Move boosts defense ties
KABUL, Afghanistan — The Obama administration on Saturday declared Afghanistan the United States’ newest “major non-NATO ally,” an action designe...
TRIPOLI, Libya — Jubilant Libyan voters marked a major step toward democracy after decades of erratic one-man rule, casting their ballots Saturday in the first parliamen...
RAMALLAH, West Bank — Yasser Arafat’s body might be exhumed to allow for more testing of the causes of his death, the Palestinian president said after a Swiss lab said i...
MEXICO CITY — The apparent victor of Mexico’s presidential race, Enrique Pena Nieto, struggled Monday with the sticky bonds of his party’s notorious past, the limitation...
LONDON — Barclays Chief Executive Bob Diamond has quit his job, the latest scalp in a financial markets scandal that has also seen the bank’s chairman announce his inten...
WASHINGTON — For the first time in a century, most of America’s largest cities are growing at a faster rate than their surrounding suburbs as young adults seeking a foot...
BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II and a former Irish Republican Army commander have offered each other the hand of peace in a long-awaited encounter sy...
New president faces challenges
CAIRO — Egypt’s new president-elect, Islamist Mohammed Morsi, moved into the office once occupied by ousted leader Hosni Mubarak and starte...
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican has brought in the Fox News correspondent in Rome to help improve its communications strategy as it tries to cope with years of communications...
CAIRO — Egypt’s ruling military council pledged today to honor its promise to hand over power to the newly elected president by the end of this month, hours after Islami...
