President Obama and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abba visit the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem Friday.

Globe Trot: Obama’s Middle East tour. Next stop: Jordan

International |  President Obama ended his three-day visit to Israel with a stop at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem today. He travels on to Jordan. The president’s…

ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US: A satellite image of an airstrip deep in the Saudi Arabia desert that may be a secret U.S. drone base.
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Middle East |  Like other parts of the Middle East, the U.S.-Saudi alliance needs its own democracy movement

Obama and Netanyahu at the presidet's arrival ceremony today in Tel Aviv.

Globe Trot: Obama and Netanyahu, together again

International |  President Barack Obama has arrived in Jerusalem, greeted by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Shimon Peres in a rare state visit. While the…

Black smoke emerges from the chimney on the Sistine Chapel as cardinals voted on the second day of the conclave to elect a pope.

Globe Trot: Searching for smoke signals in Vatican City

International |  All eyes are on Vatican City as the papal conclave is underway, with at this moment no pope yet chosen to succeed Benedict XVI. George Weigel writes that the…

An original 1939 Ministry of Information

Globe Trot: No need to panic

International |  “Keep Calm and Carry On” is a good Monday slogan, and originally part of a 1939 British war propaganda campaign. But it actually never went public during…

Cuban President Raul Castro salutes the coffin containing the remains of Hugo Chavez, as Venezuela's acting president Nicolas Maduro and Chavez's daughter Rosa Virginia Chavez look on.

Globe Trot: Friends of Hugo descend on Caracas

International |  A who’s who of the world’s thug leaders are gathering in Caracas for the state funeral of Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez today. Responding to a…

GOOD NEWS: The soybean farm launched by Aslan in Mozambique.
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Iran |  The wife of Iranian-American captive Saeed Abedini leaves no opportunity lost in the quest to free her husband

Chavez's likely successor, Nicolas Maduro.

Globe Trot: The future of ‘Chavismo’ in Venezuela

International |  The likely successor to Hugo Chavez, who died yesterday of cancer, is Nicolas Maduro, the current vice president. According to former U.S. Ambassador to…

Kenyans line up early this morning for voting in a general election in Kisumu, west of Nairobi, Kenya.

Globe Trot: Voting in Kenya, fighting in Mali, geology in Africa, and AIDS cured in Mississippi

International |  High voter turnout in Kenya today marks one of the most complex—and controversial—presidential elections in the key East African nation and strong…

Benedict XVI steps away from the window after delivering his last message as pope on Thursday.

Globe Trot: From pope to ‘pilgrim,’ Syrian aid, Chinese cyberwarriors, Nigerian attacks

International |  Pope Benedict XVI appeared last night at the balcony of Castel Gandolfo palace near Rome and became, he said in his farewell address, “no longer the pope…

Iraqi women walk past a Shiite poster in the Jihad neighborhood of west Baghdad.

Globe Trot: Iraq worse off, Taliban attack, scary Kerry, and persecution trends

International |  Iraq is worse off than it was 10 years ago∫ writes John Bolton on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the U.S. invasion, but overthrowing Saddam Hussein was…

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