Paul Richter

Sen. John McCain, carefully distancing himself from President Bush and seeking to sound a moderate tone, called Wednesday for stronger ties with allies and cautioned that American power "does not...

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Thursday with the Syrian foreign minister at a summit here, the first formal encounter between the two countries' top diplomats in more than three...

The Iranian government suggested Tuesday that it would seek changes in the package of incentives offered on behalf of world powers by European Union Foreign Minister Javier Solana, but comments...

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sent an unexpected letter to President Bush on Monday, in what was seen as an overture for direct talks about his nation's nuclear program, but U.S....

Vice President Dick Cheney, in the toughest critique of Russia yet delivered by the Bush administration, accused the government of Vladimir Putin on Thursday of rolling back human rights and...

A recent surge in public criticism of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld by retired military leaders is the culmination of months of intense but largely private debate among active-duty officers about...

The bruising diplomatic wars that preceded the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq three years ago cast a long shadow over the debate on whether to report Iran to the UN Security...

Even as debate over the Iraq war rages, signs are emerging of a convergence of opinion on how the Bush administration might begin to get out of the conflict. In...

At a ceremony under the Capitol dome, in language as dignified as the act that put her at the forefront of the campaign for civil rights 50 years ago, Rosa...

Republican members of the Senate on Sunday braced for partisan controversy over President Bush's next Supreme Court nominee, and at least one GOP senator urged the White House to bring...