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May8
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Jetliner Bomb Plot Is Foiled

1 | Staff | May 8, 2012

The U.S. thwarted a bomb plot by al Qaeda's Yemeni branch aimed at bringing down a jetliner with a more advanced version of an underwear bomb used in a failed 2009 C...

May4
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Lawyer for U.S. soldier accused of Afghan massacre objects to background ch...

3, , | Editor | May 4, 2012

The lawyer representing Robert Bales, the U.S. Army staff sergeant accused of killing 17 Afghan villagers, is objecting to a routine background check required by the...

May4
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Dissident Chen Guangcheng phones U.S. hearing: ‘I want to meet Clinto...

3, , | Editor | May 4, 2012

In an extraordinary scene on Capitol Hill, blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng phoned in to a congressional hearing Thursday from a Beijing hospital and pleaded f...

May4
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Romney looks to Virginia governor for assist in swing state

3, , | Editor | May 4, 2012

For Republican Mitt Romney, it was another visit to a battleground state, another appearance with a potential running mate - and another endorsement from a former ri...

May4
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Osama bin Laden complained of ‘incompetent’ al-Qaida affiliates...

3, , | Editor | May 4, 2012

Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden was not the "puppet master" of jihadi groups around the world and complained of what he called their "incompetence," according to an ...

May3
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US confirms blind activist Chen Guangcheng wants to leave China

1 | Staff | May 3, 2012

A U.S. spokeswoman has confirmed that blind activist Chen Guangcheng now wants to leave China with his family. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told r...

May3
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US man left in cell 4 days just tried to survive

1 | Staff | May 3, 2012

After two days of being handcuffed in a tiny holding cell and desperate for food and water, Daniel Chong said he realized he had to stop wondering when he'd be let o...

May3
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U.S. officials: We’re still trying to help China activist Chen Guangc...

1 | Staff | May 3, 2012

U.S. officials said Thursday they are still trying to help a blind Chinese activist who says he fears for his family's safety, and denied he was pressured to leave t...

Apr27
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U.S. Is Seeing Positive Signs From China

1 | Staff | April 27, 2012

When China suddenly began cutting back its purchases of oil from Iran in the last month, officials in the Obama administration were guardedly optimistic, seeing the...

Apr27
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U.S. Probes Lebanon Banking Deals

1 | Staff | April 27, 2012

The Obama administration is intensifying its scrutiny of Lebanon's financial system, concerned that Syria, Iran and the militant group Hezbollah are using Beirut's b...