Seiji Meihara discusses Japanese American relations including Okinawa.
President Obama and President Nicolas Sarkozy of France speak to the media following a bilateral meeting at the White House.
Pope Benedict calls on Pakistan to repeal its controversial blasphemy law that condemns those who speak against Islam to death.
The Afghan Mobile Mini Circus, launched to help Afghan children take their minds off the war has become so popular that it is performing in Italy.
V.P. Joe Biden made a surprise visit to Afghanistan Monday to assess progress toward the key objective of handing over security from foreign to Afghan forces. Biden started his visit by talking college football with Gen. David Petraeus. (Jan. 10)
Investors in Bangladesh have taken to the streets as the Dhaka stock exchange recorded huge losses for a second day in a row.
As residents of southern Sudan vote on a referendum to secede from the north, dozens have been killed in new violence.
Ben Wedeman reports on the different viewpoints in the north and south about the Southern Sudan referendum.
Jubilant voters flooded polling stations in Sudan for a second day on Monday.
As China grows it pushes its regional interests, which increasingly clash with U.S. strategic imperatives.
Hillary Clinton says "there is very little doubt that Iran does not want to see any kind of negotiated peace" in Mideast.
Tarek Osman, Egyptian author of "Egypt on the Brink: From Nasser to Mubarak" gives his analysis on Egyptian politics.
The Basque separatist group ETA announced a permanent ceasefire Monday, in a statement published in the pro-nationalist newspaper Gara.