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Friday, September 6, 2013 - 12:04
The United Kingdom’s Senior Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Baroness Sayeeda Warsi PC, is visiting Dushanbe on September 6.
Friday, September 6, 2013 - 12:07
NATO is “satisfied” with an agreement to use a transit hub in Russia's Ulyanovsk to help in NATO’s pullout from Afghanistan, a spokesman said at a press conference on Friday.
Friday, September 6, 2013 - 12:09
The Peace Corps celebrated 50 years in Malawi August 23 with the country’s launch of its Global Health Service Partnership program at a ceremony at the Presidential Statehouse in Lilongwe. The celebration featured Malawian President Joyce Banda, U.S. Ambassador to Malawi Jeanine Jackson, Peace Corps acting Director Carrie Hessler-Radelet and the chief executive officer of Seed Global Health, Dr. Vanessa Kerry.
Friday, September 6, 2013 - 12:13
USAID and eight other organizations, the Maize Alliance, signed an agreement today to provide an integrated bundle of services to smallholder maize farmers in Ethiopia.
Friday, September 6, 2013 - 12:28
Today, Susan Riley was sworn in as the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Mission Director for Madagascar. In this capacity she will oversee USAID humanitarian assistance to the Malagasy people.
Monday, September 9, 2013 - 06:11
At least three people have been killed as thousands of people took to the streets in several cities across Egypt to protest against military rule.
Monday, September 9, 2013 - 06:14
As the postwar government struggles to rebuild after 42 years of dictatorship, it has left security primarily in the hands of hundreds of private militias, which are far larger and better armed than the country’s poorly trained and equipped police and army.
Monday, September 9, 2013 - 06:17
Their hold points to the power of hard-line Islamists in southern Egypt even after Mr. Morsi’s removal — and their determination to defy the military-backed leadership that had him replaced.
Monday, September 9, 2013 - 06:19
Tunisia's powerful labor movement urged the country's Islamist-led government on Friday to make “painful” concessions to end a deadlock over its rule after a failure in talks with secular opposition.
Monday, September 9, 2013 - 06:20
Lebanese authorities have intensified security measures across the country, the Lebanese Higher Defense Council announced this week, amid mounting concerns over a potential military strike on neighboring Syria.