The United Nations Security Council was set to meet over the killings of more than 90 villagers, including 32 children, which its top officials have sharply denounced.

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Syria Denies Responsibility in Brutal Attack

Landon Donovan scored three goals in his first game for the United States since September.

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U.S. 5, Scotland 1: Landon Donovan’s Hat Trick Leads U.S. Over Scotland

With the election of a new French president this month, the wealthy in France are suddenly scrambling for places to stash their money for a while, including in the United States.

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Big Deal: Voting With Their Wallets

China criticized a “woeful” human rights record in the United States on Friday, a day after a U.S. report said Beijing's own record is getting worse, with harsh crackdowns on dissidents.

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China hits back on U.S. human rights

Sandy Dahl, who became one of the tragic faces of 9/11 after her husband was killed while piloting United Flight 93, died Friday.

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Widow of 9/11 pilot dies, friend says

IN RECENT weeks the Obama administration has radiated optimism about the possibility of a deal with Iran on its nuclear program. The latest round of talks in Baghdad this week should lower those expectations. Tehran’s negotiators rejected a package offered by the United States and its five partners covering proposed confidence-building measures, and it demanded recognition of an Iranian “right” to enrich uranium, a concession U.S. officials say they are unprepared to make. The only substantive agreement was on holding another meeting next month in Moscow. Read full article > >

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Editorial Board: Iran’s hard bargain

The United Nations treaty that governs the world’s oceans is undergoing one of its periodic resurrections in Congress.

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Law of the Sea Treaty Is Found on Capitol Hill, Again

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell on Wednesday criticized Mitt Romney’s foreign policy stance, particularly when it comes to the presumptive GOP nominee’s statement earlier this year that Russia is the “number one geopolitical foe” of the United States. Read full article > >

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Colin Powell criticizes Romney on foreign policy; says he has ‘no problem’ with gay marriage

Alleged Mexican drug lord Sergio Villarreal, known as El Grande, is extradited to the United States for trial on charges of drug trafficking.

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Mexico extradites ‘drug kingpin’

As families prepare for air travel this coming Memorial Day weekend, United Airlines won't be offering early boarding to families in coach with small children.

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Airline ends coach preboarding for kids

Novelist John Grisham could hardly spin a more provocative fiction: The president and his surrogates mount an aggressive campaign to intimidate the chief justice of the United States, implying ruin and ridicule should he fail to vote in a pivotal case according to the ruling political party’s wishes. Read full article > >

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The public trial of Justice Roberts

The leader of the United Nations agency said on Tuesday that he expects to sign a deal “quite soon” on an inquiry into potential military applications of Tehran’s nuclear program.

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U.N. Nuclear Monitor Says Deal With Iran Is Near

The People’s Bank of China has enjoyed direct computer access to Treasury auctions since last year, allowing it to buy United States debt without first having to go through a Wall Street bank.

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Records Show China’s Private Link to Treasury Markets

Chen Guangcheng, the blind lawyer whose escape from house arrest jolted relations between the United States and China, followed a hastily arranged flight with an open-air news conference in New York.

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Blind Chinese Dissident Leaves on Flight for U.S.

BEIJING — Blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng, who emerged at the center of a diplomatic row between the U.S. and China, was at Beijing’s airport Saturday afternoon in the company of American diplomats and was about to leave for an uncertain new life in the United States. Read full article > >

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Chen Guangcheng leaves Beijing hospital, headed for U.S.