Major news outlets Wednesday morning borrowed from Barack Obama’s victory speech as the 44th US President declaring, “Change has come to America”. Kenyan newspaper Daily Nation reporter writes about World reaction to Obama victory and election.

U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said at an anti-terrorism conference in Mamithe that international community must communicate and coordinate efforts to stop terrorists who may be seeking nuclear weapons.

The commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan says the international community is not doing enough to provide troops and a coordinated reconstruction effort to help stabilize the country. American McNeill spoke from Afghanistan with reporters at the Pentagon, and VOA's Al Pessin reports.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has urged the international community to remain engaged in Afghanistan. He made the comments Tuesday during an unannounced visit to Kabul by Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

A sixty-day UN deadline for Iran to halt uranium enrichment expires today. The International Atomic Energy Agency is to report on whether Iran has met this deadline. But news agencies report the IAEA will likely say Iran has not only ignored the ultimatum but has expanded the program.

Chinese Vice Premier Zeng Peiyan on Tuesday said China would like to work with the international community on information security. Zeng made the remarks while meeting with some participants in an international seminar on information security held in Beijing.

The chairman in office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) encouraged Turkmenistan today to intensify its cooperation with the international community.

Ukraine's parliament today asked the international community to send observers and mediators to help in its standoff with President Viktor Yushchenko.

EU External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner says positive changes have taken place in Turkmenistan since the December 2006 death of president Saparmurat Niyazov.

The United Nations Security Council has scheduled a vote for Saturday on more sanctions against Iran for its refusal to stop enriching uranium. The new sanctions would ban all Iranian arms exports and freeze the assets of 28 more Iranian individuals and institutions.

Fifteen British sailors are in Iranian custody after being seized in the Persian Gulf today, prompting London to demand their release. Britain's Defense Ministry says the British sailors and their two boats were surrounded by Iranian ships and escorted from Iraqi waters into Iran's territorial waters.