Africa/International

Australia's foreign minister has said the US is to blame for the release of thousands of diplomatic cables on Wikileaks, not its Australian founder, Julian Assange. Kevin Rudd said the release raised questions about US security. Mr Rudd…

The leader of the Liberal Democrats won the backing of his ministerial team on Tuesday for coalition government plans to increase fees paid by university students as he struggled to contain a revolt. The issue has divided the Liberal…

The maker of Skoal and Copenhagen smokeless tobacco has agreed to pay $5 million to the family of a man who died of mouth cancer in what is believed to be the first wrongful-death settlement won from a chewing tobacco company. A legal…

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested and jailed without bail Tuesday in a sex-crimes investigation, but his organization scarcely missed a beat, releasing a new batch of the secret cables that U.S. officials say are damaging…

The Fifth Edition of a programme dubbed Development Days (EDD) opened on Monday with EU member countries reminding themselves that development aid must go hand in hand with good policies at the recipient country. The European Development…

The UN is moving non-essential staff out of Ivory Coast, following the state's disputed presidential election. Some 460 staff would continue to carry out their duties from the Gambia, UN spokesman Martin Nesirky said. Earlier, Botswana's…

Gold ticked lower on Tuesday as speculators booked profits after sending the price to another record, but worries over Europe's sovereign debt problems and speculation the U.S. Fed will extend monetary easing helped cushion the fall.…

It took longer than many thought -- and comedians had a laugh at their expense -- but singer Alicia Keys and her celebrity friends raised $1 million for an AIDS charity and, with it, lived to tweet again. Keys and her Keep a Child Alive…

Oil company BP has approached several UK-focussed energy companies about a potential sell-off of about $1 billion (£636 million) of its North Sea assets, The Daily Telegraph said on Tuesday. The British newspaper cited companies and…

The U.S. Treasury sold the last of its Citigroup Inc. common shares in a $10.5 billion offering that capped the government's biggest bank bailout of the financial-market meltdown. The stock sale, which was finalized Monday evening, means…