Israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has for the first time given his endorsement to the establishment of an independent Palestinian state, a change the White House is calling an important step forward. But Netanyahu says Israels willingness to...
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Craig Windham. Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad insisted the official vote count, showing him with a landslide reelection win, was in his word free and healthy. But supporters of his main opponent Mir Hossein Mous...
The polls have now closed across Iran after a day that saw a massive number of Iranians cast their votes for president. NPR's Mike Shuster reports from Tehran. From early in the morning when the polls opened until late at night, Iranians besieged th...
President Barack Obama kicked off a campaign for health care reform today in Green Bay, Wisconsin. He disputed claims he wants to socialize medicine. He also said there's a moral-led economic imperative to make health care more affordable and access...
A suspected white supremacist who opened fire inside Washington DC's Holocaust Museum, killing a guard before being wounded by other guards, is in critical condition today. Authorities say the alleged gunman tentatively identified as 88-year-old Jam...
A large bomb that exploded at a luxury hotel in Peshawar, Pakistan has claimed the lives of at least 11 people and left 55 others wounded today. Officials say militants attacked the Pearl Continental Hotel popular with foreigners with guns and a tru...
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer. The Supreme Court has put the sale of Chrysler on hold. The court granted a temporary stay in the bankruptcy proceeding that would allow the company be acquired by the Italian automaker Fiat. NPR's Adam H...
Search crews have recovered four more bodies from the Atlantic Ocean in the area where an Air France jet is thought to have crashed last week and more bodies have been spotted in the water. French military spokesman Christophe Prazuck says objects t...
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Craig Windham. Thousands of people gathered at an American cemetery, overlooking Omaha beach in Normandy, France today to mark the 65th anniversary of D-Day. President Obama paid tribute to the courage of the thousan...
From NPR News in Washington, I am Jack Speer. President Obama today toured the Buchenwald concentration camp and crematorium. The President joined by German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the camp where an estimated 56, 000 people died has not lost i...
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer. In an address that was targeted at the world's one and a half billion Muslims, President Obama today called for a new beginning in US-Muslim relations. Speaking in Cairo, the President insisted the Palest...
President Obama is spending the night in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia after a day of meeting there with King Abdullah. Tomorrow, the president heads to Cairo for the most important speech of his trip. NPR's Don Gonyea reports. The speech will be delivered b...
Brazilian officials are confirming that floating debris spotted earlier today in the water including what they say appears to be an airplane seat and an orange buoy are from missing Air France jetliner. Brazil's defense minister says a search plane...
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer. As part of General Motors's bankruptcy announcement this morning, the automaker said it will idle or close 14 manufacturing plants including one in Spring Hill, Tennessee, that's where the Saturn brand wa...
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Craig Windham. A senior State Department official says Cuba has agreed to open direct talks with the United States on a range of issues including immigration matters and cooperation on anti-drug trafficking efforts....