China questions Japan rule over Okinawa
China is trying to strengthen its claim on tiny, uninhabited, Japanese-controlled islands by raising questions about the much larger Okinawa chain ...
Myanmar says president to make official US visit
Myanmar's reformist President Thein Sein will visit the White House next week, the first such trip by a Myanmar head of state in almost 47 years and ...
Iran's cunning Rafsanjani seeks one more shot
Signs on currency exchange shops in Tehran explained why the doors where temporarily shut: Waiting to see if former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani ...
Group: 10,000 dissidents detained in Eritrea
Eritrea's government has jailed about 10,000 dissidents without charge or trial over the years, a rights group said in report Thursday, describing the ...
Samsung to block access to app store in Iran
Iranian users of Samsung mobile applications said Thursday that the company had notified them that they will no longer have access to the company's ...
The Bush and Clinton families, on stage in Texas
They have dominated American politics for the past three decades: the Bush and Clinton families, taking turns in a string of positions of power and ...
Germany rejects EU hint at easing austerity drive
Germany on Tuesday defended the policy of tightening the budgets in a number of European countries despite a blunt warning from a top European Union ...
China says new North Korea nuclear test possible
China's top general said a fourth North Korean nuclear weapons test is a possibility that underscores the need for fresh talks between Pyongyang and ...
EU lifts Syria oil embargo to bolster rebels
The European Union on Monday lifted its oil embargo on Syria to provide more economic support to the forces fighting to oust President Bashar Assad's ...
Kerry pushes Turkey-Israel rapprochement
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday urged Turkey to speed up and cement an American-brokered rapprochement with Israel, and he explored with ...
Young NKoreans train to seek 'revenge on US'
North Korea's newest batch of future soldiers — scrawny 11-year-olds with freshly shaved heads — punch the air as they practice taekwondo on the ...
Kerry disappointed by recent talks with Iran
Secretary of State John Kerry called for patience despite widespread frustration with the recent failure of negotiations between six world powers and ...
Iran's reformists stake long shot hopes in Khatami
It's difficult to measure how much lifeblood is left in Iran's pro-reform factions after four years of punishment. Its leaders are incommunicado under ...
Goal of nuclear-free NKorea tests US, China ties
Bound by threats from North Korea, the U.S. and China agreed Saturday to rid the bellicose nation of nuclear weapons in a test of whether the world ...
Kerry: US, China pledge to work together on NKorea
U.S. and Chinese leaders said Saturday that their countries are committed to finding a peaceful way to ensure a nuclear-free Korean peninsula. "We are ...
Iran negotiator: Sanctions can end 'step by step'
An Iranian negotiator suggests that "step by step" progress can be made toward lifting sanctions over the Iranian nuclear program. Ali Bagheri told ...
Iran candidate vows 'constructive' diplomacy
Iran's former nuclear negotiator, now a candidate in Iran's presidential election, pledged Thursday to improve rocky relations with the West if he is ...
Iran unveils uranium sites, renews defiant tone
With words of defiance, Iran announced two nuclear-related projects Tuesday that expand capabilities to extract and process uranium — modest advances ...
Stalled talks with Iran over nukes boost sanctions
The failure of negotiations between six world powers and Iran over its disputed nuclear program has jumpstarted the congressional push for even ...
Lawmaker: Iran could quit nuclear treaty
Iran will keep the option of withdrawing from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty on the table and will seriously consider it if the West intensifies ...
EU: No deal reached at nuclear talks with Iran
Iran and six world powers failed to reach agreement Saturday on how to reduce fears that Tehran might use its nuclear technology to make weapons, ...
NKorea aggression could strengthen US-China bond
North Korea's latest outburst of nuclear and military threats has given the U.S. a rare opportunity to build bridges with China — a potential silver ...
Myanmar communal unrest threatens reforms
Few imagined Myanmar would embrace democracy when the U.S. began its historic engagement with the military regime. The country's rapid changes were ...
Tweet about 'Daily Show' boomerangs on US Embassy
Yikes! It seems "The Daily Show" and diplomacy don't mix. That's the lesson the U.S. Embassy in Cairo is learning the hard way after being rebuked by ...
Timeline: A month of provocations from North Korea
North Korea has delivered a drumbeat of war threats and ominous announcements since March 7, when the United Nations Security Council imposed ...
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