Mac DefordMarch 15, 2013 06:58

What was Biden signaling in his pro-war comments on Iran to Israeli lobby?

Commentary: Is the vice president building his own hardline bona fides for 2016?

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US Vice President Joe Biden addresses the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's annual policy conference at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center on March 4, 2013, in Washington, DC. Biden boldly confirmed the political, historical and military ties between the two countries and emphasized President Barack Obama's support for Israel, a country the president will visit later this month. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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OWL’S HEAD, MAINE — Next week will mark the 10th anniversary of the United States' invasion of Iraq, the low point of many in George W. Bush's failed presidency.

Can a Canadian save the Catholic Church?

Benjamin ShinglerMarch 12, 2013 06:00

MONTREAL — Cardinal Marc Ouellet's rise in the Catholic Church comes with the most Canadian of plot twists: a hockey injury. Quebecers may share his love of hockey, but Ouellet’s critics say his conservative values are out of step with modern-day liberal Quebec. Now, he's considered a contender to become the next pope.

Falkland Islands vote in referendum with eye on world (VIDEO)

Agence France-Presse and Talia RalphMarch 10, 2013 08:46

Falkland Islanders are holding a referendum on Sunday and Monday to send a message to the world that they want to stay British in defiance of increasingly bellicose claims to the territory by Argentina.

John Kerry congratulates Kenya on elections without naming Kenyatta

Talia RalphMarch 9, 2013 14:44

John Kerry commended Kenya on their elections Saturday, without specifically mentioning president-elect Uhuru Kenyatta.

In Kenya, the biggest election winner is peace

Tristan McConnellMarch 9, 2013 12:45

NAIROBI — Acceptance, conciliatory speeches and promises of legal action marked the end of a hard-fought election in Kenya on Saturday, amid hopes the peaceful polls might draw a line under the ethnic violence that has defined Kenyan politics for two decades. Uhuru Kenyatta was declared president elect, scraping over the threshold for an outright win by just a few thousand votes. His defeated opponent, Raila Odinga, rejected the results but said he would take his fight to the courts, not the streets.

From funeral to campaign season? Venezuela prepares to elect its next leader

Girish GuptaMarch 9, 2013 11:13Updated March 12, 2013 18:12

CARACAS — Just hours after the state funeral of Hugo Chavez, the man who led Venezuela through a self-styled socialist revolution over 14 years and died after a nearly two-year battle with cancer this week, pots and pans were being banged by residents of Caracas’ wealthier neighborhoods.

Kenya: Officials deny vote fraud claims

Tristan McConnellMarch 7, 2013 15:27

NAIROBI, Kenya — The election commission has dismissed claims the results of Monday’s election were “doctored” as the slow, manual tallying of votes continued after a series of electronic systems designed to prevent fraud failed. The count’s perceived slowness has raised tensions as political leaders alleged fraud and bias and voters were left questioning the election commission’s ability to complete the process fairly and accurately.

Kenya election: Deja vu?

Tristan McConnellMarch 6, 2013 13:00

NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya’s election is descending into a dangerous farce as faulty electronic systems designed to prevent fraud and speed up the vote count are abandoned, and officials on both sides of the two-horse race for the presidency trade allegations of malpractice and bias.

Pakistan: Sectarian violence threatens elections

Mariya KarimjeeMarch 6, 2013 07:00

KARACHI — Some Pakistani Shiites say martial law is the only thing that can stem the terrorist tide.

Italian election: president considering a technocrat government, sources say

Samantha StainburnMarch 5, 2013 13:33

Pier Luigi Bersani’s center-left Democratic Party (PD) won a majority in the lower house, but no party won control of the Senate, Reuters reported.