The European Commission on Wednesday granted more aid for tens of thousands of people who fled fighting between Sri Lankan forces and Tamil fighters, voicing concern for their lack of protection.
“I urge the government of Sri Lanka to enter into a constructive dialogue with the international aid community to allow for a transparent, credible and [...]
The U.S. Capitol Police are investigating a suspicious package with a powdery substance that was found at the office of Sen. Max Baucus.
Police spokeswoman Kimberly Schneider said there were no reports of illness. Schneider said the substance is being tested.
The Montana Democrat is chairman of the Finance Committee and a leader in the Senate’s health [...]
Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell says the first of 30,000 additional troops being sent to Afghanistan have begun to arrive.
Morrell says “the surge has begun in earnest.”
In a Pentagon press briefing, Morrell told reporters that a Marine battalion ordered to deploy earlier this month already has “some boots on the ground,” with the rest of them [...]
The U.S. House of Representatives approved a 636 billion military spending bill on Wednesday that funds the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and also includes money to extend jobless aid for two months.
The bill covers Pentagon operations through September 30, 2010. But the 124 billion approved for ongoing wars probably will not be enough to [...]
Kosovo and EU police arrested seven people on Wednesday in connection with the death of illegal migrants whose boat sank in a river between Hungary and Serbia two months ago, police said.
Eleven bodies were recovered. The fate of the other four is unknown.
About 15 Kosovo Albanians including a one-year-old baby were trying to cross into [...]
Newly released government papers show homeland security officials improperly gathered intelligence on the Nation of Islam, a black Muslim group.
Hours after the report was issued internally, officials recalled it, deciding the report violated intelligence rules against collecting or disseminating information on U.
Citigroup and other banks starting to repay the billions of dollars they borrowed from the government are getting another boost as they exit the bailout program: Billions more in tax breaks.
Under ordinary circumstances, those tax breaks would be severely limited if the companies underwent an ownership change, much like many of them did when the [...]
A U.N.-backed military operation in eastern Congo in which government soldiers are accused of massacring hundreds of civilians will end this month, the top U.N. official in Congo said on Wednesday.
The United Nations has backed Congolese government forces in a nine-month operation called Kimia II against Rwandan Hutu rebels in Congos east.
Despite opposition from Serbia, NATO’s commander for Southeast Europe said the alliance will cut down its force in Kosovo by some 4,500 troops in January for possible use in hotspots like Afghanistan or Iraq.
Fitzgerald said the pullout is because NATO assessed the security situation in the region as improved.
An attorney for Rod Blagojevich says questioning President Barack Obama as a witness in the corruption case against the former Illinois governor would be “awesome,” but that he doesn’t know if it would be necessary or even possible.
Blagojevich is charged with scheming to sell or trade Obama’s former Senate seat.
