| U.N. torture expert detained in Zimbabwe airport The Austrian academic arrived in Zimbabwe from Johannesburg, a stopover over on his way to Harare, where a power-sharing deal between Tsvangirai and long-time ruler Robert Mugabe is under sev ...[more] |
| U.N. official heads to Iraq after Baghdad bombings Earlier this week Iraq renewed a previous request for a U.N. inquiry into the support given by foreign countries to insurgents after twin suicide blasts against government buildings in Baghda ...[more] |
| Iran to respond to atomic deal on Thursday Mehr News Agency said Ambassador Ali Asghar Soltanieh would personally give Iran's response to Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, on the plan ElBaradei drafted ...[more] |
| Five U.N. foreign staff killed in attack in Kabul The resurgent Taliban have vowed to disrupt the November 7 run-off as U.S. President Barack Obama weighs whether to send more troops to Afghanistan to fight an insurgency that has reached its ...[more] |
| Swiss to tighten assisted suicide rules, consider ban "We have no interest, as a country, in being attractive for suicide tourism," Justice Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf told a news conference in the capital Berne. A rise in the numbe ...[more] |
| WHO chief says Fidel Castro "looks wonderful" Chan, speaking at the end of her first visit to Cuba, said she met with Castro for more two hours on Tuesday during which he displayed a "truly impressive" knowledge of healthcare issues and ...[more] |
| NATO chief to discuss Afghan cooperation in Russia * NATO seeking more Russian help in Afghanistan By David Brunnstrom BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen hopes to secure Russian help in equipping and trainin ...[more] |
| Somali pirates warn Britain against yacht rescue The pirates seized the vessel on Friday morning hundreds of miles out to sea near the Seychelles archipelago. They have taken it to the Somali coast with a view to demanding a ransom for thei ...[more] |
| Arab states face education crisis, risk instability A lack of political will rather than insufficient resources are at the root of the region's inadequate education systems, with governments spending on security rather than education in a bid ...[more] |
| Merkel sworn in, policy plans criticized Merkel's new government, a coalition of her conservatives and the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP), unveiled a policy program at the weekend which includes billions of euros in tax relief bu ...[more] |
| Rockets found in Lebanon after attack on Israel An army statement said troops found four 107-mm rockets in the garden of a partly built house as they searched the area a day after a rocket fired from the southern village of Houla hit the n ...[more] |
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