World Dec 22 View From Seoul: ‘We Don’t See Anybody Running to Get Ready for War’ Following the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il on Saturday, the mood in South Korea has remained calm.
World Dec 21 Iraqis Face Backlog of U.S. Visas Due to New Security Checks Several thousand Iraqis, including many who helped the United States during the Iraq war, are caught in a grim race between death threats in their own country and the cumbersome process of obtaining a visa.
World Dec 19 A Funeral, Followed by a Transition of Power in North Korea The death of North Korea's "Dear Leader" Kim Jong Il on Saturday accelerates the transition to his son, a little-known man in his late 20s, who now takes over a country seemingly in a constant state of tension with South…
World Dec 14 Clinton on Russia’s Protests, China’s Shortcuts and Gingrich’s Comments In a wide-ranging interview with Jim Lehrer at the Newseum Wednesday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton defended critical comments she made about Russia's recent elections and called China's shortcuts in the marketplace "deeply distressing." View highlights from their interview.
World Dec 13 Afghanistan Beyond 2014: Developing a ‘Transition’ Strategy As NATO nations pull their troops out of Afghanistan by 2014, much of their money that now supports one of the poorest countries in the world will follow them out the door. But many in the West, governments and nongovernmental…
World Dec 12 Britain’s Foreign Secretary: ‘Further Sanctions’ on Iran to Come In an interview with Jeffrey Brown -- airing in full on Monday's NewsHour -- British Foreign Secretary William Hague said the UK will issue further sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, and that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad should step…
World Dec 12 Obama: Time to ‘Turn a New Page’ in U.S.-Iraqi Relationship It's been nearly nine years since U.S. soldiers and Marines invaded Iraq. Now, with the last U.S. troops due to leave by year's end, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki met with President Obama in Washington to chart a new course…
World Dec 09 Nations Address Internet Freedom as Users, and Restrictions, Grow Twenty-two countries gathered in The Hague this week to pledge their support for Internet freedoms around the world, but governments, companies and bloggers alike pointed to a host of problems facing Internet users and providers.
Nation Dec 08 From Raccoons to Singing Strays, a Tour of the White House Pets Many presidents' cherished pets have made their mark in the public eye -- and on the White House lawn. They've made movies, "written" books and received fan mail from around the country. View a slide show of first pets at…
Nation Dec 08 White House Pets During the Holidays From Bo lookalikes planted around the White House, to one of the Fords' puppies snacking on an ornament, view photos of the White House pets through the years at holiday time.