Syrian activists and state media traded counter claims on Thursday over a major incident in the central city of Hama that killed

Gideon Rose interviews author and president of Eurasia Group Ian Bremmer about the geopolitical effects of the global recession.

Emphasis trade cooperation could lead to benefits.

'Civil liberties will be an important aspect of foreign policy and national security in the coming years,' says Matthew C. Waxman.

Liberian ex-president Charles Taylor was criminally responsible for arming Sierra Leone's rebels in return for blood diamonds, a UN war crimes judge ruled Thursday.

Rescuers work around the clock to reach miners trapped underground by a flood at a pit in China.

The U.S. and Japan announce a revised agreement on streamlining the U.S. military presence on the island of Okinawa.

The al Qaeda leader's three widows and 11 children were en route from Pakistan to Saudi Arabia, says a family lawyer.

Earnings from some of Europe's top banks showed the scars of the euro zone crisis on Thursday, with big losses on Spanish property and fragile economic recovery likely to dampen an early investment banking rebound.

Following a campaign speech by Vice President Joe Biden, Peter Maer asked White House press secretary Jay Carney if the Obama campaign was politicizing of Osama bin Laden, at the one year anniversary of his killing.

Vice President Joe Biden attacked Republican opponent Mitt Romney for lack of foreign policy experience and touted President Obama's foreign policy accomplishments, including the killing of Osama bin Laden, in a speech at NYU on Thursday.

Alan speaks with House Armed Services Committee ranking member Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) about the state of our national security.

Former Sen. Norm Coleman talks about Mitt Romney’s opposition to White House policy on Tehran and North Korea.

U.S. watches for potential al-Qaeda plot on Osama bin Laden death anniversary.