Assange living in a 'space station'

From Atika Shubert, CNN October 26, 2012 -- Updated 1338 GMT (2138 HKT)   London (CNN) -- Four months holed up in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London has been "a little like living in a space station" but beats prison, fugitive WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said Thursday. Assange sought refuge in the embassy in June, after losing a court battle against extradition to Sweden. Since then, he has been living in a single room with...

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Northeast in crosshairs of 'superstorm' Sandy

By Mariano Castillo and Ben Brumfield, CNN October 27, 2012 -- Updated 0430 GMT (1230 HKT)   CNN) -- No one hopes Hurricane Sandy lives up to its potential. The storm that has already claimed nearly two dozen lives in the Caribbean churned Friday near the northern Bahamas, and meteorologists warn that it packs the potential to slam the U.S. Northeast as soon as Monday with powerful winds and pelting rain. Worst case, Sandy could...

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When Ike faced down a rising nuclear power

By Evan Thomas, Special to CNN October 24, 2012 -- Updated 1650 GMT (0050 HKT) President Dwight D. Eisenhower addresses the nation on U.S. intervention in Formosa (now Taiwan), in 1958. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Evan Thomas: Biggest decision for next president could be on bombing Iran's nuclear facilities He says Eisenhower pondered a pre-emptive strike against a rising nuclear power: the USSR He was pressed by some to strike but grasped the...

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Unanswered questions from the debate

October 23rd, 2012 05:11 PM ET By CNN's National Security Unit The final debate of the presidential election was notable for all the areas of foreign policy on which the two candidates seemed to agree. But in their answers were plenty of unanswered questions about how they would handle key foreign policy issues going forward. Where do things stand on Iran? It was hard to see concrete differences between...

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Postcard: Why Berlin, America are kindred spirits

By Frederik Pleitgen, CNN October 19, 2012 -- Updated 1326 GMT (2126 HKT) Few European cities have been more recently affected by the U.S. than Berlin, where America's role in propping up West Berlin during the Cold War against Soviet Communism remains in the public conscience. HIDE CAPTION Election 2012: Postcard from BerliN < 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 > >> STORY...

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