UN committee targets Iran's human rights violations and crackdown on election opponents A key U.N. committee approved a resolution Friday urging Iran to ...
PHOENIX (Reuters) - The U.S. government will audit hiring records of 1,000 firms in agriculture, healthcare and other areas to determine if they ...
Nepal's former king has been given his first passport aged 63, a year-and-a-half after stepping down from the throne, the government said Friday. Nepal's foreign ministry said it had issued a diplomatic passport to Gyanendra Shah, who left the royal palace in ...
Independent scientists say program can extend life of nation's nuclear weapons for decades An independent panel says the United States can extend the life of aging nuclear weapons for decades with existing programs, a finding that activists contend means there's no need ...
Defense chief says US will examine its own contracts in hopes of reducing Afghan corruption The United States will do its part to reduce corruption in Afghanistan by examining its own contracts and projects, even as it is demanding the same from ...
A UN panel on Friday blasted Iran for "serious, ongoing and recurring" human rights violations, including violence against protesters after the disputed June presidential elections. Members of the United Nations human rights committee adopted the damning -- but non-binding -- resolution by ...
US commanders have authority to discipline soldiers promoting Islamist extremism even though military regulations do not mention "jihadist" militancy, a Pentagon spokesman said on Friday. This month's shooting rampage at Fort Hood has raised questions about how the military can identify potential ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Adding to lawmaker criticism of U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's performance is a new survey released on Friday showing 42 percent of Americans say he has done a "poor job" handling the credit crisis and federal bailout programs. The ...
Panel mulling tax changes for W.Va. considers giving more tax flexibility to towns, counties West Virginia's tax modernization project is back on, but that doesn't mean businesses and individuals should necessarily expect lower taxes in the near future. "Tax modernization does not ...
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly's human rights committee condemned Iran on Friday for a violent crackdown on protesters after presidential elections this year that the Iranian opposition says were rigged. Tehran's U.N. Ambassador Mohammad Khazaee sharply criticized the Canadian-drafted ...
New York (Reuters) - Sales of existing U.S. homes likely rose for second consecutive month in October, reaching their highest level since July 2007, according to a Reuters poll, as buyers scrambled to take advantage of greater affordability and a first-time home ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When President Barack Obama and India's prime minister meet next week to talk about climate change the leaders will focus on green technologies rather than narrowing the global divide on greenhouse gas emissions goals, the chairman of the U.N.'s ...
