World Oct 14 U.S. Assists with Hunt for Lord's Resistance Army Leader File photo of Lord's Resistance Army leader Joseph Kony taken on Nov. 12, 2006. Photo by Stuart Price/AFP/Getty Images. President Obama is sending 100 military advisers to Uganda to help with the search for notorious leader Joseph Kony and…
World Oct 13 Lee Visits White House on Heels of South Korea Trade Deal 1:10 p.m. ET | In a joint news conference, President Obama and President Lee also touched on the two nations' military alliance, emphasizing the need for North Korea to halt its nuclear arms program. President Obama called it a "direct…
World Oct 12 U.S. Imposes Sanctions Over Alleged Iran Terror Plot 1:20 p.m. ET | The United States has imposed sanctions on Mahan Air, an airline it says was used to transport operatives connected to an alleged terror plot against the Saudi ambassador in Washington. On Wednesday Secretary of State…
World Oct 11 News Reports: Israeli Soldier Gilad Shalit to Be Released in Prisoner Swap This undated photo released by the Shalit family via Getty Images shows Israeli army Cpl. Gilad Shalit, taken by Hamas militants at age 19. An agreement was reached to release Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, captured and held by Hamas…
World Oct 11 'Underwear Bomber' Trial Begins in Detroit 1 p.m. ET | Abdulmutallab's lawyer, Anthony Chambers, opted to delay his opening statement to jurors to a later point in the trial after the prosecutor's hour-and-a-half long opening statement. According to federal prosecutor Jonathan Tukel, Abdulmutallab believed he would…
World Oct 10 New Clashes Erupt in Egypt, Prime Minister Calls for Calm An Egyptian woman mourns over the coffins of some of the 24 Coptic Christians killed during overnight clashes. Photo by Mahmud Hams/AFP/Getty Images. 4 p.m. ET | The loss of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who stepped down in February following…
Politics Oct 07 Mitt Romney to Rick Perry: Show Us Your Economic Plan // After outlining his foreign policy vision Friday at The Citadel, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney sat down with Judy Woodruff and discussed the war in Afghanistan, his GOP rivals and how he would get more Americans back to work.
Economy Oct 05 Eric Schmidt on Google vs. Facebook Gwen Ifill interviewed Google's Eric Schmidt -- the company's former CEO and current executive chairman -- as part of the Washington Ideas Forum Wednesday. Among her questions about the search giant: can it really take on Facebook with it's…
World Oct 03 World Week Ahead: Weapons Found in Syria; Nobel Prizes Awarded Syrian regime supporters carry pictures of President Bashar al-Assad during a protest in the Nabaa neighborhood of Beirut, Lebanon. Photo by Anwar Amro/AFP/Getty Images. Syrian authorities captured a cache of weapons they said was smuggled in from Turkey as they…
World Oct 03 Stocks Fall Over Fear of Greek Default, 3 Awarded Nobel Prize for Study of Immune System Fears over Greece's debt crises drove stocks in Europe and Asia down Monday after Greece acknowledged over the weekend that it would not be able to meet its goals for deficit reduction, cuts which are part of the bailout…