Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi on Sunday ruled out negotiation with the captors of seven security personnel abducted in the restive Sinai peninsula last week, following the release of an Internet video showing the seven pleading for freedom.
"There are no negotiations with criminals and the awe...
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday voiced concern at provocations and tensions on the Korean peninsula following reports that North Korea, formally known as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), launched short-range guided missiles into the sea a day earlier.
Pyongyang's latest...
The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan said on Sunday that one of its planes, a C-130, had made a "hard landing" in the eastern Logar province of the war-torn country earlier in the day.
"There are no casualties, and there was no indication of insurgent activity...
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will embark on a seven-day working tour of the Middle East and Africa on Tuesday, according to a press release issued by the State Department.
Kerry will travel on May 21 to Muscat, where he will meet with senior Omani officials to discuss a range of bilateral and...
At least ten Iraqi policemen have been killed in separate militant attacks on security checkpoints in the war-torn nation, media reports citing local officials said late on Sunday.
According to the reports, at least three policemen were killed and two others injured in an attack on their station in...
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Albert Gerard Koenders of the Netherlands as head of the recently approved U.N. peacekeeping mission in the North African nation of Mali.
Koenders will serve as Ban's Special Representative in the country and will lead the U.N. Multidimensional Integrated...
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday congratulated the people of Cameroon on the 53rd anniversary of the country's independence from France.
"On behalf of President Obama and the American people, I congratulate the people of Cameroon and offer my best wishes as you celebrate your national...
The U.N. General Assembly has voted to place French Polynesia back on its list of territories that should be decolonized, and requested the French government to "facilitate rapid progress towards a self-determination process."
Adopting a consensus resolution tabled by Nauru, Tuvalu and Solomon Islands...
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has identified three American soldiers who were killed in an IED (improvised explosive device) attack in southern Afghanistan last week, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said late on Sunday.
They were: Sgt. 1st Class Jeffrey C. Baker,...
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...