Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Saturday that he was in "full agreement" with President Obama's strategy for Afghanistan, saying it was "exactly what the Afghan people were hoping for." ...more

March 29, 2009

Pakistan agreed today to reinstate a fired chief justice, a government official said, a move that could help defuse a political crisis that has sparked street battles and raised fears of instability in the country at a time of surging Islamist violence. ...more

March 16, 2009

Whenever a president gives a major address, like the one Barack Obama delivered to Congress this week, the opposition party delivers a rejoinder. Which American citizens always ignore. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal's speech was, therefore, a kind of triumph. So bad, people actually paid attention! ...more

February 27, 2009

Here's what we know about the Obama presidency so far. It's not 1933, we're not in the Great Depression and Barack Obama is not FDR. ...more

February 1, 2009

A Bahamas senator accused of trying to extort money from actor John Travolta after his son's death resigned on Saturday and vowed to prove her innocence. ...more

January 24, 2009

CBS says "Matrix" star Laurence Fishburne is joining the cast of "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," stepping into the gap left by departing cast member William Petersen. ...more

August 19, 2008

James W. Coakley of New Port Richey says there is no problem with Florida election laws regarding primary voting. ...more

July 26, 2008

Claiming that their presidential candidate was robbed of victory in long-delayed official election results, leaders of Zimbabwe's opposition party made a last-ditch diplomatic push Saturday to persuade the African Union and a bloc of southern African nations to insist on a verifiable vote count. ...more

May 4, 2008

Benazir Bhutto's widowed husband accused members of Pakistan's ruling regime of involvement in his wife's killing and called Saturday for a U.N. investigation as British officers aiding Pakistan's own probe pored over the crime scene. ...more

January 6, 2008

Elections in Pakistan will be delayed about a month, after the turmoil sparked by Benazir Bhutto's assassination, despite opposition threats of street protests unless the crucial vote is held next Tuesday as originally planned, a top official said Tuesday. ...more

January 2, 2008