Navigation

Primary Navigation

Secondary Navigation

United States

Search

Suicides in US Army rise in first half of 2009

AFP - 3 hours 7 mins ago

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Suicides in the US Army are on the rise with 88 suspected cases in the first six months of the year, compared to 67 in the same period in 2008, according to Pentagon figures issued. More »

'Historic consensus' at G8 on climate change
AFP - 10 hours 17 mins ago
L'AQUILA, Italy (AFP) - US President Barack Obama hailed Thursday what he said was an "historic consensus" on battling climate change between the leaders of the world's 17 leading economic powers. More »
US demand fuels spike in small arms trade: UN survey
AFP - 10 hours 40 mins ago
GENEVA (AFP) - Ballooning US demand and the handgun's surge in popularity drove up the global trade in small arms by more than a quarter between 2000 and 2006, a UN-backed study showed Thursday. More »
US frees five Iranian diplomats in Iraq
AFP - 11 hours 32 mins ago
BAGHDAD (AFP) - The US military in Iraq on Thursday freed five Iranian diplomats held since January 2007 in a major source of friction between arch-foes Tehran and Washington, Iraqi and Iranian officials said. More »
Iran says US frees five diplomats in Iraq
AFP - Yesterday, 11:21 am
TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran said that five of its diplomats held by the US military in Iraq since January 2007, a major source of tensions between archfoes Tehran and Washington, were freed in Baghdad on Thursday. More »
US military 'frees five Iranian diplomats in Iraq'
AFP - Yesterday, 10:45 am
TEHRAN (AFP) - Five Iranian diplomats held by the US military in Iraq since January 2007 were freed on Thursday, the official IRNA news agency said, quoting Tehran's ambassador to Baghdad. More »
SKorea to set up cyber command against NKorea
AFP - Yesterday, 08:55 am
SEOUL (AFP) - South Korea announced it would set up a military command next year to tackle the threat of cyber warfare from North Korea, amid suspicions the North was behind virus attacks earlier this week. More »
Anger over Kremlin ideologue's role on US-Russia body
AFP - Yesterday, 08:06 am
MOSCOW (AFP) - Leading Russian rights activists vehemently protested against the appointment of the Kremlin's top ideologue to co-chair a US-Russian working group on civil society, a statement said Thursday. More »
SKorea warns of more cyber attacks, NKorea suspect
AFP - Yesterday, 06:33 am
SEOUL (AFP) - South Korea's intelligence agency warned of a possible third wave of cyber assaults, after naming North Korea as a suspect in earlier attacks that briefly crippled local and US websites. More »
US general cites shortage of Afghan forces
AFP - Yesterday, 03:43 am
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The commander of US Marines in southern Afghanistan said there was an urgent need for more Afghan security forces as well as civilian experts to back up a major offensive against Taliban insurgents. More »