China has canceled a series of military and diplomatic contacts with the U.S. to protest a planned $6.5 billion package of American arms sales to Taiwan.

The American military tightened the naval noose around an arms-laden freighter hijacked by pirates, sealing off any possible escape in a standoff near the craggy Somalia coastline

An alliance of Western states and Canadian provinces unveiled a draft proposal intended to achieve a 15 percent cut in greenhouse-gas emissions by 2020.

President Hugo Chávez’s government expelled two employees of Human Rights Watch after chafing at their documentation of widespread political discrimination.

President Hugo Chávez’s government expelled two employees of Human Rights Watch after chafing at their documentation of widespread political discrimination.

President Hugo Chávez’s government expelled two activists from Human Rights Watch late Thursday night.

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates challenged western powers on Friday to avoid past mistakes as the world faces threats from Russia, Islamic extremism and rogue leaders.

President Hugo Chávez’s government expelled two activists from Human Rights Watch late Thursday night.

Iran has proven an aggressive suitor for American military goods to replace the aging fleet of jets and weapons supplied by the United States before the fall of the shah in 1979.

Sales of weapons to foreign governments have risen to more than $32 billion, up from $12 billion in 2005.