Ida's winds reached 120 kilometers per hour early on Thursday, making it a Category One hurricane

Interim leader Roberto Micheletti announced he is installing a national unity government without the participation of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya , who has declined to name any cabinet members

Deadline Thursday for setting up national unity government passed without agreement by rival parties

Saudi Arabia removes an 11-year ban on livestock imports from Somalia after fears of Rift Valley Fever were allayed

Hikers were arrested for illegally entering Iran, being held at notorious Evin prison in Tehran

During three-week-long Israeli military incursion into Gaza Strip, at least 1,300 Palestinians and 13 Israelis were killed

Syrian novelist and democracy activist Ammar Abdulhamid talks about impediments to and incentives for greater democracy in the Arab world

Israel calls accusation of war crimes during the Gaza conflict, in which 13 Israelis and nearly 1,400 Palestinians killed, 'completely detached from reality'

ISNA news agency quotes prominent conservative lawmaker as saying Iran will not send abroad any of its 1,200 kilograms of enriched uranium

Prime minister-designate preparing to announce new government after securing opposition's support five months after winning election

Repeated failure to reach consensus on controversial bill raises doubts that elections will take place as planned on January 16

Rules needed for parliamentary elections scheduled for January

Thousands gather at site of his 1995 assassination in Tel Aviv

Scientists at Nairobi conference express optimism about several developments to prevent, treat, and possibly eradicate a disease that kills nearly one million people in Africa each year

UNHCR says more than 16,000 civilians have fled DRC ethnic violence to neighboring Republic of Congo to find safety

UN refugee agency appealing for $2.8 million to help more than 300,000 refugees in two camps in Kenya

Amnesty International says victims of a toxic waste dump in Ivory Coast may never see multi-million dollar settlement awarded to them in compensation for illegal dumping of oil waste

Suspension of entire board of Athletics South Africa related to handling of sex testing of Caster Semenya, country's 800m world champion

A private company is reportedly planning to form a venture with Zimbabwe to mine diamonds

De facto President Andry Rajoelina says he remains adamant that any power sharing deal must include him as head of a transitional government