UNITED NATIONS - The UN General Assembly has overwhelmingly approved a resolution demanding that the United States repeal its 47-year-old trade embargo against Cuba. The vote Wednesday in the 192-member world body was 185 to three, with two abstentions, showing one-yes vote improvement over last ...

GENEVA (AFP) - Forty-five thousand people have fled a refugee camp in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in chaotic scenes as rebel forces advance on the city of Goma, the UN refugee agency said Wednesday. "The whole camp was packing up and leaving" after refugees saw Congolese government ...

DAMASCUS (AFP) - Syria said on Wednesday it is awaiting an explanation from Washington and Baghdad about the deadly US helicopter raid on a Syrian village before deciding whether to take further retaliatory steps. "Syria is awaiting official explanations from the US and Iraqi governments on this ...

A fish has had a bizarre life-saving operation after developing a hernia. Carla the 10-inch-long angelfish was laid out on an operating table while a vet and two assistants carried out the unusual surgery. After being anaesthetised, the exotic fish had a tube placed in her mouth and water ...

LONDON (AFP) - European and Asia stocks made further ground Wednesday as investors counted on a round of global interest rate cuts but Wall Street opened lower a day after a huge bargain-hunting rally. The US Federal Reserve was later Wednesday later expected to slash US borrowing costs to boost ...