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I listened to Barack Obama's speech about Afghanistan and I played a little mind game with myself. "Will he mention the word 'opium'?" I bet $5 that he wouldn't, and my evil twin took the bet. At the end of the 35 minutes, I was triumphant. I transferred the...
The United States and Russia said Friday they have agreed to maintain the provisions of a major nuclear arms control treaty just hours before its expiration.
The president turns his attention back to a problem he tried to solve already, one that's sure to dominate next year's elections.
Russia and the United States failed to reach agreement on a new pact to cut vast arsenals of nuclear weapons on Friday as a Cold War-era treaty ran out, but both sides pledged to seek a deal as soon as possible.
With the world losing the battle against global warming so far, experts are warning that humans need to follow nature's example: Adapt or die.
U.S. employers cut far fewer jobs than expected last month in the best showing for the labor market since the recession began, lifting the U.S. dollar and global stock prices on signs of a stronger economic recovery.
“Ottomania,” nostalgia for the glorious history of the Ottoman empire, has seized Turkey, partly as a reaction to the European Union’s seeming cold shoulder.
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- When President Barack Obama paired his decision to add 30,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan with a deadline to begin a withdrawal, he committed himself to a noncommittal strategy.
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama signaled he’ll push for initiatives on energy efficiency and infrastructure spending as ways to spur job growth.
Russia says it has agreed with the United States to maintain the provisions of a major nuclear arms control treaty, just hours before it's set to expire.
President Barack Obama promised at a White House jobs forum on Thursday to take "every responsible step to accelerate job creation," including some ideas he said could be put into action quickly. He cited an expanded program to help make more U.S. homes energy-efficient as an example.
Highly anticipated immigration negotiations between Cuba and the United States in Havana have been pushed back from this month to February at the communist island's request because of scheduling concerns, a State Department official said Friday.
Some two dozen countries will send an estimated 7,000 more troops to Afghanistan next year, the chief of NATO said Friday as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told her allied counterparts that an infusion of forces is crucial to turning the tide in the long war.
Non-U.S. nations operating under the NATO command in Afghanistan have promised about 7,000 more troops to battle Taliban and al Qaeda extremists and train Afghan forces, NATO's secretary-general said Friday.
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan — At least 30 people were killed and scores wounded Friday in an attack on a mosque in a military area in the garrison city of Rawalpindi.
The United States and Russia uphold the "spirit" of the START nuclear arms treaty despite its end, and aim to agree a new treaty as soon as possible, the two countries' presidents said on Friday.
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