Ex-US President Jimmy Carter was taken to hospital today after suffering a stomach upset on a flight in the United States.

Former US President Jimmy Carter departed on his mission to North Korea that US officials said is aimed at bringing home an imprisoned American.

Sudan’s president threatened to expel foreign observers over their recommendations to delay the country’s first multiparty elections in decades due in April.

The former leader of Nepal’s Maoist insurgency captured a seat today on a new assembly that will chart the Himalayan country’s future, election officials said.

The former leader of Nepal’s bloody Maoist insurgency captured a seat today on a new assembly that will chart the Himalayan country’s future, election officials said.

Ireland is the strongest voice for human rights within the EU, former US president Jimmy Carter said today.

Former US president Jimmy Carter will tomorrow hold talks with Taoiseach Bertie Ahern in Dublin.

Violence from Liberia’s war spilled across borders, and today the west African nation held its first presidential elections since fighting ended.

VENEZUELAN President Hugo Chavez this weekend threatened opposition governors with jail if they refuse to give up their posts after elections they claim could be hit by fraud.

Nearly four years ago, the US was in crisis. The country had gone to the polls, and the people had spoken, but no one knew who the next president would be.

FORMER US President Jimmy Carter has won the Nobel Peace Prize for his peace mediation efforts and promotion of human rights.

Former American president Jimmy Carter has won the Nobel peace prize.