Ahmadinejad roadshow: Pitching his political heir
During a celebration last week to mark the Persian new year, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad did something quietly remarkable: He stood modestly to the ...
Egyptians clash at Muslim Brotherhood offices
Thousands of Egyptian protesters clashed with riot police and backers of the president's Muslim Brotherhood on Friday, ransacking several offices ...
Judge raises free speech question about SEC rule
A federal appeals court judge asked Friday how a new federal rule requiring publicly traded companies to disclose payments of $100,000 or more to ...
Appeals court reverses CIA drone secrecy ruling
A federal appeals court Friday reversed a lower court ruling that allowed the CIA to refuse to confirm whether it had information on the use of ...
Congress wants role as Obama pushes trade agenda
The Obama administration has embarked on an aggressive trade agenda that could lower barriers and increase U.S. exports to many of the economic giants ...
Jordan's parliament chooses PM for 1st time
Jordan's parliament voted Saturday for the monarchy's caretaker prime minister to form a new Cabinet, the first time in the country's history that the ...
Tunisia nominates outsiders for key gov't posts
Tunisia's ruling party nominated several respected figures not aligned with political parties for key Cabinet posts Friday, concessions to the ...
Milos Zeman inaugurated as new Czech president
The new Czech president attacked the country's media on his first day in office Friday, saying some of them "brainwash" and "manipulate public opinion
Obama nominates 3 to Cabinet-level posts
President Barack Obama signaled his willingness to tackle climate change with his pick of Gina McCarthy to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, ...
Record 259 nominations for 2013 Nobel Peace Prize
A record 259 nominations have been received for this year's Nobel Peace Prize, with candidates including a Pakistani girl shot by the Taliban and a U.
Bork: Nixon offered next high court vacancy in '73
Robert Bork says President Richard Nixon promised him the next Supreme Court vacancy after Bork complied with Nixon's order to fire Watergate special ...
SKorea's 1st female leader yet to hire many women
The country with the developed world's biggest gender income gap now has its first female president, but Park Geun-hye already has South Koreans ...
Panetta, NATO partner, differ on troop numbers
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and his NATO counterparts are considering leaving 8,000 to 12,000 troops in Afghanistan after 2014, but it was unclear ...
Tunisian PM says new Cabinet needed during crisis
Tunisia's Islamist prime minister said Saturday that he will resign if his proposal to appoint a nonpolitical Cabinet by mid-week is rejected.
American adoptive mothers get their Russian kids
After weeks of anxiety plodding through the opaque Russian legal system, two U.S. women have custody of their adopted Russian children and are ...
Brennan's CIA bid chance to strike back at critics
A Senate hearing on John Brennan's nomination to head the CIA could lay bare some parts of the secret war against al-Qaida: lethal drone strikes from ...
Hagel to be 5th Pentagon chief with enlisted time
When President Barack Obama declared that his defense secretary nominee, Chuck Hagel, would be the first former enlisted man to lead the Pentagon, he ...
Republicans hammer defense nominee Chuck Hagel
Republican senators hammered former GOP Sen. Chuck Hagel at his confirmation hearing Thursday on issues ranging from Israel and Iran to his support ...
In Senate farewell, Kerry speaks of need to listen
His voice quavering, Secretary of State-designate John Kerry bid farewell to the Senate after 28 years with a plea for comity and cooperation.
Hagel: Window closing on Iran and diplomacy
Defense Secretary nominee Chuck Hagel said the "window is closing" on Iran and the possibility of diplomacy if it continues to ignore international ...
Kerry tackles questions on Iran, Syria, Hagel
President Barack Obama's nominee for secretary of state discussed Iran, Syria and other issues Thursday, while testifying at his confirmation hearing ...
Trial in India gang rape begins in special court
The trial of five men charged with the gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old student on a New Delhi bus began in a closed courtroom with opening ...
THE RESET: John Kerry breezes through Hill hearing
The Senate confirmation process is a minefield for many presidential nominees. But Sen. John Kerry seemed to navigate those waters safely at his ...
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