US President George Bush told the leaders of Israel and the Palestinian territories he is personally committed to their mission of peace, urging them to stick with it and not lose sight of their goal.

US President George Bush will try today to help broker an elusive agreement between Israel and the Palestinians ahead of peace talks planned for this week.

Pakistan released opposition leader Benazir Bhutto from house arrest and said it will lift a state of emergency within a month.

The US is poised today to impose additional sanctions against Burma's military rulers after they issued a veiled threat to suppress pro-democracy demonstrations.

Iraqi soldiers hoisted the nation’s flag over the Basra palace compound today after British troops withdrew from their last garrison in the city.

South Korean politicians embarked on a diplomatic mission for the United States today to urge Washington to help negotiate the release of 21 hostages held by the Taliban in Afghanistan.

US President George Bush, taking on a more active role in the Mideast conflict, is offering new financial support to embattled Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ government.

With both houses of Congress debating war-related legislation, US politicians today awaited the Bush administration’s assessment of political, economic and military progress made by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki’s government.

THE US Government is urging Americans to be vigilant about suspicious activity after British police defused a bomb in London’s West End, but officials said they saw no potential terrorist threat in the United States ahead of next week’s Fourth of July holiday.

The White House said today that Iranians are aiding the insurgency in Iraq and that the US has the authority to pursue them because they “put our people at risk.”

US President George Bush called Saddam Hussein's execution a milestone on Iraq's road to democracy, but warned it would not halt the bloodshed and political discord splitting the country.

US President George Bush went to his Texan ranch today to rethink his strategy in Iraq as the US death toll in the country passed that of the September 11 attacks.

US Defence Secretary Robert Gates rushed back to Washington to give President George Bush advice on transforming US policy in Iraq after talks in the war zone with military and political leaders.

US President George Bush is meeting British Prime Minister Tony Blair today as the American leader faces urgent pressure to find a fresh strategy in Iraq following a scathing bi-partisan commission report that says his war policies have failed and “time is running out”.

US President George Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki opened talks today after yesterday's planned meeting was cancelled following disclosure of US doubts about the Iraqi leader’s capabilities and a Baghdad protest at Bush's attendance.

US President George Bush today backed Pacific Rim leaders in demanding that the communist regime abandon its nuclear weapons programme.

US President George Bush traded ideas on Iraq with a bipartisan commission and promised to work with the incoming Democratic majority toward “common objectives”.

US President George Bush today met with a bipartisan group seeking consensus on a new approach for the war in Iraq amid widespread agreement that the administration's current efforts have not worked well enough or fast enough.

US President George Bush is reportedly “open to ideas” as he meets a panel studying the war on Iraq today.

US military commanders are re-evaluating strategy in Iraq to determine what changes are needed, the top general said.

At least 80 people were killed or found dead in Iraq on today, including 33 victims of a bomb attack on labourers lined up to find a day’s work in Baghdad’s Sadr city Shiite slum. The U.S. military announced the death of the 100th service member killed in combat this month.

US President George Bush’s top national security adviser said today that the Iraqis are starting to make the tough decisions needed to halt rising sectarian violence, but must do more to secure the nation – and do it quickly.

US President George Bush reviewed Iraq strategy with his top commanders and national security advisers, but indicated little inclination for major changes to an increasingly divisive policy.

A special envoy of Chinese President Hu Jintao today told US President George Bush that China wants a strong UN response to North Korea’s claimed nuclear test, a White House spokesman said.

The United States and South Korea detected a seismic event at a suspected nuclear test site in North Korea, the White House said today after North Korea claimed it had conducted an underground nuclear test.

Republicans in the US hope that an accord reached between the Bush administration and rebellious Republican senators on the treatment of terror-war detainees means the party can go on a campaign-season offensive on the issue of protecting the country.

The Bush administration is pushing for quick approval of a ceasefire resolution from the UN Security Council, but is warning the action is unlikely to put an immediate stop to the fighting in the Israeli-Hezbollah conflict.

US President George Bush and Russia’s leader Vladimir Putin clashed over the conflict in the Middle East and the liberalisation of world trade in a chilly prelude to the G8 summit in St Petersburg in Russia today.

The world erupted in outrage today over a series of North Korean missile tests, with wary nations denouncing the launches as provocative, threatening sanctions and vowing to seek UN Security Council action.

US President George Bush will today meet EU leaders for more than four hours of talks in Vienna.

President George Bush and other US officials have been working vigorously through diplomatic channels to try to encourage North Korea to abide by its self- imposed moratorium on missile testing and return to talks aimed at eliminating its nuclear program, Bush’s spokesman said today.

US President George Bush has hailed the killing of “the most-wanted terrorist in Iraq” but said it would not stop the violence there or bring a speedy withdrawal of US troops.

US President George Bush said today the death of al-Qaida leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in Iraq is “a severe blow” to the al-Qaida terrorist network and a decisive victory in the US-led campaign against terrorism.

The US is encouraging Israel to hold “serious talks” with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as an alternative to the Hamas-dominated Palestinian Authority.

With formal peacemaking a dim prospect at this volatile time, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert intends to sound out US President George Bush today about Olmert’s ambitious plan to impose a West Bank settlement on the Palestinians.

US PRESIDENT George Bush has said Iran may pose the greatest challenge to the United States.

Undaunted by the difficult war in Iraq, US President George Bush today reaffirmed his strike-first policy against terrorists and enemy nations and said Iran may pose the biggest challenge for America.

US President George Bush today said Iran may pose the greatest challenge to the United States and diplomacy to thwart the Islamic nation’s nuclear programme must prevail to avoid confrontation.

US President George Bush got a victory today on his first visit to India, securing a landmark nuclear energy agreement that he said could help ease energy prices.

Iran and Russia have agreed in principle to establish a joint uranium enrichment venture, a breakthrough in talks on a US-backed Kremlin proposal aimed at easing concerns that Tehran wants to build nuclear weapons.

Iran and Russia today agreed in principle to establish a joint uranium enrichment venture, a breakthrough in talks on a US-backed Kremlin proposal aimed at easing concerns that Tehran wants to build nuclear weapons.

The former September 11 commission is giving the US Congress and the White House poor marks on protecting the United States against an "inevitable" terror attack because of their failure to enact several strong security measures.

New German foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier meets with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice today and is expected to bring up reports that the CIA set up secret jails in some European nations.

In town for a concert, U2 rock star Bono was invited to lunch today with the president of the USA.