Border security dispute puts US immigration bill at risk
A huge US immigration bill inched forward Tuesday in the Senate, but Republicans warned that the landmark reform risks stalling or even dying in Congress unless backers agree to further tighten border security.
19 June 2013
US to open peace talks with Taliban
The United States and the Taliban cleared the decks for peace talks Tuesday even as a deadly attack on US troops underlined the still furious nature of their decade-long war.
N. Korean leader stresses Hitler's skills: report
North Korean ruler Kim Jong-Un has reportedly given copies of Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" to his top officials, urging them to study it as a leadership skills manual.
19 June 2013
Obama judged by his own words in Berlin
In 2008, Barack Obama wowed a euphoric 200,000-strong crowd in Berlin as the self-appointed embodiment of the power of politics to ignite change.
19 June 2013
Bolivian paper releases unknown Che documents
Che Guevara's personal letters and a slew of unpublished photographs were published by a Bolivian newspaper Monday, nearly half a century after the Argentine-born Cuban revolution hero's death.
19 June 2013
OECD report to help G8 offensive against tax evaders
The OECD provided ammunition Tuesday for an expected G8 offensive against tax evasion in a report outlining how to bring about automatic sharing of financial information that would shoot a hole through banking secrecy.
Defiant Putin sets himself up as G8 outsider Vladimir Putin's participation in the first G8 summit of his new term was supposed to seal his comeback to the global stage as Russia's paramount leader after winning a third presidential term last year.
Rowhani firm on Iran nuclear policy but vows more openness Iran's newly-elected president Hassan Rowhani ruled out any halt to the nuclear activity that has drawn UN sanctions but said he hoped an early deal could be reached to allay the concerns of major powers.
18 June 2013
Palestinian statehood at 'dead-end': Israel minister Israeli Economy Minister Naftali Bennett said on Monday that the idea of a Palestinian state was at a "dead end", prompting the Palestinians to accuse him of sounding the death knell of a two-state solution.
18 June 2013
Vote shows Iranian people want 'different direction': Obama US President Barack Obama said that Iran's election result showed the country's people wanted to back away from confrontation with the outside world but ruled out for the moment lifting economic sanctions on Tehran.
18 June 2013
Minister supports Kok-Zhailyau ski resortEcosystem and Kazakhstan economy in general will benefit from Kok-Zhailyau ski resort in Almaty if it is approached correctly: Minister.