Turkey to push peace with Armenia despite U.S. vote

Turkey said Friday it would push on with efforts to normalize ties with Armenia despite a U.S. congressional panel vote labeling as genocide the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks in 1915. Read More

Merkel to offer no aid to Greece at Friday meeting

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she would offer no aid to Greece at talks with Prime Minister George Papandreou on Friday but welcomed his cabinet's new austerity measures as an important step. Read More

Obama balances between jobs and health care

These days, President Obama is trying to maintain a delicate political balance between two top domestic priorities, his health care plan and his efforts to revive the slumping jobs market. Read More

Ukraine's Yanukovych: EU ties a 'key priority'

Improving ties with the European Union is a "key priority" for Ukraine, the country's newly-elected President Viktor Yanukovych said Monday as the EU expressed support for plans to reform Ukraine's vital gas sector. Read More

China Warns U.S. Against Selling F-16s to Taiwan

A top Chinese military official reaffirmed China’s resolve to punish the United States over its decision to sell weapons to Taiwan and suggested on Thursday that there would be even greater consequences should Washington fulfill a longstanding request by Taiwan for advanced fighter jets. Read More

Carbon Pricing Sticks Out as Senate Climate Bill's Main Obstacle

Senate advocates of comprehensive global warming and energy legislation are stuck on a fundamental question: How should they structure the first-ever price on greenhouse gas emissions? Read More

Iran says any fuel swap must be on its territory

Iran said on Tuesday any exchange of nuclear fuel must take place on its territory, a condition rejected by Western powers seeking to prevent it stockpiling material which could be further enriched to make a bomb. Read More

New Marja mayor faces daunting PR sell to local Afghans

The Afghan official tapped to govern a Taliban-free Marja paid his first visit to this strife-torn community Monday, imploring residents to forsake the Taliban and promising employment programs as an inducement for local men to put down their weapons. Read More

Governors want "into the game" on healthcare

State governors want Congress and President Barack Obama to pay more attention to their concerns as they renew efforts to reform healthcare. Read More

Russia "very alarmed" at Iranian nuclear stance

Russia said on Friday it was "very alarmed" by Iran's failure to cooperate with the IAEA, after the U.N. nuclear agency said it feared Tehran might be working to develop a nuclear-armed missile. Read More