Johannesburg, 30 June– Police in Malawi on Monday opened fire on Muslims demonstrating in the central district of Kasungu over last week’s deportation of suspected members of the al-Qaeda extremist group, news reports said. The […]

Washington, 30 June– Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says that while the liberation of Iraq is complete, ”our war with terrorists in Iraq, Afghanistan and across the globe continues” and it ”will not be over any […]

Washington, 30 June– U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Robert Zoellick will meet with Caribbean trade ministers in Jamaica on July 2 to discuss the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), global trade talks, trade capacity-building […]

Moscow, 30 June– The future of U.S.-Russian relations depends ”in large measure” on the ability of the two countries ”to work together in facing the related security threats of terrorism and the proliferation of weapons […]

Washington, 30 June– Secretary of State Colin Powell has welcomed the Israeli withdrawal from part of the Gaza Strip as ”a positive development.” He also said the cease-fire declared by the Palestinian groups Hamas, Islamic […]

Washington, 30 June– Business in Africa may follow a risky road but a number of countries on the continent are easing the path by pushing reforms aimed at creating a more attractive and secure climate […]

Geneva, 30 June– As the annual meeting of the United Nations Economic and Social Council got under way today in Geneva, Secretary-General told the opening session that in the wake of recent world trade and […]

New York, 30 June– The United Nations Security Council is set to hold closed-door consultations today to discuss Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s call for the deployment of a multi-national force in Liberia to prevent the volatile […]