By Brian Padden Jakarta 29 September 2009 People view victims of massive flooding in suburban Quezon City, north of Manila, 29 Sep 2009 Philippine authorities say that 240 people have died in the floods caused by Tropical Storm Ketsana but that numbe...

By Al Pessin Pentagon 29 September 2009 The U.S. Defense Department says two U.S. troops and a Philippine Marine killed in the southern Philippines on Tuesday were targeted by an improvised explosive device - a weapon that has killed more U.S. troops...

By Sean Maroney Islamabad 29 September 2009 Local officials in southern Afghanistan say a roadside bomb blasted a passenger bus Tuesday, killing 30 civilians and wounding at least 39 others. The latest violence comes days after a U.N. report declared...

By Daniel Schearf Bangkok, Thailand 28 September 2009 United Nations talks on climate change have opened in Bangkok with more than 4,000 participants from 177 countries trying to narrow differences on ways to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions. T...

By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 28 September 2009 A power struggle between Islamist insurgent groups in Somalia's strategic southern port town of Kismayo is threatening to turn violent and tear the alliance apart. The rift between al-Shabab and Hisbul Islam Is...

By Scott Stearns Dakar 28 September 2009 Members of the U.S. Africa Command are in Gabon for the start of a military communications exercise involving more than two dozen African armies. AFRICOM'S Africa Endeavor program seeks to improve communicatio...

By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 24 September 2009 The past three years have seen an upsurge in violence perpetrated by armed groups in Nigeria's volatile Niger Delta. And while attacks targeting the oil industry have been halted for now, kidnapping is on t...

By Sean Maroney Islamabad 24 September 2009 People transport an injured victim of a militant attack into a ward after he received initial treatment at a local hospital in Bannu, Pakistan, 24 Sep 2009 Pakistani police say militants ambushed a pro-gove...

By Scott Stearns Dakar 24 September 2009 Supporters of Guinea's ruling military council say sanctions threatened by the African Union are unfair but the AU says it will impose them anyway if the country's military ruler decides to run for president....

By David Gollust United Nations 24 September 2009 President Barack Obama (l) and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari (r) at the informal Friends of Democratic Pakistan meeting in New York, 24 Sep 2009 President Barack Obama co-chaired a meeting of w...