Another deadline lapsed Thursday in the seemingly endless negotiations over Iran’s nuclear weapons programs. From Vienna Secretary of State John Kerry warned “if the tough decisions don’t get made, we are absolutely prepared to call an end to this process.” That would be a mistake. We should instead keep negotiating …

Apparently accused Times Square car bomber Faisal Shahzad is ‘singing like a bird,’ to U.S. law enforcement officials, claiming he wanted to kill Americans in retaliation for drone attacks in Pakistan and because he hated George Bush. But what if it’s all a ruse? What if he was just part …

Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was laid to rest today in Great Britain. The “Iron Lady” died last week at age 87. Some commentators have expressed surprise that President Obama did not send a high-level official delegation to her funeral. I’m way beyond surprised. I’m ashamed….and angry. After all, it …

When Donald Trump told an Iowa audience last week about Arizona Sen. John McCain that “I like people who weren’t captured,” while saying McCain was “not a war hero,” he created long-term trouble for his brand. Reactions to his imprudent statements, made in an interview with Frank Luntz at the …

TOKYO – Foreign ministers from Japan and South Korea held a rare meeting Sunday on the eve of the 50th anniversary of their countries normalizing relations marred by Japan’s colonization and World War II conquest. Yet, the ties between the most important U.S. allies in Asia are so low that …

LOS CABOS, Mexico – Prosecutors have unearthed the bodies of two men and three women from clandestine burial pits in the resort city of La Paz, Mexico. The prosecutors’ office for Baja California Sur state said in a statement late Monday the bodies were found wrapped in plastic bags and …

AMMAN, Jordan – More than 200 groups helping 3.9 million Syrian war refugees are calling on international donors to send promised aid, saying they are fast running out of funds to deliver basic services. The groups said Thursday that just $1 billion out of $4.5 billion pledged for 2015 has …

BAGHDAD – Iraqi authorities say bombs targeting public places have killed 10 people in the capital, Baghdad. Police officials say a car bomb went off about noon Saturday near shops selling car parts in southeastern Baghdad, killing five people and wounding 13 others. Another bomb blast at an outdoor market …

ATHENS, Greece – The latest news on Greece’s financial woes on a day a big repayment to the International Monetary Fund is due and the country’s bailout program with European creditors ends (all times local): 10.04 a.m. The mood in European financial markets remained edgy amid growing expectations that Greece …

“…if we come to see ourselves as meat, then meat we shall become.” —Leon Kass, M.D., “Toward a More Natural Science” What is most shocking about an undercovervideoof a conversation between Deborah Nucatola, a Planned Parenthood executive, and two anti-abortion activists from the Center for Medical Progress (CMP) posing as …