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,…
World May 16 Questions Remain After Pakistan’s Independent Probe into Bin Laden Case Pakistan approved an independent review -- rather than relying on a military investigation -- to look into the operation to kill Osama bin Laden, but some still say results will not see the light of day.
World May 16 IMF Chief Denied Bail in Assault Case, ICC Chief Calls for Gadhafi Warrant Update, 1 p.m. ET | A New York court has denied Strauss-Kahn bail, calling him a flight risk. He will remain in custody until his next court hearing. IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is escorted by New York police on Sunday.
World May 14 Morganza Spillway Opened on Mississippi River in Bid to Protect Cities From Flooding Engineers slowly opened a massive floodgate on the Mississippi River in Louisiana Saturday in an attempt to divert surging floodwaters from heavily populated areas in New Orleans and Baton Rouge. EmbedVideo(571, 482, 304); The decision to open…
World May 13 Pakistani Taliban Claims Responsibility for Suicide Bombing Killing at Least 80 A Pakistani soldier guards the site of a suicide bombing at a military training center in Shabqadar. Photo by A. Majeed/AFP/Getty Images. Two suicide bomb attacks at a paramilitary academy in northwest Pakistan have claimed at least 80 lives…
Nation May 12 Jim Lehrer’s Changing Role: Leave Your Reflections, Favorite Moments Jim Lehrer announced Thursday that he is taking another step toward ending his 36 years of anchoring or co-anchoring our daily public television news broadcast. Beginning June 6, he will no longer be part of the regular daily anchor…
World May 12 NATO Strikes Gadhafi Compound, Demjanjuk Found Guilty of Nazi War Crimes A picture taken in Gaza city on May 11, 2011 shows Moammar Gadhafi appearing on Libyan state television. (Mahmud Turkia/AFP/Getty Images) NATO air strikes targeted one of Moammar Gadhafi's compounds in the Libyan capital of Tripoli Thursday, following attacks…