The roughly dozen activists are protesting the construction of one of the largest coal-powered power plant in that country.
Pierre Bertrand
Nov 07, 2011
Documents provided by secret intelligence to United Nations' nuclear watchdog, International Atomic Energy Agency has mentioned that the Iran Government has reached its full nuclear capability with the assistance of foreign scientists.
Monami Thakur
Nov 07, 2011
A retired right-wing general promising a crackdown on violent crime won Guatemala's presidential election Sunday and will be the first military man to take power since democracy was restored in 1986.
Eric Linton
Nov 06, 2011
Reportedly, the attacks lasted for 90 minutes and included running gun battles with security forces.
Palash Ghosh
Nov 05, 2011
Major Gen. Peter Fuller, a top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, was relieved of his duties Friday after making comments critical of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, a senior U.S. defense official said.
J.J. McGrath
Nov 05, 2011
France, Britain and Colombia plan to abstain from a Security Council vote granting Palestinians statehood, two United Nations diplomats said Thursday.
Elisha Maldonado
Nov 04, 2011
Gunmen attacked a church in Nigeria late Thursday, killing at least two people.
Daniel Tovrov
Nov 04, 2011
Apple has recently filed a case with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) over seven domain names that use Apple's trademarked term iPhone. The seven sites in dispute lead to mobile porn services and are not related to Apple or Apple products.
Julia Greenberg
Nov 03, 2011
The International Criminal Court is still receiving information that Muammar Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam may try to flee Libya with the help of mercenaries, the court's chief prosecutor said on Wednesday.
Jack Kim
Nov 03, 2011
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) had confirmed what many in the west already assumed – that the Iranians are building nuclear weapons.
Palash Ghosh
Nov 03, 2011
The IMF said on Thursday it backs the European Central Bank's interest rate cut and its aid to Greece is tied to the country, rather than a specific government, and would continue as long as its terms were met.
IBT Staff Reporter
Nov 03, 2011
Viktor Bout was busted in a sting operation attempting to sell weapons to a Colombian rebel group, FARC.
Dan Rivoli
Nov 03, 2011
Moammar Gadhafi's son Saif al-Islam Gadhafi is thought to hiding in the Sahara Desert, where he could potentially remain undetected for months.
Daniel Tovrov
Nov 03, 2011
Britain's Prince William and his wife, Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge landed in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Thursday, on a joint humanitarian mission with the Denmark's Crown Prince Frederik and Princess Mary.
Amrutha Gayathri
Nov 03, 2011
Condoleezza Rice book No Higher Honor released on Nov. 1.
Cristina Merrill
Nov 02, 2011
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad fully accepted an Arab League peace plan on Wednesday to end seven months of violence and protests.
Daniel Tovrov
Nov 02, 2011
Although the U.S. ranks fourth in overall human development, when the scale is adjusted to account for income, health and education inequality, it falls to 23.
Ashley Portero
Nov 02, 2011
The Syrian army's attempt to suppress a months-old popular uprising have increasingly involved Lebanon, a destination for fleeing dissidents and a country whose politics are deeply intertwined with the Syrian regime.
Jeremy White
Nov 02, 2011
Canada will not help make up any funding shortfall to U.N. cultural agency UNESCO, which is under financial pressure after a vote to grant the Palestinians full membership, Foreign Minister John Baird said Tuesday.
IBT Staff Reporter
Nov 02, 2011
Hackers attacked Palestine's Internet and phone network on Tuesday, slowing down or stopping services for all Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Daniel Tovrov
Nov 01, 2011
President Ollanta Humala, who took office in July, is trying to ramp up social spending to fight poverty without scaring away investors in Peru, one of the world's fastest-growing economies.
Mike Obel
Nov 01, 2011
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization voted overwhelmingly in favor of granting full membership to the Palestinian Authority, but it will cost the agency the United States' portion of its funding.
Elisha Maldonado
Nov 01, 2011