Daniel Tovrov

UK Prime Minister David Cameron said that the European Union should suspend its sanctions as Myanmar's civilian government moves toward democratic reform.

Apr 13, 2012

North Korea launched its long-awaited rocket Friday morning, but it fell apart within minutes, U.S. officials said.

Apr 12, 2012

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon sternly rebuked North Korea on Thursday for its planned rocket launch, which is scheduled to take place sometime before Tuesday.

Apr 12, 2012

Japan is ready to shoot down the North Korea's Unha-3 rocket with its Patriot Advanced Capability-3 land-to-air missiles if the rocket flies over Japanese airspace.

Apr 12, 2012

India replaced China as the top purchaser of Iranian oil in the first quarter of 2012, and has been trading wheat and grains for fuel.

Apr 12, 2012

Chavez, who is currently undergoing treatment for an undisclosed form of abdominal cancer, says that his appearance at the Summit of the Americas will depend on his health.

Apr 12, 2012

Sudan is now in a state of war after troops from South Sudan seized the disputed, oil-rich border town of Heglig. Negotiations between the two countries have been suspend as forces are mobilized.

Apr 12, 2012

The Yemeni government continued to battle an al-Qaeda insurgency in the south of the country on Wednesday, killing at least 30 militants on the third consecutive day of fighting.

Apr 11, 2012

After ending exports to Spain and Greece, Iran continued with its counter-sanctions against the European Union on Wednesday by cutting oil exports to Germany.

Apr 11, 2012

Captain Francesco Schettino of the ill-fated Costa Concordia cruise ship will remain under house arrest, Italy's Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday.

Apr 11, 2012

Iran's Intelligence Ministry said on Thursday that it has uncovered a large and sophisticated Israeli-backed terrorists network that was planning attacks inside Iran.

Apr 10, 2012

Three days after being sworn into office, Malawi's first female president Joyce Banda is hard at work trying to bring the African country back to a place of economic stability.

Apr 10, 2012

A court suspended the country's two-week-old constitution-drafting body Tuesday after complaints that the process to select members was too exclusive.

Apr 10, 2012

The United States is hoping that new sanctions targeting Iran's central bank and its oil industry will pressure the Islamic Republic to stop enriching uranium, but Iran is defiant, claiming that it can withstand any oil embargo for two or three years.

Apr 10, 2012

The candidates for Egypt's first free presidential elections in decades are set, the deadline having expired at 2 p.m. Cairo time on Sunday, and the final list is a microcosm of the current political and social divisions in post-revolution Egypt.

Apr 09, 2012

Former KGB chief Leonid Tibilov was named the president of South Ossetia, a breakaway republic within the nation of Georgia, on Sunday.

Apr 09, 2012

Nigerian rebels Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for the Easter day bombing that killed up to three dozen people in the northern city of Kaduna.

Apr 09, 2012

In Daniel Nettheim's The Hunter, Willem Dafoe must search for the Tasmanian tiger, a wild creature long thought to be extinct. Will he find it, or will he lose himself in his search?

Apr 06, 2012

Controversial Italian politician Umberto Bossi resigned as the head of the separatist Lega Nord, or Northern League, on Thursday in the heat of a corruption scandal.

Apr 06, 2012

President Barack Obama reportedly sent a message to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, via Turkey's prime minister, saying the United States would accept a civilian nuclear program in the Islamic republic.

Apr 06, 2012

Four days before a ceasefire is supposed to begin, Syrian forces have stepped up their campaign to crush dissidents, sending more tanks, troops and gunship helicopters into opposition towns and cities.

Apr 06, 2012

Malawi’s President Bingu wa Mutharika died following a heart attack on Thursday, according to government officials.

Apr 06, 2012

Recent satellite images show that North Korea's preparations for the launch are moving forward, and the rocket will soon be built inside the already constructed launch tower.

Apr 05, 2012

Pope Benedict XVI rebuked a group of schismatic Austrian priests who have questioned Vatican authority on clerical rules.

Apr 05, 2012

The ICC is worried that Libya's justice system is not able to try the son of Moammar Gadhafi, who has allegedly been kept in isolation for 139 days.

Apr 05, 2012

A rocket exploded in the Israeli resort town of Eilat early Thursday morning. No one was injured when the rocket landed in a construction site near a residential neighborhood.

Apr 05, 2012

Anders Behring Breivik said in an open letter on Wednesday that being declared insane would be a fate worse than death.

Apr 04, 2012

Vietnamese authorities have charged 18 members of a non-violent organization based in an eco-tourism site with conspiracy to overthrow the government.

Apr 04, 2012

The Israeli military evicted a group of Israeli settlers from a two-story house in the West Bank city of Hebron on Wednesday afternoon.

Apr 04, 2012