Ethiopia and Eritrea have been informed of a new border drawn up by an international committee in a bid to end a long-standing conflict and bring peace to the Horn of Africa. The 96-member state Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague conveyed i
Afghan authorities have arrested four people in connection with a failed rocket attack on the Kandahar governor's palace early Saturday, an Afghan official said. Two rockets were fired at the palace around midnight (3:30 p.
Palestinian Authority leaders issued a statement Saturday condemning the killing of Palestinian and Israeli civilians, raising the possibility that a postponed meeting between Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and U.S.
As ex-Interior Minister Vlajko Stojiljkovic remained in a critical condition on Friday, after shooting himself in the head, Yugoslav Foreign Minister Goran Svilanovic said the government's decision to hand suspects to an international tribunal would stand
Israeli forces rolled into two West Bank villages near Jenin early Saturday, a day after a suicide bombing in a crowded Jerusalem market killed six people and wounded scores more. The suicide attack prompted U.
A possible terrorist attack in London may have been foiled by police on the day of the Queen Mother's funeral, it has emerged. City of London Police are appealing for information on a suspicious car found abandoned on Tuesday.
Police say six people died Friday in a terror attack by a suicide bomber at a Jerusalem bus stop -- shortly after U.S.
Yugoslav federal health and labour secretary Miodrag Kovac has committed suicide in a Madrid hotel room. The Yugoslav embassy in the Spanish capital ruled out any link with the attempted suicide on Thursday of former Serbian Interior Minister Vlajko Stoji
Mr Stojiljkovic - who headed the police under former President Slobodan Milosevic - shot himself in front of the federal parliament just hours after its members voted to allow the extradition of suspects to The Hague tribunal. Yugoslav President Vojislav
The head of Venezuela's largest business association was named leader of an interim government Friday, following the resignation of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez. The new leader, Pedro Carmona Estanga, is the president of the Federation of Chambers of
US Secretary of State Colin Powell has begun crucial talks with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon aimed at securing an immediate Israeli troop withdrawal in the West Bank. As the marathon three-hour meeting got under way the Israeli army acknowledged th
Five people were killed on Thursday when a truck filled with natural gas blew up near a historic synagogue in Tunisia, a U.S.
The international trade war over American tariffs on steel has stepped up a gear, after Japanese Trade Minister Takeo Hiranuma told US Trade Representative Robert Zoellick that Japan may prepare retaliatory action. Tokyo is demanding that the US provide c
More than 4,000 Palestinians have been detained during Israel's offensive in the West Bank, the army says. The figure - which has doubled in the past 24 hours - reflects the growing pace of the military campaign, correspondents say.
At least 23 people have been killed and 27 more are missing in the Philippines following a fire on a passenger ferry in the seas southeast of Manila. The ferry, the MV Maria Carmella, had set sail from the island of Masbate but was abandoned due to the fi
Upping the stakes in a bitter dispute that has cut Venezuela's oil exports, the country's largest labor confederation announced late Wednesday it will extend its 48-hour general strike indefinitely. Carlos Ortega, president of the 1 million-member Venezue
Israeli troops have occupied three more areas in the West Bank and withdrawn from several others, hours before US Secretary of State Colin Powell is due to arrive on a peace mission. Tanks and troops entered the town of Bir Zeit, the refugee camp of Ein B
Google Street View is again on its way through Bulgaria
Bulgaria has the Largest Gray Economy in Europe
