U.S. scrambles to keep Palestinian aid flowing

2011-10-03T16:00:07Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration is lobbying Congress to unblock $200 million in aid for the Palestinian Authority that was frozen due to its bid for

US House votes to cut $61 bn in govt spending

2011-02-19T09:30:11Z

The Republican-controlled US House of Representatives voted early on Saturday to cut about $61 billion in government spending, setting the stage for a bruising political battle with Democrats who control the Senate and the White House.

The 235-189 partisan-lin...

US Republicans target UN, aid, for cuts

2011-02-02T14:30:40Z

US President Barack Obama's Republican foes in the House of Representatives on Wednesday targeted millions of dollars in UN funds and some overseas aid to US creditors in their latest spending-cut push.

Republican House Ma...

Why we should be angry about the war in Iraq

2010-11-29T15:41:18Z

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Crisis in the Congo

2010-11-29T15:41:34Z

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A failure in Somalia: Blackhawk down

2010-11-29T15:40:52Z

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Terrorism in Perspective-USA PATRIOT Act

2010-11-03T03:12:36Z

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Still In The Dark On Krauthammer?

2010-11-03T00:10:38Z

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Monday, 23 March

2010-09-11T23:28:18Z

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Internationalism Run Amok

2010-09-12T01:19:28Z

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Clinton to co-chair Haiti rebuilding authority

2010-06-12T17:15:16Z

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton will co-chair a committee overseeing at least $3.8 billion in post-quake aid to Haiti, the ravaged country's prime minister said.

The announcement was made ahead of a critical donors conference Wednesday at the United Nations headquarters in New York.

Haitian officials will ask representatives from more than 130 countries for reconstruction ...

Clinton ready to attend Mideast Quartet meeting

2010-03-02T12:17:48Z

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is ready to go to Moscow for an upcoming meeting of the Middle East Quartet in a bid to encourage Israeli-Palestinian talks, her spokesman said Tuesday.

"If everyone is agreeable, the secretary will be there," St...

One World Government, the Illuminati and Other True Conspiracies at the Tea Party

2010-10-27T08:19:36Z

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Presidential Remarks: Haiti Earthquake Relief

2010-10-22T14:40:28Z

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EU's Barroso expects U.S. to offer deeper CO2 cuts

2010-04-16T08:19:37Z

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said on Thursday he expected the United States would raise its offer to cut climate-warming emissions at U.N. tal...

U.S. to propose 17 percent emissions cut in Copenhagen

2010-06-25T19:37:05Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will pledge to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 17 percent by 2020 at a U.N. climate change meeting in December, the White House said on Wednesday.

Obama's negotiating position for the talks in

US to present emissions target at Copenhagen

2010-06-25T19:38:34Z

The United States will present an emissions target at upcoming UN climate change talks in Copenhagen, a senior official said Monday, as President Barack Obama mulled whether to attend the conference.

The official refused to be drawn on what that target would b...

US to present emissions target before Copenhagen

2010-06-25T19:38:18Z

The United States will announce a target for reducing its greenhouse gas emissions before the UN climate conference in Copenhagen, removing a major obstacle to a deal, a senior official said Monday.

The official refused to be drawn on specific numbers but the announcement was expected to be in line with legislation...

Adm: Afghan attack won't disrupt Nov. 7 runoff

2010-04-16T09:34:48Z

Obama, weighing strategy changes, sends condolences to victims of latest attack in Afghanistan

The White House says Wednesday's deadly attack on a guest house used by the U.N. in the Afghan capital is an attempt by extremists to disrupt the Nov. 7 runoff presidential election.

Press se...

Obama aide: No UN meeting for Obama, Ahmadinejad

2010-04-16T10:15:05Z

UN ambassador: Obama not expected to meet Ahmadinejad at United Nations next week

A top adviser to Barack Obama says the president will not meet with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (ah-muh-DEE'-neh-zhahd) at the United Nations next week.

U.S. ambassador to the U.N.

Obama to meet Japan's new prime minister at UN

2010-04-16T10:15:03Z

Obama to meet Japan's prime minister at UN; meetings also set with Russia, China leaders

President Barack Obama will meet Japan's new leader for the first time at the United Nations next week.

U.S. Reuters) - The Obama administration will work with the United Nations to fight terrorism and other major world challenges, U.S. envoy Susan Rice said on Wednesday, marking a clear shift from the Bush administration's disregard for the world body.

SKorea, US upgrade alert after NKorea threat

2010-04-16T12:05:08Z

South Korean and US troops were put on higher alert after North Korea announced it is scrapping the armistice that has been in force on the peninsula for more than five decades.

"As of 7:15 am Thursday, the US-South Korea Combined Forces Command upgraded Watch Conditions by a notch to Stage Two," Seoul's defence ministry said in a sta...

UN torture envoy: US must prosecute Bush lawyers

2010-04-16T13:37:33Z

UN envoy says United States must prosecute Bush administration lawyers who approved torture

The U.S. is obligated by a United Nations convention to prosecute Bush administration lawyers who allegedly drafted policies that approved the use of harsh interrogation tactics against terrorism suspects, the U.N.'s top anti-torture envoy said Friday.

