Burma has sent out invitations to the US, EU, and ASEAN member countries to send observers to the upcoming April 1st elections.
The move means that banks in Japan and 10 EU nations have been given a six-month break from being cut off from the US financial system while they work to reduce their dependence on Iranian oil.
Scientists on Tuesday announced a new phase in the search to resolve the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, saying fresh evidence from a remote Pacific island may hold clues to the fate of the renowned U.S. pilot who vanished in 1937 while attempting to circle the globe.
A team of scientists and aviation archeologists will set out to prove that Amelia Earhart spent her last days as a castaway on the Pacific atoll of Nikumaroro (or Gardner) Island in present day Kiribati.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will support a new public/private venture to find the plane of aviator Amelia Earhart and finally solve the mystery around her disappearance 75 years ago.
Investigators think they've found the key clue that will lead them to solve one of America's greatest mysteries: the disappearance of Amelia Earhart.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will be lending her high profile to the Amelia Earhart search expedition.
Fundraising by the Democratic National Committee and President Barack Obama's re-election campaign dwarfs that of his Republican rivals, but he continues to struggle to bring in the same amount of big donations as GOP front-runner Mitt Romney.
A ship loaded with explosives, en route from the U.S. to Egypt, has drawn contempt from human rights organizations worldwide, with Amnesty International calling on the U.S. to withhold the delivery of weapons to Egyptian military until the latter demonstrates its commitment to protecting human rights.
China and Arab countries have agreed to reach a political solution for the ongoing Syrian crisis, Chinese envoy Zhang Ming said Tuesday after talks in Egypt with Arab league officials. Meanwhile, the UN Security Council member nations are boosting the efforts to end the Syrian political unrest.
As Russia prepares to join the World Trade Organization his summer, the U.S. Congress is under increasing pressure to repeal a Soviet-era trade restriction called the Jackson-Vanik Amendment. But some senators don’t want to repeal the sanctions just yet--at least, not without applying certain conditions.
The West clashed with Russia at the United Nations Security Council over Syria Monday, as activists and the Damascus government traded blame for a massacre of civilians in the city of Homs.
The top U.S. diplomat urged all countries to speak with one voice ... that the killing of innocent Syrians must stop. U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon said the regime of Syria's Bashar al-Assad has subjected its citizens in several cities to military assault and disproportionate use of force.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton accused Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Monday of cynically launching new military assaults while meeting with U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan over the weekend.
In a June speech outlining his timetable for U.S. troops' exit, President Barack Obama vowed that the withdrawal would come at a time the United States found itself in a position of strength in Afghanistan.
Meryl Streep's heart felt tribute to Hillary Clinton at the Women in the World Summit on Saturday almost played out like an audition as well as a celebration.
Dagan’s views would appear to contradict much of the hawkish rhetoric coming out of the Israeli government on the subject of Iran.
On the occasion of the International Women's Day on March 8, 2012, the U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama along with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton welcomed and honored 10 women from across the globe with the International Women of Courage Awards.
Game Change is coming to theaters, and the critics' reviews are as divisive as a Congress session.
After at least 44 people were killed in Homs on Thursday, Syrian activists said they fear the city is headed toward another massacre.
From presidents to prime ministers, girl power is leading the world.
International Women's Day 2012, on March 8, marks the 101st time the international holiday has been celebrated, a tribute Google looks to honor with its latest Google Doodle. From what this year's design means to what the founder of the International Women's Day web site thinks of tributes like the Doodle, here are five things to know about the 2012 tribute.
