World Feb 18 Dalai Lama: U.S. a ‘Champion of Democracy, Freedom, Human Values’ After his meeting with President Barack Obama, the Dalai Lama told reporters Thursday outside the White House that the two leaders discussed promoting peace, humanitarian values, religious harmony and the need for more women in leadership roles.
World Feb 18 Where Do U.S.-China Relations Stand? Author and lawyer Gordon Chang and Susan Shirk of the University of California at San Diego help put some recent differences between the United States and China into context.
World Feb 16 Haiti Quake Propels Use of Twitter as Disaster-Relief Tool Kate Starbird, a graduate student at the University of Colorado at Boulder, studies the use of Twitter during crises. When she and the other UC researchers heard about the massive earthquake in Haiti on Jan. 12, all they could do…
World Feb 16 Q&A: CIA-Pakistan Sting Nets No. 2 Taliban Leader A joint CIA-Pakistan operation has captured Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban's No. 2 leader behind Afghan Taliban founder Mullah Mohammad Omar, reports said Tuesday.
World Feb 15 Gunfights Mark Third Day of Offensive in Southern Afghanistan Firefights erupted in the southern Afghan town of Marjah on Monday, where Marines and Afghan forces are battling insurgents as part of an offensive for a third straight day.
World Feb 12 Aid Groups Hope Showers, Latrines Stave Off Disease in Haiti Preventing the spread of disease in Haiti's quake-damaged cities, where thousands have taken refuge in temporary camps, is a formidable task in a country that already posed sanitation challenges.
World Feb 11 Crowds Mark Iran’s Anniversary as Ahmadinejad Touts Nuclear Potential Flag-waving crowds rallied in central Tehran on Thursday to celebrate the 31st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, which also prompted spin-off government protests that security forces worked to disperse.
World Feb 10 Amid Violence, Governments Grapple With Taliban Talks As U.S. drones continue to target al-Qaida allied militants in Pakistan, and international forces seek to stamp out Taliban strongholds in Afghanistan, U.S. and Afghan officials are trying to develop ways to engage moderate elements of the Taliban to bring…
World Feb 10 Two Hours in Haiti: Relief Flights Held to Rapid Pace For weeks following the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti, a steady stream of airplanes stuffed with medical and other relief supplies shuttled in and out of the Port-au-Prince airport. Adhering to a strict time frame, the workers had just two…
World Feb 08 Iran Announces Plans to Increase Uranium Enrichment Iran told the U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency Monday that it would begin enriching its stockpile of uranium to 20 percent purity for a medical reactor, renewing calls from U.S., Russian and French officials for a tougher approach and unified…