Japan will boost its aid to quake-hit Haiti to 100 million dollars, a report said Friday as the country's foreign minister prepared to visit the impoverished Caribbean nation this weekend. Japan, which has already pledged 70 million dollars in emergency aid and for long-term reconstruction, will raise the total sum by 30 million dollars, public broadcaster NHK said. The ...

LONDON (Reuters) - The arrests of senior Afghan Taliban members in Pakistan have stopped most talks between the insurgents and U.N. representatives, the former head of the U.N. mission in Afghanistan said in a BBC interview. Norwegian Kai Eide, who stepped down this month, said talks dried up several weeks ago after more than a dozen prominent Taliban members ...

The United States on Thursday lamented the rejection of a trade ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna, calling it a "setback" to conservation efforts and urging others to do more to preserve the species. With sushi-loving Japan leading the opposition, nations at a UN-led conference in Qatar soundly defeated a proposed ban that had enjoyed strong support from the United ...