WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has announced he is launching a new television talk show recorded from his home in Britain where he is under house arrest. Called "The World Tomorrow," it will be broadcast on Russia Today, a global TV channel fund...

The UN Security Council is due to meet over North Korea's military ambitions, despite the failure of the country's much-hyped rocket launch attempt.

China's Communist Party is undergoing a factional battle that involves allegations of murder, torture, betrayal, and espionage.

Aid agencies and the Sri Lankan military are working hard to clear hundreds of thousands of land mines that continue to maim and kill civilians.

The Syrian government says it has begun to implement its part of a proposed peace plan, although violence has continued within Syria and across its borders with Turkey and Lebanon.

Syrian president Bashar al-Assad says his regime will not honor a ceasefire deal with the rebels unless the United Nations can secure stronger agreements from opposition forces.

The economic turmoil in Greece has taken a tragic turn after an elderly pensioner took his own life in a busy city square.

Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has called for more emphasis on the rule of the people after her election to parliament in Myanmar (Burma). The vote marks an important milestone for the Burmese pro-democracy movement.

The African Union has announced a combined military operation to end the long reign of warlord Joseph Kony, but Ugandans are more interested in dealing with the aftermath of the fighting that ended years ago in their country.

Kofi Annan has called on President Bashar al-Assad to implement the United Nations' proposed peace plan immediately. The Syrian state news agency says President Assad is working to make the plan a success, but government security forces continue t...