South African President Jacob Zuma says he believes he made great progress during his first trip to Zimbabwe as chief mediator between members of the fragile power-sharing government.

The African Union imposed sanctions Wednesday on Madagascar after the former disc jockey who seized power on the Indian Ocean island failed to implement a power-sharing deal prompted by last year's...

A U.S.-backed proposal to ban the export of Atlantic bluefin tuna prized in sushi was rejected Thursday by a U.N.

Iran released a prominent opposition politician as well as two reformist activists and a filmmaker detained for suspected involvement in the country's postelection turmoil, a relative and state media...

Security and military intelligence operations are being reinforced around Kandahar, the largest city in southern Afghanistan and site of the next phase of the allied military offensive against the...

NASA says Soyuz spacecraft with US, Russian astronauts has landed safely in Kazakhstan.

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A French aid worker kidnapped in Darfur five months ago was freed Thursday, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the French government said.