AFP - Separatist militants shot dead five people in Thailand's Muslim-majority south, where a bloody insurgency marked its fifth anniversary at the weekend, police said Tuesday.An u.. READ MORE

AFP - One of Congo's main rebel military chiefs denied that Laurent Nkunda, head of the National Congress for the Defence of the People (CNDP), had been toppled by a dissident group.. READ MORE

January 6, 2009, SEOUL - South Korea would provide USD 300,000 worth of emergency humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people as Israeli ground troops continued attacks on the Gaza Strip. Breaking a.. READ MORE

AFP - A South African official who blew the whistle on alleged corruption in the building of a stadium for the 2010 World Cup has been shot dead by unknown gunmen, an official state.. READ MORE

AFP - The new US Senate is set to convene in a swirl of allegations of corruption, voter fraud and dynastic nepotism that threatens to dog the early days of Barack Obama's presidenc.. READ MORE

AFP - The new US Senate is set to convene in a swirl of allegations of corruption, voter fraud and dynastic nepotism that threatens to dog the early days of Barack Obama's presidenc.. READ MORE

AFP - The heaviest fighting of Israel's war on Hamas raged in Gaza City early on Tuesday as Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert rebuffed appeals to stop the death toll from mounting .. READ MORE

AFP - The new US Senate is set to convene in a swirl of allegations of corruption, voter fraud and dynastic nepotism that threatens to dog the early days of Barack Obama's presidenc.. READ MORE

AFP - The heaviest fighting of Israel's war on Hamas raged in Gaza City early on Tuesday as Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert rebuffed appeals to stop the death toll from mounting .. READ MORE

January 6, 2009, NEW DELHI - India has signed a USD 2.2 billion deal for eight Boeing P8I Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft (MMA) to strengthen its coastal and maritime interests. The Indian governme.. READ MORE

AFP - Pirates seized a ship belonging to French maritime services company Bourbon off the coast of Nigeria during the weekend and are holding nine crew members hostage, the company .. READ MORE

AFP - US president-elect Barack Obama has chosen former White House chief of staff Leon Panetta to head the Central Intelligence Agency, a Democratic Party official told AFP Monday... READ MORE

AFP - US president-elect Barack Obama has chosen former White House chief of staff Leon Panetta to head the Central Intelligence Agency, a Democratic Party official told AFP Monday... READ MORE

AFP - India on Monday handed to Pakistan what it said was evidence linking the country to the Islamic militants who attacked Mumbai in November, India's foreign minister announced.T.. READ MORE

AFP - Israeli troops tightened their military grip on Gaza with new air and ground attacks that claimed more than 20 more lives on Monday, while the Israeli government rejected Euro.. READ MORE

AFP - A French warship Sunday foiled attempts by Somalian pirates in the Gulf of Aden to seize two cargo vessels and intercepted 19 people, the French president's office said.".. READ MORE