Month: August 2011

The United States will support an effort by several members of the U.N. Security Council to override the U.N.’s sanctions committee and allow countries to free up frozen Libyan assets for the Libyan opposition’s National Transitional Council.

The United States will support an effort by several members of the U.N. Security Council to override the U.N.’s sanctions committee and allow countries to free up frozen Libyan assets for the Libyan opposition’s National Transitional Council.

Bolivia’s government is accusing U.S. officials of meddling in the South American nation’s internal affairs and fueling indigenous protests of a proposed highway project.

The Pentagon issued fresh warnings Wednesday that China’s military expansion could stir up new tensions and provoke dangerous misunderstandings

Conditions rapidly deteriorated in the southeastern Bahamas early Wednesday as Hurricane Irene approached on a path that will rake the island chain before heading toward the United States, the National Hurricane Center said.

Israeli warplanes struck several times Wednesday and early Thursday along the country’s border with Gaza, killing three people and wounding several others, medical sources told CNN.

The humanitarian group Medecins Sans Frontieres, also called Doctors Without Borders, said support facilities in the capital were overwhelmed with patients. LIVE BLOG |