in the second major strike called by the country's two largest unions in a week, closing hospitals and schools and stopping all flights and most...

Philadelphia - An American woman "desperate to do something" to help suffering Muslims has been accused of using the internet to recruit jihadist fighters and help terrorists overseas, even agreeing...

Mexico City - "We don't have anything ready apart from what we're wearing," said Judith Vazquez, a Mexican who will wed another woman in Mexico City on Thursday in a first for Latin America. After...

Chairman of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board Paul Volcker testifies before the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington in this February 2,...

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TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden called on Thursday for no delay in resuming Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, after Palestinians said Israel must cancel a settlement project before...

LONDON (Reuters) - London-based oil major BP has agreed to buy Brazilian, Azeri and Gulf of Mexico assets from Devon Energy for $7 billion, as the U.S. producer refocuses on onshore U.S....

(Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned Gulf countries on Thursday against the U.S. presence in the region, saying Washington aimed to dominate their energy resources in the name of...

Afghan President Hamid Karzai (L) welcomes his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad upon his arrival in Kabul March 10, 2010. Ahmadinejad arrived on Wednesday for a visit to Afghanistan, after...

Untested Rape Kits Lead to More Crimes (AP) A New Jersey man with apocalyptic visions is accused of years of terrorizing his family, raping his five daughters and impregnating three, beating his...

Saving Seeds In Doomsday Vault Scientists are collecting a billion and a half seeds from all the world's crops to keep in safe storage deep inside a mountain near the North Pole. Scott Pelley...

A patrol officer with a sensitive nose was credited yesterday with uprooting what authorities called the biggest marijuana-growing operation in New Jersey history. Police in Middlesex County last...

Chuck Neubauer The Obama administration promised increased transparency in government but has rolled back rules proposed by the Bush administration that expanded the financial disclosure statements...