Expecting Netanyahu to issue withering criticism of President Barack Obama’s moves toward a nuclear deal with Iran, the White House was planning to go on the offense, dispatching two high-profile…
Nearly half of Americans disagree with Republican’s Netanyahu speech invite, with Democrats being more in dissent. Republicans rate Netanyahu more favorably. And with few following the DHS funding battle, beware…
JAMMU, India — After months of negotiations, India’s governing Hindu nationalist party joined a regional party dominated by Muslims to create a state government in the disputed Kashmir region, the…
A senior Israeli official traveling in Netanyahu’s delegation, who was not authorized to speak on the record, said the Israeli government had “a good understanding of the agreement we can…
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday sought to downplay the growing diplomatic rift between the United States and Israel, telling ABC’s “This Week” that Israeli Prime Minister…
“The animosity between the White House and the prime minister is no secret in this town. But they’ve certainly made it worse in the last five weeks,” Boehner said Sunday…
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State John Kerry spoke by phone with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel on Saturday, the State Department said. – Go to Home Page »
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State John Kerry spoke by phone with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel on Saturday, the State Department said. – Go to Home Page »
NEW DELHI — India’s finance minister, Arun Jaitley, unveiled the first full-year budget of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government on Saturday, promising to boost growth with a major increase in…
NEW DELHI — India’s finance minister announced the government’s new budget on Saturday, promising a slew of measures that attempt to balance welfare spending with high economic growth and infrastructure…
WASHINGTON — President Obama will send Susan E. Rice, his national security adviser, and Samantha Power, his envoy to the United Nations, to speak to the American Israel Public Affairs…
Greece’s prime minister held a marathon meeting with his party’s lawmakers Wednesday, briefing them on pledges made to European creditors to win a four-month extension of the country’s bailout amid…
In his sharpest criticism yet, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says world powers “have given up” on stopping Iran from developing nuclear weapons in ongoing negotiations. Netanyahu made the comments…
DHAKA, Bangladesh — An anticorruption court in Dhaka, the capital, issued an arrest warrant on Wednesday for the opposition leader in Bangladesh, former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, in a move…
“What has happened over the last several weeks, by virtue of the invitation that was issued by the Speaker, the acceptance of it by Prime Minister Netanyahu on two weeks…
The 1936 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Argentina’s Foreign Minister Carlos Saavedra Lamas went for $950,000 last March, while the 1935 Nobel for Physics given to James Chadwick for his…
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State John Kerry sought Tuesday to rebut critics of a potential nuclear deal with Iran, making his case on Capitol Hill just a week before Prime…
WASHINGTON, Feb 24 (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declined on Tuesday an invitation to meet with U.S. Senate Democrats during his trip to Washington next week. “Though I…
TOKYO — The Japanese politician who issued a landmark official apology to women forced to work in wartime brothels urged Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday to stand by the…
A Cairo court on Tuesday acquitted former President Hosni Mubarak’s longtime interior minister of the last of several criminal charges that have kept him behind bars, opening the potential for…
“The shooter is also dead,” the spokesman said. The interior minister is flying to the area now, he said. Authorities don’t yet know the identity or motivation of the shooter,…
Turkey’s prime minister says his country has evacuated troops guarding an Ottoman tomb in Syria. On Twitter, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu says the tomb of Suleyman Shah, the grandfather of…
Greece will submit a list of reforms to be agreed with its creditors Sunday, the country’s finance minister said Saturday. “We are in the process of compiling the list of…
NEW DELHI — Indian tycoons jockeyed on Friday to demonstrate their allegiance to Prime Minister Narendra Modi by bidding on a widely known item of clothing: the tailored suit that…
“Gov. Huckabee encouraged [Netanyahu] regarding his upcoming speech to Congress,” said Huckabee’s Communications Director Alice Stewart in a statement to CNN, adding that the Governor assured the Prime Minister that…
Nearly two dozen congressional Democrats sent a letter to House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) on Wednesday urging him to delay Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress next month…
TORONTO (RNS) Canada’s prime minister is vowing to appeal a court ruling that struck down his government’s ban on wearing face veils during ceremonies that confer citizenship. – “I believe,…
“The great irony of the Obama Presidency is this: Someone who came to office promising greater engagement with the world has left America less influential in the world,” he said….
NEW DELHI — Prime Minister Narendra Modi is an admirer of persistence, but perhaps not in India’s human rights activists. What many of them are persistent about is pursuing him….
SRIPERUMBUDUR, India — China’s economy is slowing. Brazil is struggling as commodity prices plunge. Russia, facing Western sanctions and weak oil revenue, is headed into a recession. As other big…