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 ...
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao denied that Beijing was developing ties in Africa purely to satisfy its need for energy, as he headed for ...
The African Union has implemented sanctions on Guinea's military rulers, AU Peace and Security Commissioner Ramtane Lamamra said Saturday. "Africa has implemented sanctions against several dozen people in Guinea who are opposing a return to constitutional order," he said at a press ...
The head of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations urged Thailand and Cambodia to show "maximum restraint" amid tensions over Phnom Penh's job offer to a fugitive former Thai premier. ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan said the 10-country bloc should not be ...
Afghanistan rejected criticism of President Hamid Karzai by foreign leaders and the senior UN official in the country, accusing them of disrespecting the country's sovereignty. Kai Eide, the UN's special representative to Afghanistan, was among those who this week warned Karzai that ...
Capping months of struggle, House Democrats cleared an abortion-related impasse blocking a vote on sweeping health care legislation late Friday and officials expressed optimism they had lined up the support needed to pass President Barack Obama's top domestic priority. A vote was ...
TOKYO - NOVEMBER 07: Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (3rd L) speaks, along with (L-R) Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Laotian Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh, Myanmar Prime Minister Thein Sein, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, ...
In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, front right, accompanied by Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif, front left, reviews an honor guard during a welcoming ceremony in Cairo, capital of Egypt, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. Wen ...
Japan on Friday pledged 5.5 billion dollars in aid over three years for Southeast Asia's five Mekong River nations, seeking to deepen ties with the region amid growing influence from China. Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, who has pushed the concept of an ...
Court upholds Calif. city council's removal of man from public meeting after Nazi salute A federal appeals court has ruled that Santa Cruz City Council members did not violate a man's rights when they ordered him removed from a council meeting after ...
Official: China offers Africa more trade and investment at key summit China is offering to abolish import duties on some commodities from Africa and make sure Chinese exports to the continent are safe as part of a package to boost already thriving ...
A torn and defaced election poster of Afghan President Hamid Karzai is seen as Afghans carry a plastic tent to sell in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. Former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah, Karzai's challenger in the recent presidential election said Wednesday ...
