The president stopped in Saudi Arabia, where 79 percent of residents view him favorably, on Wednesday. But in Cairo tomorrow, he'll address a skeptical audience of 1.4 billion Muslims.
President Obama arrived in Egypt Thursday aiming to repair America’s relationship with the Muslim world through a carefully planned address at Cairo University.
Countries worldwide are paying higher interest rates on their expanding debt, which could translate into hundreds of billions of dollars more in spending for countries like the U.S., Britain and Germany.
AP - Speaking in this ancient seat of Islamic learning and culture, President Barack Obama is hoping to usher in a new era in America's often fraught relations with the world's 1.5 billion Muslims.
AP - Military planes located new debris from Air France Flight 447 Wednesday while investigators focused on a nightmarish ordeal in which the jetliner broke up over the Atlantic as it flew through a violent storm.
AP - American troops made substantial errors and did not strictly follow rules for avoiding casualties during an air assault on Taliban fighters last month, a U.S. defense official said, underscoring a central quandary for President Barack Obama's new Afghan counterinsurgency campaign.
Winning the hearts and minds of a majority of people is a nearly impossible feat, especially when you're a politician. But President Obama looks to do just that Thursday as he delivers what the White House is billing as a major speech to the Muslim world in Cairo, Egypt.
Two U.S. journalists detained in North Korea were to go on trial at 3 p.m. (6 a.m. GMT) Thursday, according to North Korean state-run news agency KCNA.