Barack Obama has accused Congress of holding back the US economic recovery by blocking "common sense" measures he said would create jobs.
A Republican plan to break a congressional deadlock over raising the US debt limit has stumbled amid delays and a revolt by fiscal conservative.
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/ 20 October 2009
About 5Â 400 women have reported being raped this year in one province of the DRC, the UN said on Tuesday.
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/ 17 October 2009
The UN Human Rights Council has endorsed a report that accused Israel of war crimes in Gaza, passing a resolution that singled it out for censure.
About 150 nations met in Geneva on Monday to discuss how to plug gaps in climate information to help the world cope with global warming.
Teaching new mothers how to breastfeed could save 1,3-million children’s lives every year, the WHO said on Friday.
Thousands of Somalis are prepared to risk their lives for the chance to be smuggled into Yemen, the UN refugee agency said on Tuesday.
The African Development Bank (AfDB) expects mineral exporting countries to suffer from China’s slowdown, whose full effects may not yet be felt.
World economic leaders called on commercial banks to step up lending to revive an economy pitched into recession.
The appointment was met with surprise and disbelief by a range of sources in the criminal justice sector.