WASHINGTON (AFP) - - A major snowstorm pummeled the United States from Illinois to Virginia and New York, nearing all-time winter records after an epic weekend blizzard paralyzed Washington and much of the east coast. More »
WASHINGTON (AFP) - - A major snowstorm pummeled the United States from Illinois to Virginia and New York, nearing all-time winter records after an epic weekend blizzard paralyzed Washington and much of the east coast. More »
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AFP) - - A quake-damaged Haitian supermarket collapsed in the capital with several people inside and rescue crews were working to pull them out, a site supervisor and rescue workers said.
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AFP) - - A quake-damaged Haitian supermarket collapsed in the capital with several people inside and rescue crews were working to pull them out, the supervisor at the site said.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - - US President Barack Obama warned Iran on Tuesday that he would isolate the Islamic republic with a "significant regime of sanctions" if it continued to set its stall on developing nuclear weapons.
ABUJA (AFP) - - Nigeria's Vice President Goodluck Jonathan took office as acting head-of-state on Tuesday after parliament voted to force ailing President Umaru Yar'Adua to hand over until he is well enough to return.
ABUJA (AFP) - - Nigeria's Vice President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday accepted the post of acting president while the country's head of state, President Umaru Yar'Adua, receives treatment abroad for a heart problem.
KHARTOUM (AFP) - - Sudan's President Omar al-Beshir said Tuesday the country has "completely turned the page" in its conflict with Chad and was ready to fully normalise relations with its neighbour.
MOGADISHU (AFP) - - Somali pirates said Tuesday they have released a Panamanian-flagged ship and its mostly Indian crew of 26 after receiving a ransom of 3.1 million dollars.
LONDON (AFP) - - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will appear before the public inquiry into the Iraq war in early March, a spokesman for the probe said on Tuesday.
TEHRAN (AFP) - - Iran announced on Tuesday it has begun work to enrich uranium to 20 percent, dismissing warnings of new sanctions from world powers who suspect the sensitive nuclear project is aimed at making a bomb.
KIEV (AFP) - - Ukraine's defeated presidential election candidate Yulia Tymoshenko was set Tuesday to challenge some results of the bitterly contested polls despite calls on her to ease tension by conceding defeat.
MOSCOW (AFP) - - NATO remains a serious threat to Russia's security, the secretary of the country's national security council said on Tuesday.
SANAA (AFP) - - The Yemeni government on Tuesday dismissed Al-Qaeda threats and said it will strike the militants "around the clock," after the group's local branch called for attacks on US interests worldwide.
HAVANA (AFP) - - Cuba has released the last five of a group of 35 dissidents it arrested last week for demonstrating on behalf of a conscientious objector, a Cuban human rights group said.
BRUSSELS (AFP) - - EU Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso's new team is set to get the green light from the European parliament Tuesday, ending a three-month limbo period during the bloc's worst ever economic crisis.
SAN JOSE (AFP) - - As lively celebrations died down for Costa Rica's first female president-elect, Laura Chinchilla faced the new challenge of making deals with her opponents in Congress.
DUBAI (AFP) - - Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the Yemen-based group that claimed a botched Christmas Day attack on a US airliner, on Monday called for more American targets to be hit around the world.
AWKA, Nigeria (AFP) - - A chaotic election in a volatile Nigerian state has highlighted the dire need for electoral reforms in the African giant a year ahead of presidential polls, analysts and observers said Monday.
MIDDLETOWN, Connecticut (AFP) - - A team of investigators searched Monday for the cause of a massive explosion that killed at least five workers at an unfinished energy plant in the northeastern United States.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AFP) - - The US space shuttle Endeavour on Monday soared into orbit carrying an observation deck for the International Space Station, a seven-windowed dome offering breathtaking views.
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