ROME, FEB 6 (AP/UNB) - The chief executive of Italian energy company ENI says the country's natural gas supplies are OK through Wednesday but if Russia's Gazprom makes more cuts there could be problems.Paolo Scaroni t...

PORT-VILA, FEB 6 (AP/UNB) - The South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu continues to be jolted by several moderate to strong earthquakes after a magnitude 7.1 temblor hit last week.Several earthquakes, including a 6.1 ...

JAKARTA, FEB 6 (AP/UNB) - Indonesia has come up with another bizarre plan to keep commuters from riding on the roofs of trains: Swat them with brooms drenched in putrid goop.Railway official Ahmad Sujadi says the cont...

SABANA DE LA MAR, FEB 6 (AP/UNB) - Rescuers have recovered 16 bodies and pulled 11 survivors from white-capped waters off this coastal town after an overloaded boat carrying migrants from the Dominican Republic capsiz...

MEXICO CITY, FEB 6 (AP/UNB) - Mexico's ruling party has chosen a former congresswoman to run for president, the first time a major party has nominated a woman to compete for the nation's top office.The National Action...

BEIJING, FEB 6 (AP/UNB) - Chinese state media are reporting that the government has banned its airlines from paying charges on carbon emissions imposed by the European Union.The official Xinhua news agency on Monday q...

London, Feb 5 (AsiaNet/UNB) - Today marks the formal launch of The Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust, on the 60th anniversary of the accession of the Queen to the throne.The establishment of the Trust was originall...

BEIRUT, FEB 5 (AP/UNB) - Syria's opposition appealed for international backing on Sunday, a day after Russia and China vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution aimed at pressuring President Bashar Assad to end his blo...

TEHRAN, FEB 5 (AP/UNB) - A Republican Guard commander warns Iran will target any country where an attack against it is staged.Hossein Salami, deputy commander of the elite Revolutionary Guard, Iran's most powerful mili...

LAGOS, FEB 5 (AP/UNB) - An Eni SpA oil pipeline ruptured and caught fire as a militant group claimed responsibility for an attack in the region, their first alleged assault in months as its purported leader awaits tria...