After what wound up being a relatively early-call for the major networks and a landslide electoral victory, Senator Barack Obama is set to become the 44th President of the United States. But as much of America celebrates and the new President-elect eyes his new role...
As of 11 PM EST tonight, Democratic Party Presidential nominee Barack Hussein Obama has been declared by all major networks to be the victor of the 2008 campaign, and the junior Senator from Illinois will be inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States of...
Today's presidential election has been decided, and Democratic Senator Barack Obama will be the 44th President of the United States of America. And though President-elect Obama is unlikely to make any wholesale changes to America's foreign policy when he takes office...
A spokesman from the Pakistani embassy denied tonight a report that his government has a "secret understanding" with the United States on the contentious issue of unilateral US air strikes launched into Pakistani territory. The report stems from comments in an article...
Though no formal response has been made from the United States, nor is one expected until sometime after today's election, a well-placed Iraqi member of parliament, Sami al-Askari of the ruling United Iraqi Alliances, says that the government has received "positive...
Americans head to the polls today to decide on a successor to President Bush, and if the multi-hour long lines at polling places across the country early today are any indication, the turnout will be enormous. And while the foreign policy positions of the two major...
Human Rights Watch has determined that Georgian cluster bombs used during the brief August war with Russia landed in at least nine Georgian towns, killing at least three civilians and littering the countryside with thousands of bomblets which could potentially kill...
In a move that has riled up some members of India's opposition parties, Barack Obama linked the tensions in Indian Kashmir with Pakistan's clashes with militants along its border with Afghanistan, and suggested that "we should probably try to facilitate a better...
Iraq's parliament voted with an over two-thirds majority in favor of amending the provincial election law passed last month to give a single guaranteed seat to each key minority group in the provinces of Basra, Nineveh, and Baghdad. A guaranteed representation was...
US General David Petraeus met with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and other top officials today in what was described by the general as a "very frank and very forthright" conversation, during which the Pakistani officials asked if the United States would be so...
