HAVANA, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro has offered to meet with President-elect Barack Obama, the communist island's state media reported.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak says he would welcome a meeting between U.S. President-elect Barack Obama and North Korea once Obama takes office.
KISUMU, Kenya, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- A Kisumu, Kenya, hospital said it has experienced a boom of babies named for the family of U.S. President-elect Barack Obama.
TEHRAN, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- A congratulatory letter sent by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Barack Obama has triggered an investigation by Iran's parliament, lawmakers say.
OBAMA, Japan, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- The town of Obama, Japan, celebrated the presidential victory of the U.S. politician who shares the town's name with singing, dancing and chanting.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Barack Obama, with projected wins in West Coast states, became the first African-American president-elect of the United States Tuesday.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- Islamic militant groups in Iraq are condemning an alleged conspiracy by al-Qaida in Iraq to attack fellow jihadis, Internet statements suggest.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- Ken Duberstein, who served as chief of staff for former President Ronald Reagan, says he will vote for Barack Obama in the U.S. presidential election.
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y., Oct. 27 (UPI) -- Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has an 8-point lead over Republican John McCain among registered voters in Iowa, a poll indicates.
HARTFORD, Conn., Oct. 26 (UPI) -- Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Barack Obama has a 25-percentage-point lead over his Republican opponent in Connecticut, a poll indicated Sunday.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 (UPI) -- Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell Sunday endorsed Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama on national TV.
RICHMOND, Va., Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama is like al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden because they both have terrorist "friends," a GOP leader says.
PRINCETON, N.J., Oct. 9 (UPI) -- Democratic U.S. presidential hopeful Barack Obama has an 11-point lead over Republican John McCain, a poll indicates.
HARRISBURG, Pa., Oct. 6 (UPI) -- The chairman of the Republican Party of Pennsylvania Monday called Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama "a terrorist's best friend."
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama Monday began hitting his Republican challenger's involvement in the 1989-90 savings-and-loan scandal.