Russian Federation FM Lavrov to attend two UNSC meetings, and meet Arab FMs
Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov is to attend a UN Security Council (UNSC) meeting scheduled for Tuesday morning to discuss a...
Obama focuses on alternative energy, environment
Insisting on the need to develop new forms of energy, U.S. President-elect Barack Obama on Monday chose as his energy secretary a Nobel...
Family: Shoe thrower hates both US, Iran role
The Iraqi TV reporter who hurled his shoes at George W. Bush was kidnapped once by militants and, separately, detained briefly by the...
No relief in sight for war-wracked Afghanistan
Afghanistan won commitments of additional aid and more troops from the international community in 2008, but a deadly Taliban insurgency, rampant crime and...
Bush pays surprise visit to Afghanistan
U.S. President George Bush paid a surprise visit to Afghanistan early on Monday morning after a five-hour stop in Iraq that saw a...
