World Sep 22 Diplomats Walk Out As Ahmadinejad Addresses U.N. General Assembly // Updated 5 p.m. ET: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took to the podium at the U.N. General Assembly Thursday - one day after American hikers Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal were released from prison after being held for two…
World Sep 19 World Week Ahead: Palestinian Statehood Bid; New Fighting in Yemen United Nations headquarters. Photo by Joao Araujo/U.N. via Flickr Creative Commons. World leaders meet this week in New York City at the 66th session of the U.N. General Assembly, where Palestinian officials plan to file a bid for U.N.
World Sep 16 Cotton Replaces Rice in Japan’s Salt-Soaked Fields Among the devastating effects of the Japanese tsunami in March was the destruction of thousands of acres of rice paddies. One project aims to make use of those saltwater-soaked fields.
World Sep 15 Sarkozy, Cameron Visit Libya; UBS Trader Responsible for $2 Billion Loss French president Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister David Cameron visited Tripoli on Thursday to meet with leaders of the National Transitional Council. Mustafa Abdul Jalil, the group's senior leader, praised their "brave positions" in the early days of…
World Sep 13 Iranian President Ahmadinejad to Pardon, Release U.S. Hikers A picture obtained from Iranian state television showed Americans Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd and Josh Fattal in Tehran in May 2010. Shourd was released on bail in September 2010. Photo via Getty Images. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told the…
World Sep 13 U.S. Embassy, NATO HQ in Kabul Attacked by Gunmen 2 p.m. ET | According to Afghan authorities, four police men and two civilians have died in Tuesday's attack, which continues into the nighttime hours in Kabul. It is believed that two gunmen remain in a high-rise building,…
World Sep 12 World Week Ahead: Egypt’s Growing Unrest; Key Guatemala Vote Egyptian protesters burn an Israeli flag outside of the embassy in Cairo in August. Photo by Khaled Desouki/AFP/Getty Images. Anger at interim military leaders and Israel is starting to boil over in Egypt, where many are frustrated about the pace…
World Sep 12 1 Killed, 4 Injured in French Plant Explosion, Pipeline Explosion in Kenya Kills 61 Updated 5:45 p.m. ET Officials now say one person died and four were injured. According to the Associated Press, The Nuclear Safety Authority declared the accident "terminated" soon after the blast at a furnace in the Centraco site, in…
World Sep 08 Gadhafi Troops Fire Rockets from Stronghold, Lee Floods the Northeast Libyan rebels. File photo by Patrick Baz/AFP/Getty Images. Moammar Gadhafi, already effectively driven from power by Libyan rebels, denied claims that he is in neighboring Niger in a phone call to a television station in Syria, attributing rumors to…
World Sep 07 Did Food Prices Spur the Arab Spring? Parts of the Middle East and North Africa were historically considered the Fertile Crescent, but this region of abundance is now in decline, and some analysts say it's no coincidence that there is unrest growing in its place.