The European Commission has suspended European Union aid to Bulgaria worth hundreds of millions of euros because of concerns about corruption and organised crime.
Hurricane Dolly has strengthened to a Category 2 storm with winds near 100 miles per hour and is reportedly now lashing the Gulf Coast near the United States Mexico border.
The St. Lucian opposition leader Kenny Anthony criticised the government for what he views as its eagerness to sign the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between Europe and the Caribbean.
A lawyer acting for the former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has said he will fight moves to extradite him to the UN war crimes court at The Hague.
A UN envoy said Zimbabwe\'s ruling party and opposition are close to signing a deal outlining a framework for talks on the country\'s political crisis.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has raised its global economic forecast after the impact of a credit crunch was not as severe as had been first feared.
The leader of Britain\'s main opposition party of the Conservatives is calling for black fathers in the United Kingdom to take more responsibility for their families.
A two-decade ban on people with HIV visiting or immigrating to the United States may end soon through a Senate bill aimed at fighting AIDS and other diseases in Africa and other poor areas of the world.
Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez has announced plans to improve the terms of the Petro Caribe oil agreement with Jamaica and several other Caribbean countries.
Police have widened an investigation into allegations of corruption against Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to also look at whether he may have committed fraud.
Pakistan and the United Nations have agreed in principle to set up a UN panel to investigate the killing of Pakistani ex-Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.
