Approximately 1,350 Palestinian refugees from Iraq are being considered for resettlement in the U.S. after being referred to the U.S. Refugee Admissions Programme by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

In her first comprehensive policy address since becoming secretary of state nearly six months ago, Hillary Clinton Wednesday called for a 'multi-partner'' - as opposed to a 'multi-polar' - world' and defended President Barack Obama's policy of engagement with adversaries, including Iran.

Two Sierra Leonean radio stations have been stripped of their licences. The national regulatory body, the Independent Media Commission (IMC), says the stations failed to comply with the country's media code.

The indefinite postponement of a referendum on Iraqi Kurdistan's controversial draft constitution just days after a visit by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has given rise to speculation that Washington may have played a role in the delay.

Pattadol Piboonsak was gripped with fear last week when he fell ill with a high fever, displaying the usual symptoms of influenza.

Director Cyrus Nowrasteh's latest feature film 'The Stoning of Soraya M.' begins with a car radio blaring the successes of Iran's 1979 Revolution.

Mauritius appears to have a happy problem with the 400,000 tons of waste it produces each year. The island’s only landfill is full and the government must decide whether to turn to incinerating waste - generating electricity in the process - to or compost it, to the benefit of farmers.

The present global economic crisis and the need to reform the international financial architecture should encourage a return to the original focus on development in the international negotiations on agriculture, trade and development, also known as the Doha Round, according to two economists studying the issue.

'No one is buying meat these days,' says Yousef Al-Jerjowi, sitting next to his butcher shop devoid of customers.

The faults at the nuclear plant at Kruemmel near Hamburg surfaced just three days after Chancellor Angela Merkel declared nuclear energy 'indispensable' to Germany.