Month: June 2011

U.S. President Barack Obama will give a speech on the Afghanistan troop drawdown on Wednesday, a senior administration official said.

Representatives of Sudan and southern Sudan have signed an agreement calling for the immediate withdrawal of Sudanese troops from the disputed Abyei region.

At least 38 people were killed when a Russian jetliner crashed onto a highway in northwestern Russia late Monday, the state-run news agency ITAR-TASS reported.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad offered vague promises of reform and clear threats against protesters in an address that prompted demonstrations and condemnations of violence. ANALYSIS |

Epic flooding has wreaked havoc in several Chinese provinces, destroying at least 8,400 houses in Zhejiang province alone.

Former Tunisian President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali is expected to be tried in absentia this week.

Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi will address members of the U.S. Congress this week, a rare foray into American politics for a woman who is lauded internationally even as she struggles to be heard in her native Myanmar.