Politics

SANTIAGO, Chile—U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Saturday that Russian cooperation on U.S. priorities from the Afghan war to the diplomatic squeeze on Iran is at risk if the Senate doesn’t pass a new nuclear […] […]

SEOUL, South Korea—The Obama administration’s special envoy on North Korea plans to visit South Korea, Japan and China, officials said Sunday, as fears rise that North Korea is ramping up its nuclear program. Stephen Bosworth’s […] […]

LISBON, PORTUGAL—President Barack Obama has asked security officials whether there’s a less intrusive way to screen U.S. airline passengers than the pat-downs and body scans causing a holiday-season uproar. For now, they’ve told him there […] […]

LISBON, PORTUGAL – As much as the international community wants success in Afghanistan, Afghans want it more, says the country’s president, Hamid Karzai. Speaking at the annual NATO leaders’ summit Saturday, the Afghan leader said […] […]

BURMA’S government ordered more than 80 people at a shelter for patients with HIV and AIDS to leave following a visit by newly freed democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, the centre’s organisers said today. […] […]

LISBON—Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s calculated political stance as an anti-Russian cold warrior has made Canada an irrelevant, mischievous force within the NATO alliance, according to a former Canadian diplomat. Christopher Westdal, who served as ambassador […] […]

JERUSALEM—Israel’s military on Friday condemned the publication of names and photographs of 200 Israeli soldiers on a website that called them “war criminals.” Militants in Gaza, meanwhile, fired rockets at southern Israel, causing no casualties, […] […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Just days after an exhausting and sometimes disappointing trip to Asia, President Barack Obama is dashing to Europe to assure America’s trans-Atlantic allies that he is not neglecting them. Obama’s two days […] […]

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama ramped up his push Thursday for the Senate to pass a new nuclear arms treaty with Russia, calling it a national security imperative that the pact be ratified this year. […] […]

LONDON—Britain’s defense minister is rejecting claims in a leaked document that the U.K.’s defense reforms have weakened the confidence of the country’s armed forces. Defense Secretary Liam Fox says he does not agree with the […] […]