Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas received a courtesy phone call from American president-elect Barack Obama.

Objections were voiced a day after the Iraqi cabinet approved the pact and sent it to Parliament for ratification.

The number of Americans studying in China increased by 25 percent last year, according to a new report.

President Dmitri A. Medvedev expressed hope Saturday that President-elect Barack Obama’s election would improve relations that have soured under President Bush.

Within minutes of President-elect Barack Obama’s victory, the calls from foreign governments began and they haven’t stopped since, his aides say.

Within minutes of President-elect Barack Obama’s victory on Nov. 4, the calls from foreign governments began and they haven’t stopped since, his aides say.

Within minutes of President-elect Barack Obama’s victory on Nov. 4, the calls from foreign governments began and they haven’t stopped since, his aides say.

President Bush’s summit meeting has proven uncomfortable for the president-elect as his aides fend off interest from foreign leaders.

President Dmitri A. Medvedev of Russia has thrown down a gauntlet intended to demonstrate to the American president-elect that the post-cold-war era may not be so post after all.

President Dmitri A. Medvedev of Russia has thrown down a gauntlet intended to demonstrate to the American president-elect that the post-cold war era may not be so post after all.