Iran, North Korea nuclear disputes top agenda as Clinton leaves Sunday on trip to Europe, Asia Nuclear impasses with Iran and North Korea ...
Egypt's new ambassador to Iraq has arrived in Baghdad, a diplomatic source said on Saturday of Cairo's first diplomatic representative in the country ...
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea, the OECD's fastest-growing carbon polluter, said on Thursday it would finalize its carbon emission reduction targets for 2020 on November 17 at between unchanged from and 4 percent below 2005 levels. An official of the presidential committee ...
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Mohamed ElBaradei, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and outgoing head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog, said in a television interview he would not rule out running for the presidency of his native Egypt. ElBaradei said one should "never ...
CAIRO (Reuters) - The United States does not accept Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land but believes resuming peace talks is the best way to curb them, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday. Clinton, facing Arab criticism over a ...
US President Barack Obama's top Asia adviser on Friday brushed aside talk of a rift with Japan ahead of next week's summit, voicing confidence that the new government in Tokyo backed the US alliance. Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, whose left-leaning Democratic Party ...
The number of swine flu deaths has grown by more than 370 over a week to pass 6,000, as the pandemic spread into more than 199 countries and territories, World Health Organisation data showed Friday. The A(H1N1) pandemic is currently being fuelled ...
R and B singer Beyonce, who put off a gig in Malaysia following Islamist outrage over her "gyrating moves" and "sexy outfits," has brought her world tour to Egypt where she faced more hostility. Hamdi Hassan, a lawmaker from the Muslim Brotherhood, ...
Sales in Asia helped boost French luxury group Hermes in the third quarter, the company said on Friday, reporting an overall 10-percent rise in sales to 452 million euros (672 million dollars). In Asia, sales rose by 16.2 percent to 195 million ...
Asia-Pacific powers including the United States, China and Russia are expected to call next week for sweeping cuts in greenhouse gas emissions ahead of a crunch climate meeting in Copenhagen. US President Barack Obama and 20 other regional leaders will also say ...
International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn will visit Asia this month and meet with Chinese officials to discuss the global economic recovery, an IMF official said. "This is an important trip," Caroline Atkinson, director of external relations, said at a news conference. ...
Pop diva Beyonce's performance in Egypt stirs a storm among Islamic conservatives As Egypt gears for pop diva Beyonce Knowles' first performance in North Africa, Islamic conservatives are branding her show an "insolent sex party" that threatens the Muslim nation's "social peace ...
