Taha Yassin Ramadan's execution came on fourth anniversary of  US-led invasion of Iraq

US secretary of state says new Palestinian unity government should unequivocally renounce violence to gain international recognition

The New York Times says Russia has told Iran it will withhold fuel for Bushehr nuclear power plant

Diplomats say North Korea refuses to attend any more meetings until it gets back money frozen in Macau bank account

Omar al-Bashir rejects reports that government-backed Arab militias called janjaweed have burned thousands of villages in Darfur

Methane gas explosion ripped through  Ulyanovskaya mine in Central Siberia  killing at least 106 people

Agreement will clear way for US sales of nuclear reactors and fuel to India for first time in more than three decades, and India needs the technology

World Health Organization says more than a quarter of world's multi-drug resistant tuberculosis cases are found in Western Pacific

Experts say new leadership is already putting its stamp on government in Havana

Philip Cooney is accused of seeking to politicize government reports on causes and effects of global warming