OXFORD, England -- The government of Zimbabwe recently ordered foreign aid groups to halt their operations within its borders, thereby blocking the food aid that the United Nations funnels through such organizations from getting to the country's
OXFORD, England — The government of Zimbabwe recently ordered foreign aid groups to halt their operations within its borders, thereby blocking the food aid that the United Nations funnels through such organizations from getting to the country’s
Myanmar 's heartland has also roiled a political landscape dominated by the military for more than four decades.Buddhist monks are regrouping after the battering they took nine months ago, civil socie...
Yangon - Myanmar authorities charged 14 members of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy Friday who called for her freedom on her 63rd birthday last month. The 14, who shouted slogans and released 63
So near and yet so far, for so long.
Fifteen hostages were rescued from FARC, the left wing guerilla organization in Columbia that has used abduction and holding of hostages to finance and further their bloody guerilla war.
Three American hostages,
Quick quiz: what two things do the following people have in common: Ian Brady, Harold Shipman, Jeremy Bamber, Nicholas van Hoogstraten and Saddam Hussein? Answer: whether alive or dead, they are all notoriously bad people. And all have been legally
Some African countries are ready to defend Mugabe, who rigged and stole the country's general election held last week. It is amazing how some African leaders have the face to back a leader who suppresses his people and intimidates the opposition with
It is exactly two months since Cyclone Nargis hit Burma, causing widespread death and devastation. "What was really fascinating about being part of Ban Ki-moon's official delegation, yet also being a journalist,
TOKYO : UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon pledged on Tuesday to press Myanmar to bring "genuine freedom" to its people after he struck a deal to bring in international aid after a devastating cyclone.
Ban in May became the first secretary general in 44
An explosion at dawn Tuesday rocked the office of a government-backed social welfare group whose members have been accused in attacks against Myanmar's pro-democracy opposition, witnesses said.
The witnesses, who spoke on condition of anonymity for