Kampala - Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni and his DR Congo counterpart Joseph Kabila met Wednesday in a western border town to review the on-going joint military operations against Ugandan rebels in the north-east of the Congo, a senior minister has confirmed.
Geneva - A representative of the United States addressed the United Nations Human Rights Council Wednesday for the first time since it pulled out of the body in the middle of last year.
The address was made following a pledge from Washington to re-engage with the council, which the previous administration of George W Bush shunned towards the end of his term.
Washington - The United States urged the Sudanese government and rebel groups in the country to show restraint after an international court issued an arrest warrant against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir.
The International Criminal Court on Wednesday charged al-Bashir with five counts of crimes against humanity and two counts of war crimes for his government's backing of the brutal war in Darfur that has claimed at least 300,000 lives, mostly civilians.
Brussels - In a further sign of the new United States administration's desire to work with Europe, US Vice President Joe Biden is due to meet European Union and NATO officials in Brussels next week, officials said Wednesday.
Biden, who already met with several European leaders at a security conference in Munich in February, is expected to hold talks with EU officials and with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the alliance's headquarters on Tuesday.
Washington - Queen Elizabeth II has decided to bestow honorary knighthood on longtime US Senator Edward Kennedy, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced Wednesday.
Speaking before a joint session of Congress, Brown praised Kennedy for his efforts to bring peace to Northern Ireland and expand health care to millions of Americans.
"For all those things we owe a great debt to the life and courage of Senator Edward Kennedy," Brown said.
Brussels - US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will Thursday listen and expose her plans for Afghanistan to eager NATO foreign ministers at a meeting that is also expected to agree on the resumption of direct talks with Russia.
The meeting in Brussels is the first by the United States' new chief diplomat, who kicks-off her maiden voyage to Europe with a transatlantic dinner hosted by the Belgian government on Wednesday evening.
Kampala - Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni and his DR Congo counterpart Joseph Kabila met Wednesday in a western border town to review the on-going joint military operations against Ugandan rebels in the north-east of the Congo, a senior minister has confirmed.
Geneva - A representative of the United States addressed the United Nations Human Rights Council Wednesday for the first time since it pulled out of the body in the middle of last year.
Washington - The United States urged the Sudanese government and rebel groups in the country to show restraint after an international court issued an arrest warrant against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir.
Brussels - In a further sign of the new United States administration's desire to work with Europe, US Vice President Joe Biden is due to meet European Union and NATO officials in Brussels next week, officials said Wednesday.
Washington - Queen Elizabeth II has decided to bestow honorary knighthood on longtime US Senator Edward Kennedy, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced Wednesday.
Brussels - US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will Thursday listen and expose her plans for Afghanistan to eager NATO foreign ministers at a meeting that is also expected to agree on the resumption of direct talks with Russia.
