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Israel is likely deliver a strong ultimatum to the United States on Monday, demanding that President Barack Obama vow to use military force to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear bomb.

Raw material supply, sustainable agriculture, and active and healthy ageing are three of the biggest problems facing the EU today, and dealing with them effectively is essential for fostering growth and creating jobs. With this in mind, on 29 February the European Commission unveiled its plans for two new European Innovation Partnerships (EIPs) that will go some way to meeting these challenges.

Adam Imam with one of her five children collects millet in a land rented by a community leader in Saluma Area, near El Fasher (North Darfur

The United States has strongly condemned an air strike against South Sudan's oil wells blamed on neighboring Sudan.

Young children play on swings in a square in Zawiya, Libya.

"Receiving a petition supported by more than 2 million people places an even bigger responsibility on us to listen to the European people and offer them a place to express their views to the European institutions", said Petitions Committee chair Erminia Mazzoni (EPP, IT), after the petition was presented.

Hundreds of Chinese have flooded U.S. President Barack Obama's Google-plus page with messages, after China seemingly unblocked the social networking service.

Thousands of Moscow residents held hands along the city's 13 kilometer-long Garden Ring Road, Moscow, February 26, 2012.

Voting in presidential elections in Yemen.

American apologies are falling on deaf ears in Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan, where anger over the burning of Qurans is boiling over.