VOLGODONSK, Russia, March 18 (Reuters) - Russia will strive to control a quarter of the global nuclear power market and will boost nuclear energy use at home, starting with a $6 billion investment this year, Prime Minister Vladimir ...

Photo: AP CIA Director Leon Panetta says aggressive attacks against al-Qaida in Pakistan have forced Osama bin Laden and his top associates deeper into hiding, and weakened the terrorist group's ability to plan sophisticated operations.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Wednesday the United States would pursue "aggressive sanctions" to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon that could potentially spark a nuclear arms race in the Middle East.

Russian nationalists in Crimea have burned Ukrainian history textbooks to protest what they say are distortions of the past by the administration of former President Viktor Yushchenko.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Russia on Thursday for talks on advancing peace in the Middle East and to push for a preliminary agreement on a long-delayed nuclear arms reduction pact.

By REUTERS Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey has threatened to expel thousands of illegal Armenian immigrants after American and Swedish lawmakers passed resolutions condemning as genocide the mass killings of Armenians early in the last century.

The latest results from Iraq's election show a tight race emerging between PM Nouri Maliki and his main rival, Iyad Allawi. With 80% of votes counted, the secular Shia-Sunni Iraqiya coalition led by Mr Allawi, a former prime minister, ...

David Longstreath/AP By THOMAS FULLER BANGKOK - Antigovernment protesters paraded through a major business district in Bangkok on Wednesday, stopping at the home of the prime minister to throw bags of their blood into the family compound.

Photo: AP Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has suggested that Nigeria be divided into separate Muslim and Christian states to prevent future sectarian violence.

CARACAS, Venezuela - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko offered to help Venezuela strengthen its military, saying Tuesday that President Hugo Chavez's government should not have to worry about foreign threats.