Catholic charity Caritas calls for children-specific HIV drugs

Vienna - The Roman Catholic charity network Caritas called on pharmaceutical companies Monday to develop affordable drugs specifically for children with HIV/AIDS, many of whom die before their second...

Danish navy vessel leads operation against Somali pirates

Copenhagen - The Danish navy was involved over the weekend in an operation against pirates of the coast of Somalia, a Royal Danish Navy spokesman said Monday. Spokesman Jesper Lynge told Deutsche...

Daughters of executed Chinese scientist say confession was forced

Vienna - The daughters of Chinese biochemist and businessman Wo Weihan, who was executed in China last week on espionage charges, said Monday that their father had been forced to make his...

Israel turns back Libyan aid ship headed for Gaza

Gaza City/Tel Aviv - Israel forced a Libyan ship with humanitarian aid heading for the Gaza Strip to turn around Monday. A spokesman for the Israel Foreign Ministry told Deutsche Presse- Agentur dpa...

US says global climate deal "won't be easy"

Poznan, Poland - Reaching a global climate deal by the end of next year will be difficult, even with Barack Obama as US president, the top US envoy at UN negotiations said Monday. Harlan Watson, a...