In recent years, there have been few potential diplomatic crises as grave for the United States as the one sparked by the escape from house arrest of Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng, and his subsequent "retrieval" by US diplomats who then sheltered him in the American embassy in Beijing.....

“Super Tuesday” is one of the biggest days in the American electoral calendar, and on March 6 2012 ten states across the country are taking part in Republican party primaries and caucuses, as America’s “Grand Old Party” continues the process of picking a candidate to take on Barack Obama in the November 2012 election.   For a...

On February 13 2012, Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping began an historic visit to Washington DC. The man widely expected to be China's next President arrived for a four-day, cross-country tour of the United States that included stops at the White House, the Pentagon, in small-town Iowa and big-city Los Angeles......

On January 30 2012, President Barack Obama made a little history at the White House. He took part in the first-ever, completely “virtual” interview – a Google+/YouTube project that Simon produced along with the team at Feature Story News. The President was questioned directly by members of the public about a range of issues, including the...

On Sunday December 18 2011, North Korean state media announced the sudden death of the country's "Dear Leader", Kim Jong Il. The demise of the country's reclusive and mercurial leader took world powers by surprise......

On December 14th 2011, US President Barack Obama welcomed some of the last US forces serving in Iraq home to Fort Bragg, North Carolina.  The ceremony marked the formal end of the country’s nearly 9 year military operation in Iraq, which began with the ouster of President Saddam Hussein, but quickly morphed into almost a decade of controversial and...