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US, Syria opposition disagree over terrorist label
The U.S. and the head of the new Syrian opposition coalition being feted at a conference in Morocco Wednesday publicly disagreed over designating a ...
Clinton, Bush fund helping Haiti businesses ends
A pro-business fund that was created by former U.S. Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush in the aftermath of Haiti's devastating earthquake ...
More donors freeze aid to Uganda over corruption
An audacious scam in which up to $13 million in donor money was embezzled in the office of Uganda's prime minister has brought several European donors ...
Pope makes aid appeal over Congo
Pope Benedict XVI has asked the international community to provide assistance in the "grave humanitarian crisis" in the Congo, where the government ...
Putin signals readiness to review treason bill
Russia's President Vladimir Putin has signaled his readiness to review new bills seen by critics as part of the Kremlin's crackdown on dissent.
UN: NKorea has better harvest but faces shortages
North Korea increased its production of staple foods for the second year in a row, thanks in part to better use of fertilizers and plastic sheeting ...
Syria's opposition urges West to send rebels arms
The newly elected leader of Syria's main opposition group slammed the international community for what he called inaction, saying Saturday that ...
AP Interview: Syria opposition blames West
The newly elected leader of Syria's main opposition bloc in exile struck a combative tone Saturday, saying international inaction rather than ...
UK to end aid spending in India by 2015
Britain will halt all aid spending in India in 2015 in a significant shift in relations between the emerging economic giant and its former colonial ...
Official: Assad regime confiscating medical aid
President Bashar Assad's regime is confiscating much of the medical aid that the Syrian Arab Red Crescent in Damascus tries to distribute, a spokesman ...
Red Cross reaches wounded in Syrian city Homs
The International Committee of the Red Cross has delivered aid to hundreds of civilians trapped for months in the Syrian city of Homs. The aid group ...
Russian lawmakers widen definition of treason
Russia's lower house of parliament on Tuesday quickly rubber stamped a new bill widely expanding the definition of high treason. Critics alleged the ...
Group: Hunger 'critical' in violent area of Sudan
More than 80 percent of people living in a conflict zone in Sudan's southern region are eating only one meal a day, compared with 10 percent one year ...
French sneak cash to Syrians in direct aid program
France has been sneaking large sums of cash — $2 million in all — to civilians in Syria to help rebel-held towns rebuild bakeries, dispose of garbage ...
UN says world hungry not 1 billion after all
The United Nations said Tuesday its 2009 headline-grabbing announcement that 1 billion people in the world were hungry was off-target and that the ...
Russia widens definition of treason in new bill
Russia's Kremlin-controlled parliament on Friday tentatively approved a new bill offering a looser definition of high treason, which is seen by some ...
Russia accuses USAID of trying to sway elections
Russia explained its decision to end the U.S. Agency for International Development's two decades of work in Russia by saying Wednesday that the agency ...
Kremlin halts USAID work in Russia
The United States said Tuesday it is ending the U.S. Agency for International Development's operations in Russia after a Kremlin demand that the aid ...
Merkel insists bank supervision must not be rushed
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is digging in her heels on plans for a new European banking supervisor, insisting Monday that they must not be rushed ...
International aid stolen in Niger, minister
Niger's interior minister says that some of the international aid intended for the victims of recent floods has been stolen. Abdou Labo told reporters ...
UN nearly doubles humanitarian appeal for Syria
The United Nations nearly doubled its humanitarian appeal for Syria on Friday, seeking $347 million for people in need, including more than half a ...
Turkey to press for safe zone in Syria
There is no better lesson about the perils of setting up a safe zone in a country in conflict than Srebrenica, where Bosnian Serbs killed some 8,000 ...