Scores of gunmen dressed in police commando uniforms and driving government vehicles were involved in kidnap raid

Bipartisan US commission hopes to present a list of proposals on Iraq policy by end of year

Hamas spokesman says 'Israeli  occupation refuses to recognize our people as humanity, and our activities as Palestinians'

For decades, Japan has followed what it calls its 'three non-nuclear principles' banning possession, production and import of nuclear arms

European foreign policy chief Javier Solana says European Union would likely do more in Afghanistan in future

Hanoi was hoping Congress would pass needed law to highlight Vietnam's position as rising trade power

Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont says lifting law 'is not an urgent matter'

Sudan remains adamantly opposed to allowing an international force in Darfur

Major part of Abdoulaye Wade's plan is to redirect oil profits into development projects

US dignitaries, celebrities turned out to praise slain American civil rights leader, Monday