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Obama arrives in Israel amid low expectations
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - President Barack Obama arrived in Israel on Wednesday without any new peace initiative to offer disillus...
'Argo' storms to Oscar victory on night of surprises
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Argo" stormed to Best Picture victory at the Oscars on Sunday on a night of surprises that...
'Argo' boosts Oscar chances with two weekend award
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Iran hostage drama "Argo" won its second big award in two days on Sunday, boosting its chan...
State Department pick John Kerry draws praise at hearing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - John Kerry urged Congress to fix the U.S. economy to ensure America's role as a world leader and p...
'Argo' scores sweet Golden Globe victory
BEVERLY HILLS, California (Reuters) - Iran hostage drama "Argo" scored a sweet double victory at the Golden Globe a...
Search for answers begins after school massacre
NEWTOWN, Connecticut (Reuters) - People in the small Connecticut community of Newtown grieved on Saturday over one of the wor...
'Bennifer' flop 'Gigli' buried as Ben Affleck's star soars
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - It has taken 10 years of hard work and indie movies, but Ben Affleck finally has moved past his "...
Obama on attack in foreign policy debate, but Romney steady
BOCA RATON, Florida (Reuters) - President Barack Obama scolded challenger Mitt Romney for being "all over the map" ...
After Libya misfire, pressure on Romney in foreign policy debate
BOCA RATON, Florida (Reuters) - When President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney face off on Monday in their third and final debat...
Obama takes world stage to fend off Romney attacks
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Taking a detour from the campaign trail to the world stage, President Barack Obama sought on Tuesd...
Obama warns Iran on nuclear bid, containment 'no option'
NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will warn Iran on Tuesday that the United States will "do what we must"...
Two earthquakes in Iran kill 300 and injure 5,000
DUBAI (Reuters) - Overcrowded hospitals in northwest Iran struggled to cope with thousands of earthquake victims on Sunday as...
Romney defines hawkish yet murky foreign policy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As he locks down the Republican nomination for U.S. president, Mitt Romney is framing what looks to be...
Netanyahu tells Obama: No Israeli decision on Iran attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Benjamin Netanyahu assured President Barack Obama on Monday that Israel has not made any decision on a...
Can U.S. economy withstand gasoline price curse?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Could history repeat itself? That is a question uppermost in the minds of many Americans as they waril...
Aww, man! Bart Simpson joins Barbie in Iran ban
TEHRAN (Reuters) - The Simpsons are corroding the morals of Iranian youth, an official said on Monday, as dolls based on Bart...
Iran cracks down on moral peril of Barbie peddlers
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's morality police are cracking down on the sale of Barbie dolls to protect the public from what they ...
Iran sentences American to die for spying
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran announced on Monday it had sentenced a dual U.S.-Iranian citizen to death for spying for the CIA, cre...
Iran threatens action if U.S. carrier returns
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran will take action if a U.S. aircraft carrier which left the area because of Iranian naval exercises re...
Russia seizes Iran-bound radioactive material
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's customs service said Friday it had seized radioactive sodium-22, an isotope that is used in medic...
Rivals pounce on Gingrich at last Iowa debate
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidates pounced on front-runner Newt Gingrich on Thursday to try to b...
Afghanistan's allies pledge to stay for long-haul
BONN (Reuters) - The West used an Afghanistan meeting on Monday to signal enduring support for Kabul as allied troops go home...
Biden prods Turkey on new Iran sanctions
ANKARA (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden has urged Turkey to pass new sanctions against Iran, increasing pressure on Washi...
Britain pulls embassy staff out of Iran
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Britain has evacuated all its diplomatic staff from Iran, Western diplomatic sources told Reuters on Wedne...
U.S., UK, France ratchet up pressure on Iran
(Reuters) - The United States, Britain and France turned up the pressure on Tehran on Thursday ahead of next week's release o...
U.S. says Iran sought killing of Saudi envoy
WASHINGTON/TEHRAN (Reuters) - The United States accused Iran of backing an alleged plot to kill the Saudi ambassador to Washi...
U.S. issues travel alert linked to Iran plot
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The State Department late on Tuesday issued a worldwide travel alert for U.S. citizens, warning of the...
Analysis: How close is Iran to the bomb?
VIENNA (Reuters) - Either Iran could build a nuclear bomb in a matter of months or it is unlikely to get such a weapon any ti...
Two U.S. men convicted as spies leave Iran on bail
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Two U.S. citizens sentenced in Iran to eight years' jail for spying flew out of the country on Wednesday a...
U.S. men to be freed soon with Talabani help
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Two U.S. citizens convicted of spying in Iran will be freed soon after Iraqi President Jalal Talabani nego...
Iran's Ahmadinejad says Americans to be freed soon
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday that two American men arrested near Iran's border wi...
Iran starts moving uranium centrifuges to bunker
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has started moving the machines that enrich uranium for nuclear fuel from its main atomic complex in ...
Analysis: Gaddafi collapse will embolden Arab rebels
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The implosion of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's 41-year-old rule will put a new spring in the step of the...
U.S. troops in Iraq will need immunity: U.S. chief
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Any agreement for U.S. troops to stay in Iraq beyond a year-end deadline for their withdrawal would requi...