Just ahead of a major global economic summit, Barack Obama is calling for allies to develop more aggressive steps to jump-start their own economies.
Two major bombings in two days in Iraq have left scores of people dead and sparked new security concerns as United States forces prepare to pull out.
We’re only 50 days in, but it’s not too soon to discern a refreshing thread of logic in the president’s foreign policy.
The conservatives who now dominate the party of the American right may come to rue losing their moderate wing.
North Korea put its military on combat alert on Monday as United States and South Korean troops began a major joint exercise.
Barack Obama, who opposes limits on federal funding of stem cell research, will sign an order related to the issue on Monday, an official said.
China wants the G20 summit to make progress against global financial turmoil, the country’s foreign minister said on Saturday.
President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he was prolonging US sanctions on Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe’s regime for a year.
Palestinian leaders were urging US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday to push Israel to freeze construction in West Bank settlements.
Barack Obama on Wednesday will order a crackdown on waste and cost overruns in government procurement that could save up to -billion a year.
Iran’s judiciary said on Tuesday an Iranian-American journalist was being held in Evin prison on the orders of a court that handles state security.
Media reports claim United States President Barack Obama sent a secret letter to Russia’s Dmitry Medvedev seeking help to disarm Iran.
Hillary Clinton pledged on Tuesday to press for Palestinian statehood, putting Washington on a possible collision course with Benjamin Netanyahu.
The Algerian interior minister on Monday denied allegations of human rights abuses contained in a United States State Department report.
The American stimulus package includes a great global experiment — to see whether such unprecedented spending can also tackle climate change.
The United States on Monday promised strong diplomacy with Iran, Syria and North Korea to help the United Nations nuclear watchdog.
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/ 28 February 2009
President Barack Obama said on Friday he would end US operations in Iraq in 18 months but leave up to 50 000 troops there to provide stability.
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/ 27 February 2009
Last-ditch efforts to form a broad-based Israeli coalition failed on Friday, fuelling concerns about prospects for peace with the Palestinians.
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/ 27 February 2009
A record 205 candidates are in the running for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, the Nobel Institute said on Friday.
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/ 27 February 2009
A soon-to-be-released presidential directive reflects an effort by the White House to be better prepared to meet 21st-century threats.
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/ 27 February 2009
Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu was making a fresh bid on Friday to persuade Tzipi Livni to bring her centrist Kadima party into an Israeli coalition.
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/ 27 February 2009
The Obamas have revealed that they plan to adopt a Portuguese water dog. They’re in for an exciting ride, says long-time owner Sabine Durrant.
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/ 27 February 2009
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hopes to close a dark chapter in US-Russia relations when she meets Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov next week.
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/ 26 February 2009
Taliban militants beheaded an Afghan in Pakistan’s lawless tribal region after accusing him of spying for the United States, police said on Thursday.
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/ 25 February 2009
Legislators from Barack Obama’s Democratic Party as well as several Republicans responded positively to the new president’s first address to Congress.
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/ 25 February 2009
President Barack Obama sought to strike a delicate balance between hope and reality on Tuesday to reassure Americans mired in the economic crisis.
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/ 24 February 2009
Abdelaziz Bouteflika is heading for a hollow victory in an election in April because he is ill-suited to the task of tackling youth unemployment.
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/ 24 February 2009
The US decision to send more troops to Afghanistan will mean little to the people of northern Sang-i-Khel village whose fight is against hunger.
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/ 23 February 2009
Binyam Mohamed, a UK resident held at Guantánamo Bay for more than four years, was released and put on a plane to home on Monday.
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/ 20 February 2009
Finance Minister Trevor Manuel says the global economic crisis is not likely to be over shortly.
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/ 19 February 2009
United States President Barack Obama pledged up to -billion on Wednesday to help stem a wave of home foreclosures.
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/ 18 February 2009
US forces killed at least one child, video footage showed on Wednesday, in an air strike in western Afghanistan that police say killed 12 civilians.