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The Vatican raised the possibility Sunday of using behind-the-scenes diplomacy to try to save the life of an Iranian widow sentenced to be stoned for adultery.

Brazil’s decision to host Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, was viewed as a signal of the country’s ambitions to become a bigger player in global diplomacy.

On the eve of President Obama's first visit to Asia, China floated a potentially provocative comparison, likening serfdom in ...

A 50 billion Australian dollar ($41 billion) deal for China to buy Australian natural gas shows current diplomatic tensions between the two countries will not trump their commercial interests, officials said Wednesday.

North Korea said it was open to new discussions over its nuclear weapons program, but emphasized that it was not interested in resuming six-nation talks.

The government of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has been walking a political tightrope since the detention last week of an Australian mining executive who is accused of stealing state secrets.

Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. suggested on Sunday that the U.S. would not stand in the way of Israeli military action aimed at Iran’s nuclear program.

President Obama said former Russian President Vladimir Putin and his hand-picked successor should expect an in-person reminder ...

The United States and Venezuela will soon reinstate ambassadors expelled in a diplomatic spat last year, a sign of warmer relations between President Hugo Chavez and what he calls the U.S. "empire."

Obama blasted allegations of some in the Iranian government that the United States is "instigating protests" as "patently false and absurd." The accusations "are an obvious attempt to distract people from what is truly taking place within Iran's borders," Obama said.