Government supporters converged on the capital Sunday, to counter protesters who seized control of Bangkok's two airports and forced the prime minister to run the country from afar. ...more

December 1, 2008

South American presidents met urgently Monday hoping to prevent a political collapse in Bolivia, where the government planned to charge a rebellious eastern governor with genocide for allegedly ordering the machine-gunning of peasants. ...more

September 16, 2008

President Bush announced Saturday that the United States was moving to broaden its sanctions against Zimbabwe, for the first time aiming at the government itself as well as a lengthening list of members of its governing elite, because of what he described as "a sham election." ...more

June 29, 2008

Just three weeks before Zimbabwe's presidential runoff, Robert Mugabe is giving the opposition little room to campaign - detaining its candidate, banning rallies and attacking diplomats who try to investigate political violence. ...more

June 7, 2008

When soaring food prices sparked deadly riots across Haiti, many expected that people along the cactus-studded northern coast would do what they traditionally do in times of crisis: take to the seas and head for the United States. ...more

May 4, 2008

President Bush on Saturday defended his decision to avoid Africa's most troubled quarters on his trip across the continent's midsection, saying the United States was ready to help countries that make the "right choices." ...more

February 17, 2008

Men sobbed as police unloaded 16 charred bodies at a mortuary in this western Kenyan city. People with machete and arrow wounds overwhelmed the main hospital and were forced to share beds. Hundreds of homeless took shelter at a church. ...more

January 27, 2008

This country's president named half his Cabinet on Tuesday, angering opposition leaders who accuse him of stealing the recent election and undermining mediation attempts for a power-sharing agreement to end violence that has left more than 500 dead. ...more

January 9, 2008

The assassination of Benazir Bhutto is likely to further complicate business relations between the United States and Pakistan, which is already a major manufacturer of clothing and has been pushing for deeper private-sector ties. ...more

December 28, 2007

Two powerful bombs detonated next to a truck carrying former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto late Thursday, just hours after she returned from exile to a triumphal homecoming. More than 120 people were killed and hundreds were wounded in one of Pakistan's worst episodes of political violence. ...more

October 19, 2007