The United States on Thursday urged its allies Taiwan and Philippines to swiftly resolve their row over the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman by the Philippine Coast Guard last week, and appealed to the two nations to refrain from escalating the tensions further.
"We continue to urge both parties to...
Nigeria's military has begun anti-militant operations in the country's north-eastern region by targeting the strongholds of the radical Boko Haram Islamist sect blamed for the numerous attacks on both civilian and security targets in the region, media reports citing officials said on Thursday.
The...
Yemen is currently facing a worsening humanitarian situation which could destabilize the country's gains on the political front, a U.N. official warned on Thursday noting that half of the country's 24 million people are in need of assistance.
"There will be no political transition if we don't deal...
The first batch of residents of Camp Hurriya have left Iraq for permanent relocation in Albania, the U.S. State Department said on Thursday.
Some 14 Camp Hurriya residents were flown to Albania on Wednesday in line with the European nation's offer to resettle some 210 camp residents, Department...
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged both Israeli and Palestinian leaders to create conditions conducive for resuming meaningful negotiations to end the decades-long conflict between the two sides, his spokesman said on Thursday.
According to the spokesman, Ban made the appeal during separate...
President Barack Obama on Thursday expressed serious concerns over sexual assaults in the U.S. military, stressing that the crime undermined the trust needed for the country's military to carry out its missions and other responsibilities.
Obama made the remarks while meeting with Defense Secretary...
At least eight people have been killed after a suicide bomber attacked a Shiite mosque in Iraq's northern city of Kirkuk, media reports citing local officials said late on Thursday.
The suicide bomber blew himself up inside the Al Zahraa mosque as dozens were mourning the victims of two separate car...
The United States on Thursday reiterated its previous stand that continued construction of Jewish settlements by Israel in occupied Palestinian territories are "counterproductive" to the ongoing efforts for reviving the currently stalled Middle East peace process.
Addressing a news conference on Thursday,...
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed an EUR300 million loan agreement with Spain's CaixaBank to finance small and medium-scale investment projects promoted by SMEs (with fewer than 250 employees) and midcaps (companies with up to 3,000 employees), along with their working capital needs.
CaixaBank...
Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, the top commander of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, has denounced a suicide car bomb attack that killed at least nine people, including six ISAF personnel, in Kabul on Thursday and offered his condolences to the victims' families.
Noting...
Members of the European Parliament welcomed outcome of the recent international conference on Mali during their discussions with the West African nation's Acting President Dioncounda Traore on Thursday, according to a press release.
Neverthless, members of the security and defense, foreign affairs...
At least two people have been killed and more than nine injured after the concrete ceiling of a small shoe factory collapsed near the Cambodian capital city of Phnom Penh, media reports citing local officials said on Thursday.
The incident occurred at a shoe factory owned by the Taiwanese company...
A U.N. envoy has briefed the Security Council on the importance of restoring stability and rule of law in the Central African Republic (CAR) and requested the 15-member body to consider sanctions against rebel groups for gross violations of human rights. according to a press release issued Thursday.
Margaret...
The recent explosion that killed three people in the Libyan city of Benghazi might have been an accident and not a deliberate car bombing as previously thought, media reports citing a couple of Libyan Ministers said late on Wednesday.
Interior Minister Ashur Shwayel told reporters in Benghazi that...
Nigeria's military has made a "massive deployment of men and resources" to contain a burgeoning Islamist insurgency in the country's restive north-eastern region, it was announced late on Wednesday.
The move comes a day after Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in the...