European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said in Budapest on Friday that he welcomes Hungary's priorities for its six-month European Union (EU) presidency, and that the Commission is "committed to work hand in hand with Hungary's presidency to make it a success."

An Israeli soldier has been killed and four others injured by so-called friendly fire just outside the Gaza border, the Israeli military says.

President Obama has cautiously hailed a "clear" trend of job growth, and called on businesses to boost investment.

Eight people were killed and three others were injured after a group of gunmen opened fire on a private bus in Honduras, officials said.  

UN chief Ban Ki-moon named four experts Thursday from Latin America, the United States and India to investigate the source of Haiti's cholera epidemic, which some Haitians blame on UN peacekeepers.

US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has announced a US$78 billion military budget cut, to be achieved in part by scrapping a US$14billion amphibious vehicle.

The Republic of Korea has dismissed the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK’s) call for unconditional talks to ease tensions.

The United States plans to send 1,400 additional Marines to Afghanistan to boost its combat forces ahead of the spring fighting season, the Wall Street Journal reported on January 6.

Heavy rain has been falling in eastern Australia, bringing fresh misery to flood-hit communities where hundreds of homes are already under water.

Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi met with Iraq's prime minister and foreign minister in Baghdad on January 5 in his second trip abroad since taking over the post, aiming at boosting bilateral ties between the two countries.