Arizona State University President Michael Crow has joined the Council on Foreign Relations, the nation’s top think tank on foreign policy.

The Greater Phoenix Economic Council is stepping up its recruiting of foreign companies, appointing a full-time coordinator to attract foreign investment to the Valley.

UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Saturday to impose sanctions on Iran for refusing to suspend uranium enrichment.

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council swiftly condemned North Korea's nuclear test on Monday as "a clear violation" of a 2006 resolution and said it will start work immediately on another one that could result in new sanctions against the reclusive nation.

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq's interim government voted Tuesday to establish a war crimes tribunal to prosecute top members of Saddam Hussein's regime, two people who attended the meeting said.

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Kim Kubsch is an international matchmaker. That's the simplest way to describe the Scottsdale businesswoman and world traveler.

PHOENIX (AP) — The mayors of Phoenix and Tucson lead a trade mission to Mexico this week as part of effort to foster relations with Arizona's largest trading partner.

LONDON - Top officials from the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China gathered in London on Friday to decide a next step in the nuclear standoff with Iran.

The student from Bangkok, Thailand, was eager for classes to end on Friday so he could go to Las Vegas for the first time. Natdanai Charusilawong, 16, has been in the United States for only a few weeks.

The student from Bangkok, Thailand, was eager for classes to end on Friday so he could go to Las Vegas for the first time. Natdanai Charusilawong, 16, has been in the United States for only a few weeks.

WASHINGTON - Struggling for U.N. support to forcibly disarm Saddam Hussein, Secretary of State Colin Powell said today the world should be concerned about Iraq's continuing development of deadly weapons.

VIENNA, Austria - The United States warned Iran it will not have much time to respond once it is offered an international package of rewards to encourage it to suspend uranium enrichment, suggesting that the window could soon close and be replaced by penalties.

TOKYO - Nationalist Shinzo Abe, a proponent of a tight alliance with the United States and a more assertive military, won election as Japan's new prime minister Tuesday, scoring comfortable majorities in both houses.

KABUL, Afghanistan - A suicide bomber rammed his car into a U.S. military convoy as it was passing through a crowded market in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing at least 20 civilians and an American soldier, officials said.

The Bush administration has reversed a longstanding policy and will sit down with representatives of Iran and Syria to discuss the future of Iraq.

UNITED NATIONS - Iran has left no doubt it intends to seek nuclear weapons now that it has violated a U.N. Security Council deadline to suspend uranium enrichment, and the council must now be ready to impose sanctions, U.S. Ambassador John Bolton said Thursday.

WASHINGTON - President Bush told German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder Monday they should continue working with leaders of France and Great Britain to tell Iran jointly that development of nuclear weapons is unacceptable.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark - European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana said Thursday that he expects to hold talks with Iran's top nuclear envoy on Saturday.

Gov. Janet Napolitano outlined her efforts Tuesday to encourage exports and foreign investment in the state, saying she is reorganizing the Department of Commerce to focus on international trade and urging the federal government to expand port-of-entry facilities on the Mexican border.

WASHINGTON - The United States has recalled its ambassador to Syria amid rising tensions over the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri of Lebanon.

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- Foreign ministers from six countries that border Iraq condemned U.S. threats against Syria and urged coalition forces to quickly stabilize Iraq and withdraw their troops.

SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea said Tuesday it will conduct a nuclear test in the face of what it claimed was "the U.S. extreme threat of a nuclear war," ratcheting up tensions amid international pressure to return to negotiations on its atomic program.