Former President Carter has contacted the de facto president of Honduras to urge a resolution to the crisis in the Central American country.
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U.S. scrambling to come up with new Afghanistan plan?
The Obama administration’s national security team is working on alternative strategies for the war in Afghanistan that may not require tens of thousands of additional U.S.
Is there a ‘Plan B’ for U.S. efforts in Afghanistan?
In a sign that President Obama is facing growing skepticism within his own party on Afghanistan, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said Tuesday that the U.S. commander in Afghanistan should brief Congress on his recommendations for revising U.S military strategy
Obama prepares for week of foreign policy challenges
Fights over the economy and health care may be dominating the headlines at home, but President Obama is turning his sights abroad this week.
Ousted president back in Honduras
Ousted president Jose Manuel Zelaya has returned to Honduras, a Honduran diplomat in Washington told CNN on Monday. U.S
China clamps down ahead of National Day
Leaving nothing to chance, China is undertaking a massive security clampdown for a celebration next month to mark the founding of the Communist state. The festivities at Tiananmen Square on October 1 will commemorate the 60th anniversary of National Day.
Militant commander dies in custody in Pakistan
A notorious Pakistani Taliban commander with a reputation for beheading opponents has died in custody, a Pakistani military official said.
Soldiers’ bodies returned to Italy as Afghan bomb toll rises
The number of people killed in a car bombing in Afghanistan’s capital rose to 26, including six Italian soldiers, Afghan authorities said Saturday. Sixteen people died in the blast Thursday, and at least 55 Afghan civilians were wounded.
Russian ships to visit Venezuela; naval exercises possible
Russia announced Monday it might hold joint military maneuvers with Venezuela in the Caribbean, and the United States said it is scrapping a once ballyhooed deal with Moscow on nuclear technology. A stream of videos posted on social networking Web sites depicted scenes of chaos — the sound of gunshots and helicopters whirring overhead and graphic images of wounded men and women being carried away.
Reality TV star Anna Nicole Smith dies at 39
Anna Nicole Smith died Thursday at a South Florida hospital after being discovered unconscious in her hotel room. Israeli security sources said they surrounded the city of about 400,000 in their operation against Hamas