| TIMELINE: Events leading to trial of Radovan Karadzic Here is a timeline of events leading to the trial: 1992 -- Karadzic opposes an independent Bosnia. Bosnian Serbs declare a breakaway republic. War erupts and Serbs lay siege to Saraje ...[more] |
| Thai king makes first appearance in more than month The health of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest-reigning monarch, is a sensitive topic in financial markets because he is the sole unifying figure in a politically polarized countr ...[more] |
| World trade talks should focus on poor: Gaddafi Gaddafi, who chairs the African Union and has ruled Libya for 40 years, also urged the creation of a world economic council, saying the Group of 20 did not go far enough. "G20 is not ...[more] |
| Storm weakens but hundreds flee in Philippines' north The United Nations said it would raise additional international aid to feed and shelter tens of thousands of people displaced by the two typhoons that also destroyed about 30 billion pesos ($ ...[more] |
| Trade row hangs over ASEAN summit, security tight The 10-member Association of South East Nations also launched a human rights watchdog, which critics say is a toothless body already discredited by having military-ruled Myanmar, seen as a se ...[more] |
| Iran fails to endorse U.N. nuclear deal It said it was awaiting a "positive and constructive" response from world powers to its proposal on providing nuclear fuel for a Tehran reactor producing medical isotopes, state television re ...[more] |
| Russia agrees to Iran nuclear deal: Lavrov "We agree with these proposals and we are counting on not only Iran, but all the other participants of the negotiations, to confirm their readiness to implement the proposed scheme," Lavrov t ...[more] |
| Q+A: What's on the agenda at the Asian summit? Trade ties, regional security, disaster relief and human rights are among the issues up for discussion at the annual meetings, which Thailand is determined to complete after a series of embar ...[more] |
| Israel investigates pro-settler demo during army parade Although Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in no rush to remove settlements from occupied land where Palestinians seek statehood, Thursday's protest gave voice to nationalists' fears that ...[more] |
| FACTBOX: Key facts about ASEAN and its summit in Thailand Here are some key facts about the Association of South East Nations: * ASEAN's 10 members span the political and economic spectrum: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanma ...[more] |
| Women Marines want a chance outside the Afghan wire Jones wanted to be a sniper but, like many women on active service in the U.S. military, she has never been outside "the wire" -- the heavily guarded razor-wire perimeter of her base. [more] |