Obama 'didn't break law' in handling Libya conflict
2011-06-20 06:30:44
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Sunday defended the military operation in Libya, saying President Barack Obama didn't break the War Powers Act in handling the conflict.
Iraq hunting $17b missing after US invasion
2011-06-20 05:54:20
Iraq's parliament is chasing about $17 billion of Iraqi oil money it says was stolen after the 2003 US-led invasion and has asked the United Nations for help to track it down.
Obama ignored top legal advice on Libya
2011-06-18 23:19:55
US President Barack Obama ignored legal advice on Libya from top Pentagon and US Justice Department lawyers.
Obama on fatherhood: 'most rewarding job'
2011-06-18 23:16:41
Barack Obama said he still thinks about how things would have worked out had his dad been there.
US is talking to Taliban - Karzai
2011-06-18 16:52:59
The US and other foreign powers are engaged in talks with the Taliban about a possible settlement to the war in Afghanistan.
2nd test flight of X-51 aircraft ends in crash
2011-06-18 13:57:19
The Air Force says the second test of a hypersonic experimental aircraft ended in a crash off the Southern California coast earlier this week.
US, Japan to hold security talks
2011-06-18 10:48:01
The US and Japan will have a high-level security meeting here next Tuesday, the first of its kind in four years.
IMF cuts US growth forecast, warns of crisis
2011-06-18 10:42:47
US, Europe are "playing with fire" unless they take immediate steps to reduce budget deficits.
US funds hunt for Libyan missiles
2011-06-17 17:15:59
The US is paying two European mine-clearing groups nearly $1 million to hunt and dispose of loose anti-aircraft missiles.
Heat, high winds threaten US wildfire lines
2011-06-17 13:53:45
Firefighters trying to protect homes, a popular national park and tinder dry patches of forest were tested Thursday as temperatures peaked and winds started to whip up the flames of several wildfires burning throughout the Southwest.
Old worm won't die after 2008 attack on US military
2011-06-17 13:35:40
Three years after what the Pentagon called the most significant breach of US military networks ever, new versions of the malware blamed for the attack are still roiling US networks
US Rep. Weiner resigns in lewd photo scandal
2011-06-17 07:04:17
New York Rep. Anthony Weiner soberly announced his resignation from Congress on Thursday, bowing to the furor caused by his sexually charged online dalliances with a former porn actress and other women.