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Little oil relief until 2013: energy chief

Nobuo Tanaka. Photo / AP The International Energy Agency says world oil markets will remain tight until 2013, although some pressure could ease during the

Suicide blast at Red Mosque

AT least 11 policemen were killed in an apparent suicide bombing late last night targetting officers deployed at a rally by Islamist hardliners near Pakistan's ...

UAE cancels Iraqi debt

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra The Associated PressArticle Last Updated: 07/06/2008 10:02:53 AM MDT ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — The United Arab Emirates canceled all its Iraqi ...

Myanmar junta dismisses Suu Kyi victory -

34 minutes ago YANGON, Myanmar - The overwhelming election victory by Aung San Suu Kyi's party in 1990 has been nullified by the approval of ...

South Korea moves to cut oil consumption -

29 minutes ago SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea said on Sunday it would restrict driving of cars owned by public organizations from this week as ...

Bush raises North Korea concerns

US President George W Bush has said America remains concerned about North Korea's uranium enrichment activities, which the North has denied. But, speaking after talks ...

Bush, Fukuda lay out goals for G-8 summit in Japan

TOYAKO, Japan (AP) - Global challenges like soaring oil prices and the Earth's rising temperature await President Bush at a summit of top industrialized nations, ...

Bush: Olympic boycott would insult Chinese

TOYAKO, Japan (CNN) -- U.S. President George W. Bush has defended his decision to attend next month's Olympics opening ceremony in Beijing, saying that to ...

Mugabe's govt is illegitimate, says UK

Written By:BBC , Posted: Sun, Jul 06, 2008 Caption: President Mugabe was the only candidate in the run-off election UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband has said ...

Pakistan chief in nuclear scandal

PAKISTAN'S President Pervez Musharraf was under intense new pressure to quit last night after rogue scientist AQ Khan accused him of direct involvement in nuclear ...

Afghan president orders probe into civilian deaths

KABUL -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai has ordered an investigation into a U.S.-led coalition air strike that local officials say killed 15 civilians, but the ...

Britain calls for sanctions on defiant Mugabe

6 Jul 2008, 1659 hrs IST,AP JOHANNESBURG: Britain called for tough action as well as talk in the face ...

G-8 summit draws grab-bag of activists, causes

JOSEPH COLEMAN The Associated Press RUSUTSU, Japan - Battling maternal mortality, demanding clean water and urging the destruction of capitalism might not seem to have ...

Argentina lawmakers approve farm export tax hike

(Updates with farmers' reaction, details) By Walter Bianchi BUENOS AIRES, July 5 (Reuters) - Argentina's lower house of Congress narrowly approved a bill on Saturday ...

Patriotism - last refuge of scoundrels, and undoing of Democratic candidates

On Independence Day weekends in presidential election years, the ritual is normally immutable. The candidates tour the heartland, dutifully down their hot dogs and hamburgers, ...

Tehran threatens to close Hormuz

TEHRAN, July 5: Irans military chiefs warned on Saturday that the Islamic republic would shut down the Strait of Hormuz vital for oil exports and ...

UN to urge revamp of Afghan aid

The UN's envoy to Afghanistan is set to outline a new plan on spending foreign aid, amid concerns that millions of dollars have been wasted. ...

Mongolia lifts state of emergency

A soldier guards a statue of legendary Mongol leader Genghis Khan near the burned-out headquarters of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party in Ulan Bator. Mongolia ...

Mbeki meets with Mugabe

SOUTH African President Thabo Mbeki met Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Saturday to try to help end a political crisis, his spokesman said. The main ...

Bank of England urged to hold interest rates

BUSINESS has urged the Bank of England to keep interest rates on hold at 5% this week and be ready to cut them in the ...

Uganda rebel Kony tells UN envoy he wants meeting

Juba: Uganda's fugitive rebel leader Joseph Kony has made contact with the UN ambassador for northern Uganda's conflict and told him he is committed to... ...

EU to send experts to probe toxic chemicals on sunken ship

The European Union is sending a group of experts to investigate toxic chemicals on board the ill-fated M/V Princess of the Stars which sank carrying ...

Tsvangirai snubs Mbeki

Harare - , the chief mediator on the crisis in Zimbabwe, on Saturday held his first talks with since his controversial re-election, but was snubbed ...

G8 to 'strongly condemn' Mugabe

Washington - The White House said on Saturday that G8 leaders are likely to "strongly condemn" Zimbabwe's and "strongly question" his government's legitimacy, at their ...

'Toxic' MP is facing axe

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd interrupted a state visit to Japan to order Belinda Neal to undergo anger management counselling. Photo / AP It started as ...

Silvio Berlusconi is a hardcore caller

Italy's billionaire prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, is pressing ahead with a law to ban the publication of taped telephone calls, after being swept up in ...

Obama: Media Response to Iraq Remarks Overblown

By JENNIFER LOVEN Associated Press Writer ST. LOUIS July 5, 2008 (AP) The Associated Press FONT SIZE Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., talks ...

50,000 S. Koreans protest 'unsafe' U.S. beef

SEOUL, South Korea (CNN) -- Tens of thousands of South Koreans were demonstrating Saturday on the streets of the capital to protest the government's decision ...

Pro-Chavez Catholics under fire

Religious leaders in Venezuela have criticised a recently formed church that openly backs President Hugo Chavez's socialist politics. The Reformed Catholic Church was set up ...

Kashmir shrine blaze sparks fresh protests

NEW DELHI: Thousands of protesters clashed with police in Indian Kashmir's main city yesterday over allegations that government forces set fire to a... ...

Belarus president dismisses assassination plot: report -

37 minutes ago MINSK (AFP) - Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko on Saturday rejected the possibility that a bomb attack at a concert he was attending ...

Colombia Defense Minister Denies Paying Ransom

Colombian Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos during a press conference in Bogota, 04 Jul 2008 Colombia's defense minister has denied reports that his government paid ...