US to join UN rights body that Bush rejected

2010-04-16T15:52:05Z

US President Barack Obama's administration announced Tuesday it will run in May for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council -- a body the Bush administration had shunned.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the US ambassador to the President Barack Obama's administration announced it will run in May for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council -- a body the Bush administration had shunned.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the US ambassador to the President Barack Obama's administration announced Tuesday it will run in May for a seat on a UN human rights body that the Bush administration shunned.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who is traveling in Europe, and the ambassador to the United Nations,

A Shift As US Supports UN Gay Rights Declaration

2010-10-21T09:27:56Z

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HOW'S YOUR POLITICAL I.Q.?

2010-06-26T00:57:25Z

1. Several political observers have noticed the large number of elected officials Barack Obama has named to his Cabinet. How many present or former U.S. senators have been named to the Obama Cabinet?

2. How many U.S. representatives has Obama named to the Cabinet?

3. How many present or former governors have been named to the Obama Cabinet?

4. Obama ends ban on funds for international groups that promote abortions, reversing Bush policy

President Barack Obama on Friday struck down the Bush administration's ban on giving federal money to international groups that perform abortions or provide abortion information — an inflammatory policy that has bounced in and out of law for the past quarter-century.

Obama's move, the latest in an ag...

Clinton vows new dawn for diplomacy after nomination vote

2010-04-16T15:19:33Z

Secretary of state-designate Hillary Clinton vowed Thursday to clear up the "fog" of the past eight years' US diplomacy after her nomination cleared a key hurdle in the Senate.

In a 16-1 vote, the Senate foreign relations committee approved the New York senator's nomination to become the nation's top diplomat under Barack ...

Analysis: Pirates, poverty mark US Somalia failure

2010-04-16T13:45:35Z

Analysis: Bush leaves stricken Somalia no better than he found it and maybe worse

The Bush administration inherited a mess in strategic Somalia and may be leaving President-elect Barack Obama with a worse one.

The explosion of piracy off Somalia's coast is an attention-grabbing product of internal chaos in the Robert Gates

The current secretary of Defense, who has reportedly been lobbying to keep the position, will likely be the one Republican-holdover in the Cabinet. He would fulfill an Obama promise to "reach across the aisle" and would provide some continuity in fighting the wars in Iraq and Democratic official: Obama set to name former rival Bill Richardson as commerce secretary

President-elect Barack Obama has chosen New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson to be commerce secretary, adding a prominent Hispanic and one-time Democratic rival to his expanding Cabinet.

Obama planned to announce the nomination after...

Former top officials urge stronger ties to UN

2010-04-16T14:17:29Z

Wide array of ex-officials call on incoming administration to revive relations with UN

A wide array of former top U.S. officials urged President-elect Barack Obama on Wednesday to make the United Nations a close partner in confronting global threats and environmental challenges.

Former UN climate chief seeks Barack Obama input in December talksSource: AFPThe UN climate chief has said he was "very encouraged" by Barack Obama's stance on global warming, and said he hoped the US president-elect would join in key talks in December before taking office. "It is impossible to advance on...

Maliki: Permanent U.S. Presence Means... an End to Occupation

2010-09-10T16:32:18Z

Whatever rationale the Bush administration cooks up for our soon-to-be-permanent presence in Iraq, chances are it won't compare to Nouri al-Maliki's. Maliki went on Iraqi TV today to s...

U.N. climate chief urges U.S. action

2010-09-09T22:52:06Z

AP INTERVIEW: U.N. Climate Chief Says Bush Shifts, Still Falls Short on Global Warming

The Bush administration has made a "significant" shift on global warming, but still falls short on the "much more aggressive" policies needed to head off its damaging impact, the U.N. climate chief said Saturday.

"It's very clear that we're not on track," Yvo de Bo...

Lineup for Sunday's news shows

2010-09-09T11:23:06Z

Lineup for Sunday's News Shows

Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:

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ABC's "This Week" _ Sens. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and Charles Schumer, D-N.Y.; Bob Dole and Donna Shalala, co-chairs of the Embattled U.N. Weather Chief Wins Re-Election, Looks Beyond Storm

The embattled chief of the U.N. weather agency was re-elected Wednesday and immediately pledged to deal with natural disasters, climate change and other issues now that he has imposed major reforms following an embezzlement scandal.

The 188-nation governing congress of the Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Some people yell "U.N. out!" as the Jordanian U.N. peacekeepers pass by in their armored personnel carriers, but generally these soldiers don't understand French and so miss the comments yelled at them, although one man honk...

South Sudan Vote

2010-12-28T11:31:27Z

Southern Sudanese men store recently delivered ballot papers, inside a warehouse in Juba, southern Sudan on Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010. More than 7.3 million ballots have arrived in Southern Sudan for an independence referendum that is likely to create the world's newest country. U.N. official

APTOPIX Ivory Coast

2010-12-24T01:31:06Z

UN forces drive past a billboard for President Laurent Gbagbo in, Ivory Coast, Abidjan Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010. The United Nations said Thursday that at least 173 people have been killed and dozens of others have gone missing or been tortured following Ivory Coast's disputed ...

Richardson Koreas

2010-12-23T18:31:25Z

In this Dec. 22, 2010 photo, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson answers questions about his recent trip to North Korea during an interview in his office in Santa Fe, N.M. A former U.S. ambassador to the ...

Switzerland Human Rights Council Ivory Coast

2010-12-23T07:00:28Z

Korean Kyung-Wha Kang, United Nations deputy high Commissioner for Human Rights speaks during the 14th special session on the situation in Ivory Coast of the Human Rights Council at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland

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