Iran said on Monday a journalist jailed for espionage had the right to appeal against her sentence, but the US should respect rulings by its courts.
Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro, reacting to an Americas summit on Monday, urged US President Barack Obama to end the "blockade" of Cuba.
Details on stress tests measuring how well US banks will weather difficult economic conditions are to be disclosed to promote investor confidence.
Critics of Barack Obama’s handling of the economy are planning nationwide ”tea parties” on Wednesday — and not for the sake of polite conversation.
Barack Obama opened a crack on Monday in the embargo against communist Cuba, allowing US telecommunications firms to start providing service.
Iran on Thursday said it would review an offer of talks on its nuclear programme from the United States and five other world powers.
Barack Obama’s eight-day European tour left little doubt he plans to exploit his popular political brand and multi-cultural biography to the utmost.
Barack Obama ended his trip to Muslim Turkey on Tuesday by calling for peace and dialogue with Islam and the creation of a Palestinian state.
Barack Obama set out his vision for a world free of nuclear weapons on Sunday, vowing to involve all states with atomic weapons in the process.
Violence rocked nuclear-armed Pakistan on Saturday, with a pilotless US drone aircraft killing 13 people including militants in the northwest.
North Korea will soon launch a long-range rocket after completing preparations to put a satellite into space, its official media said on Saturday.
Turkey blocked Europe’s candidate to head Nato, souring a summit marking the military alliance’s 60th anniversary.
Barack Obama was meant to sweep into town looking unassailable. Instead he arrives beleaguered, with an awful lot to prove.
World leaders gathered on Wednesday for a summit on tackling the global financial crisis but many were split on the way forward.
The US offered Taliban fighters who renounce violence in Afghanistan an ”honourable form of reconciliation” on Tuesday.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Monday urged the incoming Israeli right-wing government to freeze settlements.
The White House-orchestrated ouster of General Motors’ top executive sent a chilling message to unions, management and bondholders.
The Obama administration has a single mission as it heads to the negotiating table: convincing other countries that the US cares about global warming.
Susan Peppercorn considers the likely impacts his presidency has on the MBA world.
Barack Obama’s negotiators make their debut at UN climate talks on Sunday, but many nations have rowed back on plans, focusing instead on the economy.
The US president plans to send thousands of troops to train Afghan forces as part of a strategy that will focus efforts on destroying al-Qaeda havens.
Rising waters in North Dakota on Friday forced hundreds to head for higher ground as the state braced for its worst floods in recorded history.
Barack Obama is trying to dampen a fire he once stoked, urging a more tempered response to public furore over bonuses paid to executives of AIG.
Another way to think about the prospects of recovery is last week’s US wealth data. Americans lost a collective $12.7-trillion last year.
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Saturday that US President Barack Obama’s offer of better ties was just a ”slogan”.
For Barack Obama, it was a horrible way to end the week, but perhaps that was only fitting: it had been a horrible week.
United States President Barack Obama on Friday launched a historic direct appeal to the Iranian people, urging an end to decades of animosity.
Barack Obama is deploying every weapon in the presidential armoury to bolster his economic rescue strategy.
President Hamid Karzai warned the international community on Wednesday to stay clear of getting involved in governance within Afghanistan.
The EU questioned the Obama administration about Guantánamo on Monday, as member states weigh whether to accept a US request to take detainees.
Pakistan extended a crackdown against activists on Friday, banning rallies and arresting scores of people ahead of planned mass protests.
United States President Barack Obama signs a new permanent law that makes it almost impossible for the country to sell cluster bombs.