Senior United Nations officials Wednesday drew the world’s attention to threats posed by transnational organized crime and drug trafficking in Central America and called for concerted global efforts to combat the scourge, which they said is spreading to other continents.
PARIS, France – War crimes tribunals in The Hague are hearing cases against former Bosnian-Serb military commander Ratko Mladic and former Liberian president Charles Taylor.
NATO has invited Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari to the alliance's summit in Chicago, a day after the country's prime minister proposed reopening ground supply routes to international troops in Afghanistan.
The notorious Exxon Valdez, now named the Oriental Nicety, was previously headed for Alang Beach for dismantling and recycling. But, the Gujarat Maritime Board turned it away and denied moorage for the vessel responsible for the 1989 oil spill that coated vast areas of Alaska's Gulf Coast with 11 million gallons of oil.