Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad has fuelled the war of words between Iran and the US by reprimanding President Obama for 'interfering' in his country's affairs. Iran's powerful Guardian Council is due to give its final...
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Washington, D.C./Santiago, Chile, November 24, 2009—IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, will promote access to affordable professional and technical education for low- and middle-income students in Chile with $30 million in...
Kathmandu, Nepal, November 24, 2009─IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is helping microfinance institutions and banks in Nepal discuss strategies for expanding financial access by mobilizing deposits and using banking...
A grand jury in Philadelphia indicted four men Tuesday for an alleged plot to support the Lebanon-based terror group Hezbollah through illegal schemes, including buying the group more than a thousand machine guns.
The United Nations is in a standoff with Canadian commentator Anne Bayefsky as it pressures her to sign a statement that she broke the rules on the day she spoke in favour of Israel at a UN microphone.