Public opinion polls before Israel's national elections next Tuesday have consistently shown former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the lead. Netanyahu represents the right-wing Likud Party, which has been gaining support as many Israelis expre...
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas told the European Parliament the Israeli attacks on Gaza were war crimes and that Israeli officials should be held accountable. Mr. Abbas spoke during a tour of Europe to drum up support for peace talks...
The United Nations has announced the establishment of a commission to investigate the 2007 assassination of Pakistan's former prime minister Benazir Bhutto. Benazir Bhutto addresses media representatives at a press conference in Karachi, 19 Oct 2007...
imposed pay limits on executives of banks and other companies that receive government bailout money to avoid collapse. President Barack Obama listens to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner as he delivers remarks about executive compensation, 04 Feb...
Representatives from the United States, Russia, China and three European Union nations have been meeting in Germany to discuss steps to take in dealing with Iran and its nuclear program. Analysts say there is a shift in tone toward Iran that may tra...
India's patience with Pakistan appears to be wearing thin. More than two months after the terror attack on Mumbai, Indian officials are expressing frustration that they have yet to hear any official communication from Islamabad regarding Pakistan's...
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is scheduled to meet with her British and German counterparts on Tuesday in her first meetings with senior foreign officials in her new post. Plans are also being made for her first overseas trip as Secretary...
President Barack Obama has nominated Republican Senator Judd Gregg to be his commerce secretary. President Barack Obama announces his plans to nominate Sen. Judd Gregg, right, a New Hampshire Republican, for Commerce Secretary, 03 Feb 2009 President...
Local officials in Somalia have accused African Union peacekeepers of firing on civilians in the capital, Mogadishu, killing as many as 39 people after a roadside explosion. A spokesman for the AU force has denied that the troops shot at civilians....
In Somalia, militant Islamist factions are testing the resolve of the country's new interim president, who was sworn in Saturday pledging to restore governance in a society torn apart by nearly two decades of civil war. The parliamentary election of...
Israel says it is prepared to respond with great force after a long-range Grad missile fired from the Gaza Strip landed in the southern Israeli port city of Ashkelon. An Israeli examines his car, damaged by a rocket fired by Palestinian militants fr...
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Tuesday pledged an ongoing high-level effort by the Obama administration to achieve peace between Israel and the Palestinians. Clinton said U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell, just back from his first trip to t...
U.S. President Barack Obama's choice for a key cabinet position has withdrawn, leaving a major vacancy at the massive Department of Health and Human Services, or HHS. Tom Daschle bowed out after problems surfaced involving taxes and possible conflic...
A key Democratic lawmaker has outlined his plans to use legislation the U.S. Congress would approve in coming months to impose greater controls on financial firms to protect investors and help avoid another financial system collapse. Republicans ste...
The World Bank is predicting growth rates in Africa in 2009 could fall to half what they have been in the past few years. World Bank Vice President for Africa Obi Ezekwesili, attending the African Union summit in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa,...
