Vice President Biden, fresh from his controversial trip to the Middle East, unleashed a barrage of one liners in Washington on Wednesday that made some folks wince. Oh, yes - he also made another boo-boo. Biden asked for God's blessing for the ...Read More
PHILADELPHIA -- Whether she was seeking love or vengeance, or just an escape from her dreary, small-town existence, Colleen LaRose searched the Internet and found Muslim extremists eager to engage the unhappy American. LaRose, 46, spent long days chained to her ...Read More
Apparently not satisfied with two wars, a national debt approaching $14 trillion, and endless partisan bickering, Congress now wants to pick a fight with China. On March 15, 2010, the collective "wisdom" of our elected representatives was resplendently displayed in ...Read More
MOSCOW – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday opened two days of talks with Russian leaders on nuclear arms control and other security issues, and separately with top international diplomats on the outlook for bringing Israel and ...Read More
United States President Barack Obama said Thursday that there was "no crisis" in ties with Israel, despite a high-profile diplomatic feud over the Netanyahu administration's plans to build 1,600 homes in East Jerusalem. "Israel is one of our closest allies, and ...Read More
The Start treaty led to huge reductions in the Russian and US nuclear arsenals
The US and Russia "are making very good progress" on a nuclear arms reduction pact, a senior US official has said.
Under-Secretary of State William Burns was ...Read More
VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI said Wednesday that he hoped a letter he plans to send to Irish Catholics about the child sex abuse scandal in the church would help with "repentance, healing and renewal" there. Benedict acknowledged the Irish ...Read More
Reporting from Baghdad With more than 80% of the votes tallied in Iraq's parliamentary elections and the race still neck and neck, hopes that the country might move beyond its deep Shiite-Sunni divide appear to be fading in a stew ...Read More
At least one alleged government sympathizer has been beheaded. There are rumors that others have been killed. Afghans in the town that U.S., Afghan, and NATO troops captured in a three-week assault that began Feb. 13 awake to letters posted ...Read More
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea executed a former senior official last week as punishment for the country's botched currency reform, a news report said Thursday. In November, North Korea redenominated its currency as part of efforts to lower inflation and ...Read More
