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Syrian regime launches counteroffensive on rebels
After weeks of rebel gains in the south, the Syrian regime launched a counteroffensive on Sunday with widespread airstrikes and an operation that ...
Kerry struggles to get Turkey to mend Israel ties
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry struggled Sunday to convince Turkey's leaders they should promptly restore full diplomatic ties with Israel, two ...
Kerry mourns 'selfless, idealistic' US diplomat
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday railed against the "cowardly" terrorists responsible for the attack that killed five Americans in ...
Kerry in Turkey, eyes new bid for talks in Mideast
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Turkey early Sunday on the first leg of a 10-day trip to Europe and Asia that would also seek to unlock ...
6 Americans, doctor killed in Afghan attacks
Militants killed six Americans, including a young female diplomat, and an Afghan doctor Saturday in a pair of attacks in Afghanistan on Saturday.
Eyeing Syria, White House woos regional rulers
When President Barack Obama meets over the next month with leaders from Mideast and other regional nations, he will have a timely opportunity to try ...
US Embassy: Va. contractor released in Afghanistan
An American contractor detained in a contract dispute in Afghanistan was released Friday and three U.S. congressmen who complained about his detention ...
Following Obama, Kerry to donate part of salary
Three Cabinet secretaries became the latest senior administration officials to give back part of their salaries, in the spirit of government spending ...
Thousands of Palestinians protest in West Bank
Thousands of outraged Palestinians took to the streets of the West Bank on Thursday, joining funeral processions and demonstrations after two ...
US to seek ways to continue helping hunt for Kony
The United States is looking for ways to ensure the hunt for wanted warlord Joseph Kony continues in Central African Republic despite a change in ...
NKorea clears its military to attack US with nukes
North Korea warned Thursday that its military has been cleared to attack the U.S. using "smaller, lighter and diversified" nuclear weapons, while the ...
New push for Mideast peace: John Kerry heads back
Evoking the U.S. shuttle diplomacy of decades past, Secretary of State John Kerry is making his third trip to the Middle East in a span of just two ...
US missile defense shield to counter NKorea threat
The Pentagon said Wednesday it was deploying a missile defense shield to Guam to protect the U.S. and its allies in the region in response to ...
Prospects for arms treaty all but dead in Senate
Senate opponents of a treaty regulating the multibillion-dollar global arms trade said Wednesday they have the votes to block ratification of the ...
Egypt says it's committed to freedom of expression
Egypt's Islamist government is "strongly committed" to freedom of expression, a presidential spokesman insisted Wednesday, distancing the ...
Tweet about 'Daily Show' boomerangs on US Embassy
Yikes! It seems "The Daily Show" and diplomacy don't mix. That's the lesson the U.S. Embassy in Cairo is learning the hard way after being rebuked by ...
US offers $5 million bounty for Kony
The Obama administration on Wednesday offered up to $5 million in rewards for information leading to the capture of Lord's Resistance Army chief ...
US moves on NKorea aimed at deterring new leader
The parading of U.S. air and naval power within view of the Korean peninsula — first a few long-range bombers, then stealth fighters, then ships — is ...
Obama thanks Singapore PM for military cooperation
President Barack Obama on Tuesday thanked Singapore for its military cooperation as the U.S. prepares to rotate ships through the prosperous ...
Kerry warns NKorea on 'reckless' provocations
Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday warned North Korea to halt a recent spate of rhetoric and actions, calling them provocative, dangerous and ...
US warns Egypt's transition may be backsliding
The Obama administration is warning that Egypt may be backsliding in its transition to democracy. Secretary of State John Kerry says the U.S.
UN adopts treaty to regulate global arms trade
The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved the first international treaty regulating the multibillion-dollar global arms trade Tuesday, after ...
Egypt steps up campaign against TV satirist
Egyptian authorities on Tuesday stepped up a campaign against a popular TV comedian accused of insulting the president, threatening to revoke the ...
Syrian, Iraqi jihadi groups said to be cooperating
The wounded Syrian government troops were returning to their country in trucks escorted by Iraqi soldiers. They'd almost reached the border, near the ...
Iraq says it will search more Syria-bound flights
Iraq says it will stop more aircraft moving through its airspace and vehicles traveling overland to search for weapons being sent to the Syrian civil ...