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The Hamas victory in Gaza upends President Bush's Middle East "road map," including a path toward a Palestinian state. While U.S. aid to Palestinian President Abbas and his government is likely to resume, many fear it's too late to help.

The California State Senate is heating up the already boiling debate over whether troops should be withdrawn from Iraq. The Democratic Senate leader Don Perata stoked the fires with his push for a sta

A suicide bomber driving a tanker truck strikes an Iraqi army checkpoint outside the capital, killing at least 13 soldiers.

Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf is under intense pressure for suspending the nation's chief justice and skirting the constitution. But the U.S. has continued to back Musharraf, who seized power in a 1999 coup.

U.S. counterintelligence chief Joel Brenner says Russian espionage efforts against the United States are "now back at Cold War levels." Brenner adds, "They are sending over an increasing and troubling number of intelligence officers into the United States." Former intelligence officials say the shift reflects the priorities of President Putin.

Several U.S. citizens have been jailed in Iran, and another is being prevented from leaving the country. The families and friends of those being held are seeking aid from several European countries.

The United States will engage in new international negotiations to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, according to a plan President Bush announced Thursday. The president heads to Germany next week to discuss climate change with other world leaders.

A series of suicide bombings in the north African nation of Morocco, including one outside the U.S. Consulate in Casablanca, has authorities on edge. They worry that severe poverty and the growing strength of Islamic political parties is breeding terrorism.

Andrew Natsios, the special U.S. envoy for Sudan, elaborates on the new sanctions that the U.S. placed on the east African country in hopes of stopping the genocide its Darfur region. He talks about whether such diplomacy will work while nations like China continue to favor investment over sanctions in the region.

President Bush has selected Robert Zoellick to be the next president of the World Bank, according to senior White House officials. Zoellick has held two very high-ranking jobs within the Bush administration: He is a former deputy secretary of state, and served as a U.S. trade representative.