President Barack Obama's walk along the historic Great Wall of China, an obligatory stop for visiting American presidents from Richard Nixon to George Bush, provided more than a photogenic backdrop.

If you were troubled by President Obama's “Wow Bow” in Japan, you won't be any happier with the “kowtow” during his just-concluded trip to the People's Republic of China.

The global financial crisis has shattered conventional wisdom about global governance.

She's back! In fact, Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor who became a sassy sudden superstar when she ran for the U.S. vice-presidency last year, is on a whole new campaign.

European leaders slapped themselves on the back after picking Belgian premier Herman Van Rompuy as the first EU president, but some doubted that the creation of the post would make the difference they hope.

President Obama's trip to China has occasioned a spate of articles documenting the increasingly unhappy, yet apparently indissoluble, marriage between the American and Chinese economies.

After taking his message as the “first Pacific president” through four countries in eight days, President Obama wrapped up his tour of Asia on Thursday with talks with South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak and a planned visit to U.S. troops stationed in the shadow of nuclear-armed North Korea.

U.S. President Barack Obama's trip to Asia may increase pressure on North Korea to return to stalled nuclear talks, but it is a long way from ensuring that Pyongyang will take permanent disarmament steps.

The European Union wants to strengthen its position on the world stage by appointing a president and foreign policy chief, but the process is proving so divisive its goal may already have been undermined.

When U.S. President Barack Obama welcomes India's prime minister on a visit to Washington next week, there will be one nervous onlooker: Pakistan.