US President Barack Obama is visiting Ground Zero, the site of the 9/11 attacks in New York, four days after US forces killed al-Qaeda head Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan.
US President Barack Obama has nominated Gen David Petraeus, the US head of international forces in Afghanistan, as the new CIA director and has named the agency's chief as head of the Pentagon.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called on Cambodia and Thailand to declare a ceasefire, as border clashes continue for a third day.
International Monetary Fund (IMF) member countries sought to bridge sharp differences over the global economy, acknowledging that rising inflation in emerging markets poses a risk to rich countries too.
The bodies of two award-winning photographers killed in Libya have been ferried to the rebel-held city of Benghazi on an aid ship
KABUL, Afghanistan — An insurgent wearing an Afghan Army uniform and a vest laced with explosives opened fire inside the heavily fortified Ministry of Defense headquarters on Monday, killing at least two soldiers, a ministry spokesman said.
Japanese police have begun searching for victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami within a 10km zone around the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant.
US, British and French leaders have said in a joint letter there can be no peace in Libya while Muammar Gaddafi stays in power
The Japanese government has ordered the operator of the nuclear plant damaged by last month's quake and tsunami to pay compensation to affected families
Shin Futsu fishermen fear that some of the radioactive elements will eventually wash up at the port.