Embattled Afghan President Hamid Karzai pledged Sunday there would be no place for corrupt officials in his administration. ...more

November 9, 2009

Chanting G-20 protesters clashed with riot police in central London on Wednesday, overwhelming police lines, vandalizing the Bank of England and smashing windows at the Royal Bank of Scotland. ...more

April 2, 2009

The hard part is still to come. Almost every significant issue between Hamas and Israel remains unresolved despite a unilateral cease-fire by Israel that went into effect before dawn Sunday in Gaza and Hamas' later announcement that it would halt fighting for one week. ...more

January 19, 2009

World leaders launched extraordinary summit talks Friday on the economic crisis gripping the globe, searching for ways to limit the current carnage and prevent future calamities. President George W. Bush declared that "billions of hardworking people are counting on us," but the summit's results were likely to be modest. ...more

November 15, 2008

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned world leaders attending an interfaith conference Wednesday that globalization has increased communal strife, extremist ideologies and the polarization of societies. ...more

November 13, 2008

Are you allowing "race" to decide your vote? We are all of one race, the product of Adam and Eve. There are many colors but we are all brothers and sisters. There is only "one race," the human race. For example, would you vote for a Jew? ...more

October 23, 2008

Afghanistan's president criticized civilian casualties from foreign bombing raids, telling world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday that innocent deaths can seriously undermine the legitimacy of efforts to fight terrorism. ...more

September 25, 2008

Bill Clinton's annual summit of world leaders and celebrities opened Wednesday with the former president sharing the stage with rock star Bono and dignitaries including Clinton's former vice president, who warned that humanity is struggling in the fight against climate change. ...more

September 25, 2008

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican John McCain's campaign on Saturday sharply criticized Democratic rival Barack Obama for canceling a visit to wounded troops in Germany, contending Obama chose foreign leaders and cheering Europeans over "injured American heroes." ...more

July 26, 2008

The media is watching this weekend as likely Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama is off in Europe and the Middle East, hoping to impress the locals and build up some kind of resume on one of those "If-It's-Tuesday-It-Must-Be-Baghdad" junkets. ...more

July 20, 2008