WASHINGTON (AFP) - President Barack Obama's administration denied a row over the US anti-missile shield was slowing a landmark nuclear treaty with Moscow, after days of sharp Russian criticism of NATO.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The second major snowstorm in less than a week hit the East Coast on Tuesday, with predictions of 14 inches or more stretching from Washington, D.C., to New York City, forcing the United Nations to close and the U.S. Congress to curtail legislative action.
TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran announced on Tuesday it has begun further enriching uranium, dismissing warnings of new sanctions from world powers who suspect the Islamic republic's nuclear project is aimed at making a bomb.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama pushed for a "significant regime of sanctions" against Iran unless it accepts international proposals aimed at curbing its nuclear ambitions.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The stately East Room of the White House rang with the sound of 1960s protest Tuesday, as President Barack Obama hosted an evening of the music which formed a soundtrack to the civil rights movement.