A top U.S. trade official said Friday that American beef is safe and rejected calls to re-negotiate an accord allowing it to resume beef exports to South Korea.
Americas

U.S. President George W. Bush offered a peace prophecy for the Middle East on Thursday in which the enemies of the United States faced a future of defeat.
Middle East

Arab mediators unveiled a deal Thursday to defuse a long-running feud between rival political factions that drove deeply divided Lebanon to the brink of a new civil war.
Middle East

Cherie Blair revealed Thursday how she found love with her husband-to-be Tony on a London double-decker bus -- and how the former British premier angrily scolded her on their last day in Downing Street.
Europe

CNN's president has apologized for remarks made by a commentator at the U.S. news network who called China a "bunch of goons and thugs," state press said Thursday.
Americas

Polar bears were listed on Wednesday as threatened under the U.S. Endangered Species Act because their sea ice habitat is melting away.
Americas

Canada, home to two-thirds of the world's polar bears, will not for now follow the United States and list the animals as an endangered species, Environment Minister John Baird indicated on Wednesday.
Americas

Barack Obama secured a long-sought-after endorsement from rival John Edwards, a crushing blow to Hillary Rodham Clinton's long-shot bid to salvage her campaign as top Democrats coalesced around the party's likely presidential nominee.
Americas

Democratic presidential rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton can agree on one thing -- they want their party to have more money, no matter who is the nominee.
Americas

European and Latin American leaders gathering for their fifth summit in a decade Friday plan to tackle climate change, high food prices and poverty.
Americas