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Belgian Van Rompuy Becomes EU's First President

European Union leaders named Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy as the bloc's first president on Thursday.

President Barack Obama said he was willing to help North Korea repair its economy and end decades of international isolation.

North Korea appears to be taking elaborate measures to evade U.N. sanctions aimed at its nuclear and missile activities.

President Barack Obama aims to bring the Afghan war to an end before he leaves office, he said on Wednesday.

Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Tuesday he was confident the alliance would agree to increase the number of troops in Afghanistan.

More than six years after the U.S. invasion left Iraq's main zoo a wasteland, the park in central Baghdad is enjoying a vigorous revival.

U.S. President Barack Obama wrangles over trade and currency policy with his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao on Tuesday.

India has put its nuclear power plants on alert and tightened security after intelligence about possible attacks, a report said on Monday.

A suicide car bomber attacked an office of Pakistan's main intelligence agency in the northwestern city of Peshawar on Friday, killing 10 people.

A U.N. world food summit next week is likely to make little headway in the fight against hunger.

The Palestinian president on Wednesday resisted U.S. pressure for a resumption of peace talks with Israel.

Navies from the rival Koreas exchanged gunfire for the first time in seven years on Tuesday, damaging vessels on both sides.

World leaders said the historic events of 20 years ago showed nations were capable of rising to new challenges.

Somali pirates have seized a United Arab Emirates-flagged cargo ship loaded with weapons bound for the anarchic Horn of Africa.

Iran has charged three detained U.S. citizens with espionage, the official IRNA news agency quoted.