World May 27 G-8 Pledges $40 Billion to Arab Spring, Clinton Seeks to Ease Pakistani Tensions Group of Eight heads of state and government, and other invited world leaders, pose for the family photograph during the Group of Eight (G8) summit in Deauville, France, on Friday, May 27, 2011.(Stefan Rousseau/Pool via Bloomberg via Getty Images) Leaders…
Politics May 26 Supreme Court Upholds Ariz. Law on Employing Illegal Immigrants Updated 1:25 pm. EDT | The Supreme Court has upheld a 2007 Arizona law that targets businesses that hire illegal immigrants. The court's 5-3 ruling means that states have leeway to punish employers and, by implication, not infringe on federal…
World May 26 Mladic Arrested for War Crimes in Serbia, Explosions Kill 28 in Yemen Ratko Mladic, long-sought by prosecutors for his role in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, was arrested in Serbia after being on the run for more than a decade. The massacre is among the most notorious event of the war in…
World May 25 Obama, Cameron Pledge to ‘Turn Up the Heat’ on Gadhafi Updated 12:15 p.m. ET In a joint news conference Wednesday in London, President Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron said they would maintain pressure on Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi to step down, despite an ongoing military stalemate between government…
World May 23 Obama Kicks Off European Tour, Militants Raid Karachi Military Base President Obama is in Moneygall, Ireland, for the first stop in his six-day European tour, a town where his great-great-great grandfather reportedly was raised.
World May 20 U.S.-Pakistani Officials Work to Hit ‘Reset’ Button U.S.-Pakistani relations threatened to take a nosedive after the finding and killing of al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, and officials in both countries have been working to sort out the future of the allies' relationship.
World May 20 Obama, Netanyahu Discuss Peace Process in White House Meeting President Barack Obama meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House. (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images) President Obama welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House Friday, one day after a major…
World May 20 Obama, Israel’s Netanyahu Set to Meet, Attack on U.S. Vehicle in Pakistan Kills 1 President Obama listens to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in July 2010. Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images. President Obama will welcome Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House Friday, one day after a…
World May 19 Strauss-Kahn Resigns as Head of IMF, al-Qaida Releases Bin Laden Recording Dominique Strauss-Kahn released a statement late Wednesday saying he will resign from his post as head of the International Monetary Fund to fight allegations of sexual assault. Strauss-Kahn, who is being held at New York's Rikers Island, said he…
World May 17 Queen Elizabeth Arrives in Ireland, NATO Attack Injures Pakistani Troops Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh are greeted by Irish President Mary McAleese and her husband Martin McAleese at the Aras an Uachtarain, the official residence of the President of Ireland, on May 17, 2011 in Dublin,…