In the face of the moves by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas for recognition of an independent Palestinian state, the Hamas-led foreign ministry in Gaza is forming a new diplomatic strategy that looks to Arab countries in the region such as Egypt and Turkey to apply political pressure on Israel.
Read MoreVenezuelan President Hugo Chávez travels to Cuba on Saturday afternoon to begin his fourth round of chemotherapy on Sunday. Chavez has repeatedly said his treatment would not affect his campaign for reelection in the October 2012 presidential vote.
Read MoreAll the analysis and commentary about safety and security on the tenth anniversary of 9/11 ignored by far the biggest ongoing threat to global security: climate change.
Read MoreAfghan and NATO forces have ended their assault on Taliban fighters, 20 hours after the group launched coordinated attacks in Kabul, targeting NATO’s headquarters, the U.S. embassy and the Afghan intelligence agency.
Read MoreA former U.N. secretary-general was once quoted as having described non-governmental organizations (NGOs) as the world’s “third superpower”. But come September, the thousands of NGOs armed with U.N. credentials will be barred from the United Nations, specifically when world leaders arrive to address the General Assembly sessions.
Read MoreThe appalling experiments carried out by U.S. doctors in Guatemala from 1946 to 1948 using 1,300 human subjects who were infected with sexually transmitted diseases highlighted the inadequacy of controls and safeguards in clinical testing in this Central American country – still a major problem today, according to experts.
Read MoreSeventeen-year-old Rose Mina Joseph says she is nine months pregnant. Her belly is swollen and she moves slowly, placing each step, as she walks around her family’s dusty yard.
Read MoreWhen Johanna Sigurdardottir was sworn in as Iceland’s head of government back in February 2009, she was described as the world’s first openly gay prime minister.
Read MoreBrazilian President Dilma Rousseff is starting to gain support for a war on corruption that she is quietly waging.
Read MoreA highly anticipated and controversial report on Israel’s May 2010 interception of an aid flotilla bound for the Gaza Strip and subsequent killing of nine civilians and wounding of many others was finally leaked on Thursday, as diplomatic relations between Israel and Turkey continued to deteriorate.
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