Talks expanded from G8 group to include so-called G5 nations of major emerging economies - China, India, Brazil, South Africa and Mexico

Cause of violence in northwestern Xinjiang province is still under debate, but residents say they look forward to life returning to normal

President Hamid Karzai condemns violence he describes as 'savage and anti-Islamic attack'

Arrests come amid tough price negotiations between Rio Tinto and Beijing, as well as failed bid by Chinese for multibillion dollar stake Anglo-Australian resources company

Demonstration Sunday turned violent and deadly, after mostly minority Uighur Muslim protesters clashed with Chinese security forces

Ad Melkert served as associate administrator of UN Development Program since 2006

Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Michael Mullen says dialogue critical, time running out

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Iran's effort to develop nuclear weapons could destabilize Middle East

Analysts say public statements issued by clerics challenging election's legitimacy should be considered significant

Tanzanian authorities say they found bodies, some wreckage near Mafia Island

Violence targets Tal Afar, near Syrian border, Baghdad's Sadr City, just over a week after US troops pulled out of Iraqi towns and cities

Officials say car bomb exploded near Shi'ite mosque on the outskirts of Mosul, killing nine people and wounding others

Beirut- Finally we have some good news from the UN. Michael Williams, the U.N. special coordinator for Lebanon said on Wednesday he hoped for a full Israeli withdrawal from the Lebanese part of the divided border village of Ghajar within

Beirut- Despite UN Security Council resolution 1701 that halted the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah, the Israeli spy agency Mossad has been focusing on Lebanon ever since . A Lebanese army colonel suspected of spying for Israel fled to

As befit his unique lifestyle, a number of strange characters moved in and out of Michael Jackson's orbit over the years. None, however, was more elusive and mysterious than a gentleman by the name of Dr. Tohme Tohme, who served

Beirut- Finally we have some good news. Despite years of political instability, wars and domestic unrest, tourists are flocking to Lebanon from all over the world this summer for what is expected to be a bumper year for a country

Beirut - Despite the fact that PM designate Saad Hariri tried last Saturday to end all speculation about any visit to Damascus before the government is formed, the talk about such a visit continues. Yesterday Maronite Patriarch Sfeir said he

Beijing's concern at the unrest in Xinjiang extends beyond the threat to its own authority. The vast region, already an essential supplier of oil and gas to the rest of China, is an important border gateway for energy supplies from

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono appears headed to a landslide mandate for a second term after promising continuity. His opponents promised a different brand of continuity - one that ignored just how much Indonesia has changed in the past five years.

When President Hu Jintao dashed home from the Group of Eight summit in Italy to personally oversee the aftermath of the bloody ethnic riots in Xinjiang, it may have been due to a loophole in Beijing's military command structure. That