Reuters
Tuesday, March 15, 2016 - 06:38
Ukraine needs a stable government to conclude negotiations with the International Monetary Fund for new aid worth $1.7 billion to keep its war-torn economy afloat and pass economic and judicial reforms demanded by its Western backers.
Tuesday, March 15, 2016 - 06:27
An all-parties conference convened by Pakistan's oldest Islamic political party and attended by powerful religious groups asked the government on Tuesday to retract an "un-Islamic" law that gives unprecedented protection to female victims of violence.
Friday, March 11, 2016 - 07:05
El Salvador could declare a state of emergency, suspending some constitutional rights, to fight the alarming wave of gang violence that has pushed murder rates to record levels, the government said on Tuesday.
Friday, March 11, 2016 - 06:26
The United States has carried out air strikes that it believes have degraded the chemical weapons capabilities of Islamic State in Iraq after using information obtained from a captured militant, the Pentagon said on Thursday.
Thursday, March 10, 2016 - 07:13
Argentina settled with an additional seven creditors holding defaulted sovereign bonds for $190 million, Daniel Pollack, the court-appointed mediator in the long-running case said in a statement on Wednesday.
Thursday, March 10, 2016 - 07:08
Jamaican women are largely cut off from positions of political power and need affirmative action as well as commitment from political parties to boost opportunities and train women for leadership, according to a United Nations report.
Thursday, March 10, 2016 - 06:52
Venezuela's top diplomat in Washington was called back to Caracas on Wednesday after U.S. President Barack Obama renewed a decree imposing sanctions on several top Venezuelan officials.
Thursday, March 10, 2016 - 06:44
Kazakhstan indicated on Thursday it had no plan to freeze oil output, as suggested by a group of major producers, and would instead ramp up production to its original target of 77 million tonnes per year if the oil price stayed above $40 a barrel.
Wednesday, March 9, 2016 - 06:30
El Salvador could declare a state of emergency, suspending some constitutional rights, to fight the alarming wave of gang violence that has pushed murder rates to record levels, the government said on Tuesday.
Wednesday, March 9, 2016 - 06:15
President Barack Obama's administration will announce further measures to ease travel and trade restrictions on Cuba on March 17, ahead of his historic visit to the Communist-ruled island this month, U.S. congressional sources said on Tuesday.