The U.S. Congress is on track for decisive votes on a $789 billion measure aimed at slowing the U.S. economic decline. The House of Representatives is to consider and vote on the bill Friday, with Senate action also expected. House Speaker Nancy Pel...
President Barack Obama has yet to fill a number of key posts in his administration. For Native Americans, one of the most anticipated positions will be a senior policy advisor to the president on Native American issues. American Indians say having s...
Final results have been announced in Israeli elections that took place on Tuesday. But the tally has left Israel in political uncertainty. Election campaign posters for Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu and FM and Kadima Party leader Tzipi Livni...
As U.S. lawmakers were voting on a giant economic recovery plan, President Barack Obama again emphasized the many challenges facing the nation's economy. President Barack Obama makes remarks to business leaders at the White House, 13 Feb 2009 Presid...
Aviation investigators have arrived in the town of Clarence Center, in western New York State, to sift through the wreckage of a commuter plane that crashed into a house late Thursday evening, bursting into flames and killing all 49 persons aboard a...
In a major victory for President Barack Obama, the House of Representatives has approved, by a vote of 246 to 183, a $787 billion measure that tries to create jobs, spur growth, and kick the U.S. economy out of recession through tax cuts and domesti...
The International Criminal Court in The Hague is examining a demand by the Palestinian Authority to investigate possible war crimes during Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip. Overview of The Great Hall of Justice at the Peace Palace in The Hague,...
Stocks are down on the world markets where traders are less than enthusiastic about the $798 billion U.S. compromise economic stimulus package hammered out between congressional negotiators. And in London, Prime Minister Gordon Brown has strongly cr...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says the Kremlin has noted a positive tone in the first statements made by the Obama administration on Russian and international relations. And President Dmitri Medvedev has indicated Russian willingness to coo...
Israeli election officials are continuing to tallying votes Thursday before announcing the final results of parliamentary elections. It appears more likely that Likud party leader Benjamin Netanyahu will form the next Israeli government. Israel's Li...
President Barack Obama's choice to lead the Commerce Department, Senator Judd Gregg of New Hampshire, has withdrawn his nomination. The Republican lawmaker cites differences with the Democratic president over policy issues, including an economic rec...
The U.S. Congress is poised to give final approval to President Barack Obama's economic stimulus plan, handing the new president a major political victory in his first few weeks in office. Mr. Obama waged a two-front campaign on behalf of the bill....
U.S. lawmakers are describing as disturbing a report from the Government Accountability Office that says the Defense Department has been unable to account for tens of thousands of weapons supplied to Afghanistan's security forces. There are also con...
Morgan Tsvangirai, the leader of the Movement for Democratic Change has been sworn in as Prime Minister of Zimbabwe by his political rival President Robert Mugabe. Mr. Mugabe said he would cooperate with the new prime minister under their new unity...
Morgan Tsvangirai, the leader of the Movement for Democratic Change has been sworn in as Zimbabwe's prime minister. Morgan Tsvangirai, left, takes the oath of Prime Minster, in front of President Robert Mugabe, right, at the State House in Harare, 1...
