Obama chooses defense officials Tue, Nov 25, 2008 | Add a comment CHICAGO — Seeking wartime experience, President-elect Barack Obama will keep Defense Secretary Robert Gates in that job — if only temporarily. He has chosen a retired Marine general to...

Palestinian president offers peace assurances Fri, Nov 21, 2008 RAMALLAH, West Bank — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas took his case for a peace deal directly to ordinary Israelis Thursday. He assured them in Hebrew-language newspaper ads that a...

Israel will spurn anti-racism event Wed, Nov 19, 2008 | Comments 1 JERUSALEM — Israel will boycott a U.N. conference on racism next year, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said Wednesday. He said it would be biased against Israel and would aim to delegitimize the...

Sources: Bill Clinton to help Hillary get State job Wed, Nov 19, 2008 | Comments 4 CHICAGO -- Former President Bill Clinton has offered several concessions to help Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, his wife, become secretary of state, people familiar with President-elect Barack...

IN BRIEF: ‘Don’t tell’ policy chided Mon, Nov 17, 2008 | Comments 2 MILITARY ‘Don’t tell’ policy chided ANNAPOLIS, Md. — More than 100 retired generals and admirals called Monday for repeal of the military’s "don’t ask,...

WORLD LEADERS: New Castro photo surfaces Fri, Nov 14, 2008 | Add a comment New Castro photo surfaces Fidel Castro, left above, looks thin and frail but alert in a photograph made available Thursday by the Russian Orthodox Church. The 82-year-old former president of Cuba...

Boren vows to stay at OU, not accept an Obama job Sat, Nov 8, 2008 | Comments 1 University of Oklahoma President David Boren said he congratulated President-elect Barack Obama with a text message Tuesday evening. Boren, who endorsed Obama and has advised him on foreign policy,...

EU’s letter calls for cooperation Mon, Nov 3, 2008 | Add a comment MARSEILLE, France — The European Union wrote a letter to the new U.S. president on Monday calling for an era of closer cooperation in tackling issues of global importance. The six-page draft...

NATO to meet as Afghan war effort worsens Wed, Oct 8, 2008 | Comments 1 LONDON (AP) - When NATO defense ministers meet in Budapest on Thursday, they will face a worsening situation in Afghanistan and vexing questions about whether the war can be won. Increasingly,...

World Briefs Sun, Oct 5, 2008 | Add a comment Strike angers Taliban The Taliban are furious about the latest apparent U.S. missile strike in Pakistan, indicating a senior militant may be among two dozen people killed, officials and residents...

Iraq hopes economic crisis won't affect US troops Wed, Sep 24, 2008 UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Iraq's foreign minister says "there is a new world now" because of the global financial crisis and he hopes it won't lead to an immediate withdrawal of the 146,000...

Analysis: North Korea nuclear deal falling apart Fri, Jun 16, 2006 WASHINGTON (AP) -- A rare foreign policy success for the Bush administration is imploding as North Korea backs away from pledges to abandon nuclear weapons, pretty much as the president's...

Palin's statements on climate change murky Fri, Sep 12, 2008 FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska (AP) -- Vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's assertion that she believes humans contribute to global warming - made in her first major interview since joining...

McCain adviser got money from Georgia Thu, Feb 21, 2008 WASHINGTON (AP) -- John McCain's chief foreign policy adviser and his business partner lobbied the senator or his staff on 49 occasions in a 3 1/2-year span while being paid hundreds of...

Myanmar cyclone damage estimated at $4 billion Sat, May 10, 2008 SINGAPORE (AP) -- Survivors of Myanmar's Cyclone Nargis face a "second emergency" unless relief efforts receive an influx of $1 billion in international aid over the next three years,...

Rice says Iran not serious at weekend nuke talks Mon, Jun 23, 2008 ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice accused Iran on Monday of not being serious at weekend talks about its disputed nuclear program despite the...

Iran president would welcome direct talks with US Mon, Sep 24, 2007 TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's hardline president said Monday he would welcome direct talks with the U.S. if both parties are on equal footing, adding such talks could happen "in the near...

Iran's foreign minister slams US foreign policy Fri, May 30, 2008 STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) -- Iran's foreign minister said Friday that the United States should conduct a "serious review" of its foreign policy after the presidential election - a signal...

Obama criticizes McCain for 'naive' foreign policy Fri, May 16, 2008 WATERTOWN, S.D. (AP) -- Barack Obama laid into John McCain on Friday for advancing a tough-guy foreign policy that he called "naive and irresponsible," serving notice that he's ready to...

Obama criticizes McCain, Bush on appeasement talk Thu, May 15, 2008 WATERTOWN, S.D. (AP) -- Barack Obama rebuked Republican rival John McCain and President Bush for "dishonest, divisive" attacks in hinting that the Democratic presidential candidate would...