New plan aims to end HIV in children by 2015
2011-06-10 08:01:11
World leaders are launching a global plan with the goal of ensuring that every baby is born HIV-free by 2015 - and that their mothers with the HIV virus live to raise them.
IAEA sends Syria to Security Council
2011-06-10 07:01:45
The UN nuclear watchdog board reported Syria to the Security Council on Thursday for covert atomic work.
Clinton in talks about possible move to World Bank
2011-06-10 06:10:19
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been in discussions with the White House about leaving her job next year to become head of the World Bank.
IOC members visit construction work in Rio
2011-06-09 15:41:19
International Olympic Committee members are inspecting construction work at Maracana and other venues being prepared for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Afghan official: 9 killed in wedding party attack
2011-06-09 14:18:34
Gunmen stormed a wedding party in eastern Afghanistan, killing nine people including the groom as they opened fire on a crowd of about 30 family members, officials said Thursday.
Gunmen kill 9 at Afghan wedding party
2011-06-09 13:36:36
9 civilians were killed and 5 others injured Wednesday night when unidentified gun men attacked a wedding party in the country's Nangarhar province.
US missiles kill 23 in Pakistan
2011-06-09 13:05:56
A pair of US missile strikes hit a vehicle and an alleged insurgent training facility Wednesday in a tribal region near the Afghan border, killing 23 suspected Islamist militants.
Fire breaks out at Tripoli journalist hotel
2011-06-09 12:39:58
A fire broke out early on Thursday morning at the hotel housing foreign journalists in the Libyan capital Tripoli, a Reuters witness said.
Brazil announces new border plan to fight organized crime
2011-06-09 10:46:52
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on Wednesday announced a new plan that will strengthen cooperation on border control with neighboring countries to fight organized crime
Bin Laden's No 2: Muslims will destroy America
2011-06-09 10:10:36
Osama bin Laden's deputy warned Wednesday that America faces not individual terrorists or groups but an international community of Muslims that seek to destroy it and its allies. .
UN considers revised condemnation of Syria
2011-06-09 10:03:39
European nations seeking to increase pressure on President Bashar Assad's regime presented a revised resolution to the United Nations.
Gadhafi strikes Libya rebels, NATO pounds Tripoli
2011-06-09 06:55:04
Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi lashed back with renewed shelling of the western city of Misrata Wednesday, killing 10 rebel fighters.