The U.S.-based lawyer for one of 10 American Baptists charged with child kidnapping in Haiti appealed Tuesday for Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to personally intervene in the case. Attorneys for detainee Jim Allen said in a letter to Clinton that they are concerned ...

The State Department said Thursday it believes it is "entirely possible" that another American has been detained in North Korea for allegedly entering the country illegally from China. Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said U.S. officials have been unable to confirm a report Wednesday ...

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton missed President Barack Obama's State of the Union address to attend a conference in London, but she was not the only absentee Cabinet member. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan was designated by the White House to ride out ...

White House officials on Sunday denounced Osama bin Laden and gave no indication that a new audio message purportedly by the al-Qaida leader had triggered heightened alarm about renewed attacks. In the tape, which U.S. officials said could not be immediately authenticated, bin Laden ...