Following last week's harsh rebuke from the board of the International Atomic Energy Agency, including the U.S., Russia, and China, Iran responded by publicly announcing plans on Sunday to build...

On Sunday, November 29, 57.5% of Swiss voters approved a ban on the construction of new minarets atop mosques, paving the way for a constitutional amendment.  The referendum will affect the building of new minarets–not mosques–and will n...

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke out yesterday against attempts abroad to criminalize homosexuality. Without mentioning Uganda specifically, Secretary Clinton said: Obviously, our efforts are hampered whenever discrimination or marginalization of certain populations results in less effective outreach and treatment. So we will work not only to ensure...

For one thing military tribunals can only be used in war, and we haven’t declared. Fox News’ Senior Judicial Analyst, Judge Andrew Napolitano (r), lays out the case (h/t Laffy). Bush initially...

Citing the fact that industrialized countries cause much more environmental destruction than loggers and farmers in the Amazon, Brazilian president Lula da Silva has called on Western...

Dubai’s debt issues caused trouble in other parts of the world Friday. Stock markets from Europe to Asia to the U.S. registered the effects of the city-state’s announcement that it would need to...

A day after the Obama administration announced a provisional target for greenhouse gases, China—the world’s largest emitter of gases—has jumped on the bandwagon and announced it too will set a...

Whether it was done out of jealousy of Barack Obama or not, Iran has stepped into the realm of the ridiculous in the wake of a report that the Nobel Peace Prize medal has been confiscated from the...

It may not be before Start-1 expires on December 5, but Russia and the United States will sign a deal to cut cold war nuclear arsenals by the end of the year.   “This treaty is a great move...

Israel's prime minister on Wednesday proposed a 10-month freeze on new West Bank settlement construction in what he said was an attempt to jump-start Mideast peace talks. But the Palestinians rejected the proposal before it was...

President Barack Obama will address the nation on his new strategy for the war in Afghanistan Tuesday night from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. The president is expected to lay out his plans for expanding the Afghan...

In the most sweeping inquiry on the Iraq war, a panel investigating Britain's role in the conflict began questioning witnesses Tuesday in hearings that critics hope will humble ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair and expose alleged decept...

Beijing on Monday criticized a U.S. government report that said Chinese spies are aggressively stealing American secrets, saying the report was "full of prejudice" and warning that it could damage US-China relations. Th...

Georgetown University's Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, like any good institution, knows that the way to steer publicity toward their work is to make a list....

Despite a lot of complaining by conservatives, the American people don't actually have any problem with President Obama bowing to the Emperor of Japan -- and that's according to the new Fox News poll. Respondents were asked: "When the p...

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has arrived in Afghanistan to attend Thursday's inauguration of President Hamid Karzai and meet with top U.S. commander Gen. Stanley McChystal. Karzai is under stiff pressure from...

I was reading Rick Moran’s analysis of the Great Obama Japanese Bow Disaster of Ought Nine today because, well… I’m not really sure what it is about this topic that snagged my attention, but I...

President Obama, at an ASEAN summit in Singapore, urged Burma’s premier to free pro-democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi in a rare meeting between American and Burmese leaders. The...

Recriminations are flying after a minute-long skirmish yesterday between the North Korean and South Korean navies. According to South Korea’s Yonhap news agency, the encounter occurred near Baekryeong Island off the west coast of Korea. The As...

Could there be a more accurate description of the Barack Obama-Gordon Brown message of congratulations to the fraudulently elected Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan? Now we have...