The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) has joined Afghan President Hamid Karzai in condemning Monday's deadly suicide bombing that killed at least ten people, including a key anti-Taliban figure, in the northern Baghlan province.
Haji Rasool Khan Mohseni, head of the provincial...
A powerful roadside bomb explosion has left at least seven policemen dead in western Afghanistan, media reports citing local officials said on Tuesday.
Officials said the explosion struck the vehicle carrying the policemen while traveling through the Chashti Shareef district of the western Herat province....
Guatemala's Constitutional Court on Monday overturned the genocide conviction of former dictator Efrain Rios Montt, and ordered that the trial must restart from the point where two of the country's judges disputed last month over who should hear the case.
In its ruling, the Constitutional Court threw...
Russia's National Anti-Terrorism Committee said on Monday that security forces had foiled a plot to launch terror attacks in Moscow by striking at a three-member group engaged in planning the attacks.
The Committee said in a statement that two of the plotters were killed in a raid carried out by its...
U.S. President Barack Obama held talks with his visiting Myanmar counterpart Thein Sein at the White House on Monday, with their discussions focusing mainly on the challenges being faced by the fledgling civilian government in the South Asian nation.
Incidentally, Thein Sein is the first President...
The United States has voiced concerns over what it called suppression of free speech rights of political activists and journalists in Egypt, and reminded the country's government of its international obligations to uphold the freedom of expression of its citizens.
"We are deeply concerned by the growing...
Senior U.N. officials in Afghanistan on Monday urged the country's government to fully implement legislation to protect women from child marriage and other forms of violence, following the failure of the Afghan Parliament to ratify the law over the weekend.
Incidentally, President Hamid Karzai has...
The United States and the European Union have strongly denounced the attack by some religious groups on a rally organized by the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community (LGBT) in the Georgian capital city of Tbilisi last week.
"The United States condemns the May 17th attack on a peaceful...
The U.N. peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Monday reported renewed clashes between rebels from the March 23 Movement (M23) and the country's armed forces in the eastern city of Goma.
According to the U.N. Organization Stabilization Mission in DRC (MONUSCO), fresh...
The U.S. State Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs will host the first EMPOWER Conference on disability inclusive diplomacy, the Department announced in a press release on Monday.
According to the release, the EMPOWER program is a series of two-way exchanges aimed at bolstering...
European Parliament President Martin Schulz has announced the names of six eligible candidates for the post of European Ombudsman in the opening session of the Parliament on Monday.
Schulz said out of eight nominations he had received for the post before the May 8 deadline, six were eligible.
He...
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has announced the appointment of Ira Forman as the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, a State Department press release said on Monday.
Forman, a graduate of both Harvard and Stanford Universities, had previously served as Director of Congressional...
At least 51 people, including 20 children, have been killed after a powerful tornado ripped through the suburbs of Oklahoma city in the United States, local media reported citing officials on Monday.
According to the National Weather Service (NWS), the twister generated winds of up to 200 m/ph that...
China and India signed eight agreements in New Delhi on Monday, following talks between Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his visiting Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang in the Indian capital city.
The deals signed today covered diverse areas, including economic, urban development as well as water...
Syrian security forces have launched a major offensive on the rebel-held town of Qusair, near the border with Lebanon, media reports citing Opposition activists said on Sunday.
They said the Syrian army began the operation on Saturday night with shelling, and added that military aircraft were involved...