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As they prepared for airstrikes on the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, Israel drew lessons from their stalemate against another Islamic paramilitary force...
Despite the assumption that President-elect Barack Obama’s Cabinet nominees are told of their selection via phone calls...
White House Chief of Staff-designate Rahm Emanuel spoke "one or two" times with Illinois Democratic Governor Rod Blagojevich...
The economic crisis has given Barack Obama an unexpected gift: spending money.
The House approved a $14-billion bailout package for US automakers on Wednesday, but the fate of the plan remained uncertain because of deep-seated Re
Barack Obama says his presidency is an opportunity for the US to spread the message of tolerance, starting the day of his inauguration and continuing
A year ago, Asif Ali Zardari was a political footnote. He was best known as the corruption-tainted, polo-loving husband of Benazir Bhutto, the charism
It might have seemed funny during the party. But a photo has surfaced of President-elect Barack Obama’s newly-designated chief speechwriter, Jon Favre
The Supreme Court turned down an emergency appeal from a New Jersey man who claimed President-elect Barack Obama was not a natural-born citizen, and t
In a chilling assessment of Mexico's drug war, the country’s top prosecutor said on Monday that more than 5,000 people had been killed in drug violenc
President-elect Barack Obama warned on Sunday that “things are going to get worse before they get better” with the economy, and he pressed the Bush ad
The Pakistani extremist group suspected in the Mumbai rampage remains a distant shadow for most Americans. But the threat is much nearer than it seems
The economic team that Barack Obama unveiled, led by Lawrence Summers, Timothy F Geithner and Christina D Romer, comprises widely respected, centrist
Jiang Xujun felt the stab of his daughter’s death all over again Friday when Chinese officials acknowledged for the first time that 19,000 students pe
A federal judge ruled here for the first time on Thursday that the Bush administration had no basis for holding several of its long-term prisoners at
The Saudis chose to negotiate. The Indian Navy opened fire. The US Navy said shipping companies should do more to protect their vessels, and the ship
Madelyn Dunham, who helped raise Obama, was ‘the cornerstone of our family and a woman of extraordinary accomplishment, strength and humility,’ he say
People have watched Obama act presidential, and he has worked to make them comfortable with the idea of a black man being their leader.
For the last year and a half I’ve covered the presidential race, focusing first on Hillary Clinton, then moving over to Obama.
In recent years, the notion that the world, if not flat, is rapidly flattening as a result of the forces of globalisation has gained currency to the p
The beauty or scandal of Sarah Palin’s new look appears to be in the eyes of the beholder.
Media coverage of the presidential race has not always been glowing for Barack Obama but it has clearly been negative for John McCain, according to a
Palm oil plantations are encroaching on rain forest reserves on the Indonesian island of Borneo, where the endangered primates live.
Taliban militants seized a bus in volatile southern Afghanistan and executed at least two dozen passengers, beheading some of them, officials said on
Roberto Saviano’s Gomorrah, a book about mob life glamour, has invited death threats, smears and even lawsuits
