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Obama friend or foe? McCain charts his course
Republican Sen. John McCain is a walking contradiction, antagonizing President Barack Obama over foreign policy one minute, cooperating with the ...
Egypt's interior minister won't allow 'militias'
Egypt's interior minister on Sunday declared he would not allow vigilantes or militias to take over police duties, while admitting his police force ...
Falkland Islanders vote with an eye on Argentina
Britain is hoping this weekend's referendum on the political status of the Falkland Islands will push the United States and other neutral governments ...
US message to Kenya doesn't name president-elect
In a pointed first message to Kenya's newly elected leaders, United States Secretary of State John Kerry congratulates Kenya but doesn't once mention ...
Pentagon chief Hagel makes 1st trip to Afghanistan
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel arrived in Afghanistan Friday for his first visit as Pentagon chief, saying that there are plenty of challenges ahead ...
Parents seek US probe into son's Singapore death
Months before Shane Todd's girlfriend found his body hanging in his Singapore apartment last June, the engineer told his parents he thought his life ...
Brennan at CIA fills 3rd key national security job
John Brennan took over Friday as director of the CIA, the finishing touch on President Barack Obama's national security team for his second term.
A diplomatic natural, Kerry hits ground running
With the smile of a seasoned politician, a flair for languages and a vast repertoire of personal anecdotes, Secretary of State John Kerry schmoozed ...
NKorea vows to cancel '53 Korean War cease-fire
North Korea's military is vowing to cancel the 1953 cease-fire that ended the Korean War, straining already frayed ties between Washington and ...
US, China propose tough UN sanctions for NKorea
A U.S.-China draft resolution aimed at reining in North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile program would impose some of the strongest sanctions ...
Kerry: US confident in arms-vetting for Syrians
Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday the Obama administration is confident that the vast majority of weapons being supplied to Syrian rebels by ...
Kerry: Dennis Rodman's no diplomat
Former NBA star Dennis Rodman may be the only American ever to have met and spent time with North Korea's reclusive leader but U.S Secretary of State ...
Iran assails Western criticism, defends nuke talks
An Iranian spokesman on Tuesday said the country's nuclear talks with world powers yielded "positive results" and assailed what he described as ...
48 Syrian soldiers killed in Iraq ambush
Dozens of Syrian soldiers who had crossed into Iraq for refuge were ambushed Monday with bombs, gunfire and rocket-propelled grenades in an attack ...
Biden on Iran threat: Obama is not bluffing
Seeking to reassure anxious Israelis and their American supporters, Vice President Joe Biden vowed Monday that the United States won't back down from ...
US, Saudi present united front on Syria, Iran
The United States and Saudi Arabia on Monday presented a united front to Iran and Syria. They warned Syrian President Bashar Assad that they will ...
Egypt's army intervenes in Port Said clashes
The military intervened in clashes between thousands of protesters and police in a restive Egyptian canal city on Sunday, the latest in a cycle of ...
Syrian opposition head visits rebel areas in north
Following rebel gains, the leader of the Syrian opposition made his first visit Sunday to areas near the embattled northern city of Aleppo as fighters ...
Kerry says US releasing millions in aid to Egypt
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday rewarded Egypt for President Mohammed Morsi's pledges of political and economic reforms by releasing $250 ...
Syria, Iran say Assad to remain in power till 2014
Iran and Syria condemned a U.S. plan to assist rebels fighting to topple President Bashar Assad on Saturday and signaled the Syrian leader intends to ...
Kerry: Divided Egypt needs political compromise
Egypt's bickering government and opposition need to overcome their differences to create "a sense of political and economic viability" if the country ...
Violent protests outside Cairo as protests spread
Violent protests erupted outside Egypt's capital on Saturday as activists accused police of using excessive force in two cities and running over ...
Romney back on national stage, if only briefly
Mitt Romney is back, if only briefly. The former Republican presidential candidate is re-emerging after nearly four months in seclusion at his ...
Boehner: No reason to block Keystone XL pipeline
A new State Department report is the latest evidence that the long-delayed Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada should be approved, supporters say.
State Dept: No major objections to Canada pipeline
The State Department on Friday raised no major objections to the Keystone XL oil pipeline and said other options to get the oil from Canada to Gulf ...