BRUSSELS: The United States and its NATO allies are readying plans to pull away from the front lines in Afghanistan next year as President Barack Obama and fellow leaders try to show that the unpopular war is ending.
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SEOUL: President Barack Obama is warning North Korea and Iran that their options are few and their friends fewer as those nations refuse to back down from actions the world sees as menacing.
"By now it should be clear," Obama said, addressing (...)
VILNIUS, Lithuania — Issuing new warnings to two U.S. partners Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton criticized Russia for a parliamentary election she called rigged and said election gains by Islamist parties must not set back (...)
WASHINGTON: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is urging the people of Iran to reject what she says as an expansion of the Iranian military's role and power.
Clinton said Washington is increasingly concerned about the rise of military (...)
WASHINGTON: US-sponsored talks between Israel and the Palestinians begin Wednesday with a goal to fast-track a peace deal inside one year, an ambitious schedule even under the best of circumstances.
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WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama s pledge to one day rid the world of nuclear weapons runs up against global realities this week when representatives from 47 countries try to craft an agreement on keeping nuclear weapons out of terrorist (...)
RAMALLAH, West Bank: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice criticized Israeli settlement activity on Sunday, saying new construction projects on disputed land were having a negative effect on Mideast peace talks.
Rice made the comments during (...)
JERUSALEM: President George W. Bush set out US expectations for a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians, saying the two sides need to get serious about talks starting right now . As Bush prepared to visit Sunni Arab allies beginning Friday, (...)
RAMALLAH: US President George W. Bush arrived at Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's headquarters on Thursday for his first-ever visit to the Palestinian territories, saying he won't be shy about pushing Palestinians and Israelis to make (...)
WASHINGTON: Nabil Fahmy, Egypt's ambassador to Washington, said the Bush administration has only months to show real progress toward Mideast peace and will be judged harshly if peace talks fall apart again.
"You're the arbiter now, Fahmy said (...)