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AP Interview: Wieseltier fears for Israel's future
Leon Wieseltier has long maintained a close relationship with the state of Israel. But the Jewish-American author now fears the country's survival may ...
US officials start talks on arming Syria's rebels
The Obama administration began discussing Monday whether the Assad regime's rapid military advance across the heart of Syria necessitates a drastic U.
AP sources: US close to OK on arming Syrian rebels
Moved by the Assad regime's rapid advance, the Obama administration could decide this week to approve lethal aid for the beleaguered Syrian rebels and ...
Anti-Hezbollah protester killed in Lebanon
Men wielding batons and wearing yellow arm bands evoking Lebanon's Hezbollah attacked protesters outside the Iranian Embassy in Beirut Sunday during ...
Israeli figures show spike in settlement starts
Official Israeli figures show housing starts in West Bank settlements rose significantly in the first three months of 2013 compared to the same period ...
Gay pride parade march for NBA's Jason Collins
NBA veteran center Jason Collins, the first active athlete in one of the four U.S. major professional sports leagues to come out as being gay, marched ...
VP tag team: Biden, Gore to campaign for Markey
Two Democratic vice presidents are teaming up to head off a Republican victory in Massachusetts' special Senate election. The White House says Vice ...
Dems tap star power, money for Mass. Senate race
Democrats are dispatching a lineup of political heavyweights to Massachusetts, backed by a river of outside money, to head off the possibility that ...
US waives condition on $1.3B in aid to Egypt
The Obama administration has waived the conditional human rights string attached to Egypt's $1.3 billion in U.S. military support for 2013. In a ...
Dems pouring money, Obama into Mass. Senate race
Fearful of another surprise Republican victory, Democrats are pouring money into the Massachusetts Senate race to succeed John Kerry and dispatching ...
China frustration with NKorea offers hope for US
China's growing frustration with longtime ally North Korea offers the United States a glimmer of hope about a once unthinkable prospect: holding ...
Venezuela frees US filmmaker jailed as alleged spy
A U.S. filmmaker jailed for alleged espionage in Venezuela was expelled from the country and returned to the United States in a gesture that could ...
For Rice, Libya brought success and disappointment
Libya brought Susan Rice her biggest success and, ultimately, caused her greatest professional disappointment. Rice, who was appointed national ...
Libya brought Rice success and disappointment
Libya brought Susan Rice her biggest success and, ultimately, caused her greatest professional disappointment. Rice, who was appointed national ...
UK, French claims put Obama in tough spot on Syria
President Barack Obama is facing a new quandary from a pair of assertive allies, France and Britain, that suggest his stated "red line" for more ...
Kerry says US, Venezuela on track to better ties
The United States and Venezuela have agreed to begin a high-level dialogue with the aim of restoring ambassador-level relations and ending more than ...
Egypt: Prominent activists charged over protest
Twelve of Egypt's best known bloggers and activists are headed for trial on charges of instigating violence during a March demonstration against the ...
Netanyahu cool to Arab initiative
Israel's prime minister on Wednesday gave a cool reception to a renewed peace offer from the Arab world, in a fresh sign of trouble for U.S.
Hagel, NATO ministers talk Syria chemical weapons
New reports that the French confirmed the use of sarin gas in Syria triggered discussions here on the sidelines of the meeting of NATO defense ...
Kerry calling for major changes in 35-nation OAS
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is demanding reforms in the 35-nation Organization of American States as he visits Latin America for the first time ...
New push at OAS for US to alter anti-drug approach
Latin American countries frustrated by the United States' refusal to change its drug war strategy are pushing the U.S. government to look at ...
Officials: Russia rejects chemical arms evidence
The Obama administration came back empty-handed after a diplomatic delegation to Moscow last month presented intelligence suggesting that Syrian ...
Egypt convicts NGO workers, including 16 Americans
An Egyptian court on Tuesday sentenced 43 non-profit workers, including the son of the U.S. secretary of transportation and 15 other Americans, to ...
US hits Egyptian jail sentences for Americans
The Obama administration is condemning Egyptian convictions and jail sentences against 43 nonprofit workers, including 16 Americans, after what the U.
Palestinians to pursue Israel at UN if talks fail
With no signs of progress in U.S attempts to restart peace talks with Israel, the chief Palestinian negotiator said Tuesday that the West Bank ...