By the CNN Wire Staff Devecser, Hungary (CNN) -- Rescue workers searched Wednesday for six elderly people missing at Kolontar, one of three villages in southwest Hungary that was hit Monday by a wave of toxic red sludge from an alumina plant reservoir ...

WASHINGTON - Peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban aren't likely to advance until the United States and NATO forces gain an advantage on the battlefield, several experts on the region say.

Oct. 6: Tankers carrying oil for NATO forces in Afghanistan burn following an attack by gunmen in Quetta, Pakistan. Members of Pakistan's spy agency are pressing Taliban field commanders to fight the US and its allies in Afghanistan, US officials and ...

The small number of diplomats, consultants, aid agency staff and energy sector employees based in Yemen's capital, Sanaa, are growing used to increasing restrictions on their personal freedom, which tighten after every ...

More than 40 Ecuadorean police officers have been detained in connection with last week's police revolt against President Rafael Correa.

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's nuclear threat has reached an "alarming level" and it is now trying to miniaturize weapons to improve their mobility and impact, a South Korean government official said.

French and Spanish officials to arrive on Sunday; plan to pitch idea of Paris peace summit between Netanyahu and Abbas later this month.

ROME - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao was set to seal an economic partnership with Italy on Thursday after fending off EU pressure to increase the value of the yuan to help ease massive trade imbalances.

London's Trafalgar Square has been named by British media as a possible terror target. Source: AP FEARS of imminent terrorism in Europe intensified yesterday as France warned travellers an attack on British soil was "highly likely".

In this file photo, first lady Michelle Obama speaks at the National Restaurant Association's fall board meeting, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Sept.

Photo: AP The Indonesian president abruptly postponed a visit planned to the Netherlands, citing a human-rights case in the host country that could threaten him with arrest.

Lawyers in the US hailed a landmark victory for civil rights today when a judge in a high-profile Guantánamo case barred a witness because of possible links to torture at a CIA secret prison in Pakistan.

Photo: AP An explosion on the outskirts of Bangkok that killed at least four people has added to Thailand's political uncertainty.

In both size and symbolism, the free trade agreement signed on Wednesday by South Korea and the European Union is a big deal. Bilateral trade between the two was worth $74.3bn in 2009, making this one of the largest bilateral preferential trade ...

Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain spoke at the Conservative party's annual conference in Birmingham on Wednesday. By SARAH LYALL BIRMINGHAM, England - As the government prepares to drastically scale back its operations with steep across-the-board ...

A truck brings equipment to help in the rescue to the mine site on Wednesday. Copiapo, Chile (CNN) -- The 16-man rescue team that will carry out the operation to free 33 trapped miners trained for their mission at the mine site ...

Charlie the chimp, known for his cigarette habit, has died at his home in a South African Zoo. After picking up a smoking habit because of cigarettes being thrown into his enclosure at the Mangaung Zoo in Bloemfontein, South Africa, Charlie began to ...

By the CNN Wire Staff Villagers leave their flooded homes on a small boat in the central province of Ha Tinh, Vietnam, on Wednesday.

Oil companies make easy villains, but poor governance and weak property rights underlie many of the Niger Delta's problems. By ROGER BATE This month Nigeria celebrated the 50th anniversary of its independence from Britain, but it was not a happy ...

Ethiopian opposition leader Birtukan Mideksa (r) hours after she was released from jail by Ethiopian authorities, 06 Oct. 2010 Ethiopian opposition leader Birtukan Mideksa has been released from prison, 21 months after authorities revoked an earlier ...