World Nov 16 Obama Touts Internet Freedoms at Forum in China President Obama, speaking Monday at a town hall-style forum with Chinese university students in Shanghai, made a pitch for greater access to the Internet and social-networking sites, calling such freedom a source of strength.
World Nov 13 Obama Seeks to Reinforce Key Alliances on Asian Tour President Barack Obama arrived in Japan on Friday at the start of his weeklong tour of key allied Asian nations. His visit is aimed at strengthening allegiances and tackling climate change, Afghanistan and the global economy.
Nation Nov 11 Navajo Code Talker: Samuel Smith Veterans' Day celebrations on Wednesday included tributes to American Indian "code talkers" -- those who encrypted battle communications to U.S. troops during World War II operations in the Pacific.
World Nov 10 Jailed Hikers Caught in Tensions Between U.S. and Iran Three U.S. hikers, captured in Iran, are at the center of a war of words this week, with initial reports suggesting they would be charged with espionage, but subsequent statements saying they would be prosecuted for entering the country illegally.
World Nov 06 Political Pact in Honduras Appears to Fall Apart A U.S.-brokered deal meant to mend the political crisis in Honduras by forming a unity government has fallen apart, ousted President Manuel Zelaya said Friday.
World Nov 04 Iranian Protesters Clash on Anniversary of U.S. Embassy Takeover Thousands of Iranians rallied outside the former U.S. Embassy in Tehran Wednesday to mark 30 years since Iranian students took over the compound and held dozens of Americans hostage. Opposition supporters also briefly staged their own protests.
Politics Nov 03 Robert MacNeil: Covering the Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall On Aug. 12, 1961, Robert MacNeil, then a junior correspondent for NBC News, was dispatched to Berlin to cover the unfolding events that would lead to the construction of a wall separating East and West Germany.
World Nov 02 Karzai Declared Winner of Afghan Election as Runoff Canceled Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission declared Hamid Karzai winner of a second term as president Monday after it called off a runoff when his only rival withdrew from the race.
World Oct 27 Survey Finds Afghans Optimistic, But Still Troubled by Security A nationwide poll of Afghans released Tuesday by The Asia Foundation found more Afghans feel the country is moving in the right direction but are still concerned about security and local rebuilding projects.
World Oct 23 Iran Produces Counterproposal to U.N. Nuclear Deal Iran sidestepped a Friday deadline on a U.N.-drafted agreement that would ship much of the country's uranium to Russia for enrichment, saying it would prefer instead to buy nuclear fuel from foreign suppliers for a reactor to make medical isotopes.