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Top hotel in Afghan capital attacked
Suicide bombers attacked a major hotel frequented by Westerners in Afghanistan's capital late on Tuesday,...
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Sudan to appoint vice president from Darfur - state media
Sudan will appoint a vice president from the war-battered western Darfur region, state media said on...
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New U.S. Afghan commander backs Obama troop plan
The U.S. general poised to take command of Western forces in Afghanistan on Tuesday embraced President...
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Greek police clash with austerity protesters
Greek riot police fought hooded youths with teargas and batons near parliament on Tuesday as violence...
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Lagarde elected IMF chief
French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde has been elected the next leader of the International Monetary...
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Libya to dominate AU summit
The Libyan political crisis will dominate the African Union’s (AU) summit starting in Equatorial...
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Air Zimbabwe forced to return Zambian plane
Zimbabwe’s struggling national airline has suffered another setback after the withdrawal of a plane...
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Berlusconi ally says government may fall on austerity plan
The leader of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's main coalition ally, the Northern League, on...
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Greek police fire teargas at Athens protesters
Greek police fired tear gas to disperse a small group of youths throwing sticks and bottles on Tuesday...
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6 plead not guilty in Nyamwasa attempted murder case
Six foreign nationals accused of trying to kill a controversial ex-Rwandan general pleaded innocent in the...
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Tepco gets to keep nuclear reactors despite shareholder ire
The utility at the heart of Japan's atomic crisis, Tokyo Electric Power Co, won institutional shareholder...
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China says Sudan split on agenda as Bashir visits
Senior Chinese officials will take up the secession of south Sudan during talks with Sudan's President...
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Eskom execs paid millions as S.Africans fork out more for power
Top executives at Eskom are being paid more than double than they were last year, even as South Africans...
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Gaddafi shrugs off an international arrest warrant
Muammar Gaddafi has rejected the International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant out against...
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China says Sudan split on agenda as Bashir visits
Senior Chinese officials will take up the secession of south Sudan during talks with Sudan's President...
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Yemen foils Qaeda attack, Saleh speech seen on Tuesday
Yemen said on Monday its security forces had foiled a planned al Qaeda attack in the southern province of...
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International court issues arrest warrant for Gaddafi
The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant Monday for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, and...
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Russian scientists expect to meet aliens by 2031
Russian scientists expect humanity to encounter alien civilizations within the next two decades, a top...
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Syria activists meet, call for change to avert crisis
Some of Syria's leading intellectuals called on Monday for sweeping political change that could end 41...
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Libyan rebels have upper hand in war on Gaddafi - UN
Libya's rebels, with support from NATO, now have a tentative upper hand in the fight against forces loyal...
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Tsvangirai says he will not be intimidated
Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Monday said he would sooner go to jail than pull out of the...