New French President Francois Hollande told President Barack Obama on Friday that he will stick by his pledge to withdraw France's troops from Afghanistan at year's end, a note of discord in an otherwise convivial first meeting between the two leaders.
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Michael Froman, a senior White House aide, told reporters that although oil prices have been declining in recent weeks
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For many, the highlight of the 2008 American presidential campaign was not the stirring speeches of Barack Obama but Tina Fey's dead-on impression of Sarah Palin.
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As Chelsea lifted the Champions League trophy on Saturday night following an unlikely victory over Bayern Munich, it was hard not to feel that fate had played a large part.
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Although rescuing the eurozone from its present crisis was the top priority of the G8 summit at Camp David, a broad swathe of decisions emerged at the talks. These included issues related to energy and climate change, food security and nutrition, especially in African nations; Afghanistan after the troops pullout; the political transition in the Middle East and North Africa and the turmoil in Syria and Libya.
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Saudi Arabia and Bahrain are expected to announce closer political union at a meeting of Gulf Arab leaders Monday, a Bahraini minister said, in a move dismissed by the opposition as a ruse to avoid political reform.
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World leaders weary of war will tackle Afghanistan's post-conflict future — from funding for security forces to upcoming elections — when the NATO summit opens Sunday.
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The cult libertarian hero keeps his campaign alive, barely, as he prepares to hand the reins to his son
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Eurozone debt issues aren't going away — and it may be years before the crisis subsides. Here in May, we have a new development: leaders in Greece and France have been voted out of office, with the risk of jeopardizing the agreed-upon Greek bailout, the close alliance between eurozone economic powerhouses France and Germany, and in the worst-case scenario, possibly even the European Union itself.
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Tens of thousands of protesters objected to the controversial proposal to unite Bahrain with neighbouring Saudi Arabia, The opposition leaders in Bahrain call the unity proposal a sellout of the country's independence and an effort to give Saudi security forces a stronger hand in crackdowns
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A rally by more than 20,000 protesters of Europe's banking sector and eurozone austerities has passed off peacefully in Frankfurt, Europe's biggest financial hub, after fours days of strict crowd control by police.
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The prize-winning writer Carlos Fuentes, modern Mexico’s greatest novelist and indefatigable author of screenplays, stories died of an internal hemorrhage at a hospital in Mexico City. He was 83.
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The more hours people use the Internet, the less time they spend with real human beings , new study at Stanford University shows most Internet users use e-mail, and undoubtedly have increased their "conversations" with family and friends through this medium
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Nearly half of Russian families break up in the first three years from the beginning of life together, psychologists told RIA Novosti the most frequent reasons that stand behind the divorces in Russia are the partners’ lack of social experience and laziness; end of the ‘romantic stage’ of relationships and misunderstandings between spouses.
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Facebook shares have ended flat on the first day of trading, dampening optimism over the hotly-anticipated debut for the world's biggest social network.
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Residents of the eastern Libyan city that served as the cradle of the uprising that toppled Moammar Gadhafi voted for a local council Saturday in the city's first elections since the longtime dictator's capture and killing last year.
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World leaders backed keeping Greece in the euro zone on Saturday and vowed to take all steps necessary to combat financial turmoil while revitalizing a global economy increasingly threatened by Europe's debt crisis
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NATO leaders gather in Chicago on Sunday for a summit that will chart a path out of Afghanistan, as Western nations seek to fend off fissures in their alliance and ensure Afghanistan can hold a still-potent Taliban at bay when foreign troops withdraw
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G8 leaders are meeting at US President Barack Obama 's Camp David retreat to seek ways to restore confidence in global financial markets after the risk of Greece leaving the eurozone and Spain's banking problems sent world stocks to their lowest levels this year.
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G8 leaders have expressed hope that debt-stricken Greece stays in the eurozone and vowed to "take all necessary steps" to try to combat the deepening economic turmoil in Europe.
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