World Jul 06 Obama, Netanyahu Tout Face-to-Face Talks With Palestinians President Barack Obama and visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu both said Tuesday that they expected proximity talks would lead to direct Israeli-Palestinian negotiations on a secure two-state solution.
World Jul 05 Finland Makes Internet a ‘Basic Right’ When one thinks of basic rights, things like voting, clean water or education might come to mind. Now, add Internet access to that list. Finland this month became the first country in the world to make high-speed Internet service a…
World Jul 02 Clinton: ‘NATO’s Door Remains Open’ to Ukraine During a five-country tour of the region, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told Ukrainian officials Friday that the door to NATO membership is still open, though the U.S. would not pressure the country to join.
World Jun 30 German Presidential Election Exposes Cracks in Merkel’s Coalition It took three rounds of voting Wednesday to elect Chancellor Angela Merkel's candidate for president, Christian Wulff, in a sign of brewing differences within her coalition ranks.
World Jun 29 Mexico Forges Ahead With Elections After Candidate’s Assassination After Mexican gubernatorial candidate Rodolfo Torre and four others in his campaign entourage were gunned down Monday in the state of Tamaulipas, his Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, is working to find a replacement candidate ahead of Sunday's elections for…
World Jun 29 Report: Rating System of Afghan Forces ‘Not Reliable’ A special inspector general report issued late Monday says the rating system of Afghan security forces is not reliable and training efforts face "serious challenges."…
World Jun 28 At the G20, a Debate Over Spending and Budget Cuts At the conclusion of the weekend's G20 summit in Canada, countries agreed to cut their deficits over the next three years in order to stabilize the global economy, but maintain flexibility to decide on their own how to do so.
World Jun 25 Global Leaders Meet at Back-to-Back Economic Summits Leaders of some of the world's largest economies are meeting in Canada over the weekend to focus on nurturing the global economic recovery and facilitating international security and aid.
World Jun 24 Q&A: Medvedev Meets With Obama on Modernization Plan, Arms Control Russian President Dmitry Medvedev met with President Barack Obama Thursday in Washington, where the two were expected to discuss arms control, Iran and economic issues, in their continuing effort to "reset" and strengthen relations.
World Jun 24 Over Time, Petraeus Tapped to Oversee Combat, Security Operations Army Gen. David Petraeus, currently head of U.S. Central Command, has been called on to lead coalition forces in Afghanistan in place of Gen. Stanley McChrystal. Over the years, Petraeus has overseen troop surges and security efforts in Iraq, Afghanistan…