Rebels fighting to install Ivory Coast’s democratically elected president began besieging the main city of Abidjan today after seizing a key seaport.

The interim Honduran government revoked an emergency decree that prohibited large street protests and limited other civil liberties following the return of ousted President Manuel Zelaya.

The campaign for the two major US parties’ presidential nominees shifted to New Hampshire today after Iowa’s result threw the races wide open.

The United States intelligence community must be radically overhauled in the face of the ongoing terrorist threat, the September 11 Commission said.

OIL prices dropped further below $40 yesterday as increased supplies in the United States and OPEC’s pledge to bump up output eased immediate concerns of a supply crunch in world markets.

President George W Bush has signalled he is ready to send more troops to Iraq while acknowledging that US forces had suffered a couple of “tough weeks” in the country.

Tennis ace Serena Williams may stay away from the summer Olympics in Greece over fears she could be targeted by terrorists.

Two more American soldiers were killed by roadside bomb in Iraq today.

Iraq’s US administrator suggested today he would block any move by Iraqi leaders to make Islamic law the main source of legislation in the interim constitution, a move women’s groups fear would threaten their rights.