AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — In a global kick to the tape, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is grasping for diplomatic victories before the Bush

Dominic Favre/Keystone, via AP Under Secretary of State William J. Burns met in Geneva on Saturday with an Iranian official. By HELENE COOPER WASHINGTON

By KIRIT RADIA When William Burns, the State Department's third-ranking diplomat, sat down across from Iran's nuclear negotiator this weekend,

For years, the American Administration rejected out of hand any possibility of negotiations with Iran, the leading member of the “axis of evil.

The US says Iran and North Korea still remain part of an 'axis of evil' despite moves to resolve disputes over their nuclear programs.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (left) and Prime Minister Helen Clark of New Zealand held a joint news conference yesterday during Rice's first trip to

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has a coffee with Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith, unseen, in Perth, Western Australia Friday, July 25,

White House said today that Iran and North Korea remain in what US President George W Bush dubbed an "axis of evil" with Saddam Hussein's Iraq.

The United States led a coalition of forces into Iraq but never found nuclear weapons. US President George W. Bush in 2002 branded Iraq, Iran and North