Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton this week will make her first foray into Middle East diplomacy, attending a high-level conference on humanitarian assistance to Gaza and making the rounds of Israeli and Palestinian officials, at a time when a growing chorus of voices on both the right and left say the peace process needs a dramatically new approach. ...more

March 1, 2009

Some pundits and historians say that George Bush will leave the White House with a legacy of being among the worst presidents in American history. Before rushing to judgment, we should recall Harry Truman left office in 1953 with lower approval ratings than does George Bush. Today, however, Truman is regarded as a great president for rescuing Europe after World War II and building the Atlantic Alliance, which eventually persuaded Moscow to end the Cold War. ...more

January 3, 2009

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic had his first skirmishes with the U.N. war crimes tribunal Thursday: He was cut short by the judge when he tried to protest his arrest and was put on notice that the prosecution will object to his demand to represent himself. ...more

August 1, 2008

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Tuesday defended his proposal to withdraw U.S. forces from Iraq over a 16-month period despite opposition to any timeline from the U.S. commander, Gen. David Petraeus. More forces are needed to combat a perilous situation in Afghanistan, Obama said. ...more

July 23, 2008

The United States is making "a big and continual push" to capture or kill al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, but his demise won't end the organization's menace, CIA Director Michael Hayden said Tuesday in an interview. ...more

May 28, 2008

President Bush on Thursday outlined in the clearest terms so far the shape of a two-state peace treaty he is hoping to broker between Israel and the Palestinians by the end of his term. ...more

January 11, 2008

President Bush, on the first visit here of his administration, demanded Wednesday that Israelis shut down unauthorized settler outposts on Palestinian territory, called on Palestinian authorities to take steps to halt rocket attacks against Israel, and issued a sharp warning to Iran. ...more

January 10, 2008

Representatives of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr met Thursday with officials from his chief rival's party in an effort to cement a tenuous peace agreement the two signed in October after violent clashes between their followers. ...more

January 6, 2008

Most chronological details on Benazir Bhutto start in 1988 when she was sworn as the prime minister of Pakistan. But I remember her more as a 19-year old girl who in 1972 accompanied her father, Zulfiqar Bhutto, then president of Pakistan, to sign the Simla peace agreement with the then Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. She instantly became the sweetheart of India - she represented the hope that the future generation of Indians and Pakistanis will live in peace. ...more

January 2, 2008

An American diplomat was fatally shot early Tuesday by gunmen in a car that sped past his vehicle, cutting it off, as he was being driven home in Sudan's capital, officials said. ...more

January 2, 2008