
A look at why the Benghazi issue keeps coming back
The night of smoke, chaos, gunfire and grenades that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, is well-documented. Eight months later, it is the ...

Petraeus email objected to Benghazi talking points
Then CIA-Director David Petraeus objected to the final talking points the Obama administration used after the deadly assault on a U.S. diplomatic post ...

Obama slams GOP focus on Benghazi as politics
House Republicans pushed ahead Monday with their investigation of the deadly assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year as ...

State Dep't sought to change Libya talking points
Political considerations influenced the talking points that U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice used five days after the deadly Sept. 11 assault in Benghazi, ...
Russia to file case against vote-monitoring group
Russia's Justice Ministry says it is filing a legal case against the country's only independent elections monitoring group for allegedly failing to ...

NKorea warns embassies it can't guarantee safety
North Korea has warned diplomats in Pyongyang that it can't guarantee the safety of embassies in the event of a conflict and suggested they may want ...

NKorea aggression could strengthen US-China bond
North Korea's latest outburst of nuclear and military threats has given the U.S. a rare opportunity to build bridges with China — a potential silver ...
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 ...

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 won't allow Russians to see Guantanamo prisoner
The U.S. won't grant Russia access to one of its citizens held at the Guantanamo Bay prison because the prisoner refuses to meet with the delegation ...
US institute: Work under way at NKorea reactor
North Korea has already begun construction at a shuttered plutonium reactor that it is vowing to restart and it could be back in operation sooner than ...

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 ...

NKorea refuses to let SKoreans enter joint factory
In past deadly confrontations between North and South Korea, a jointly operated industrial park stayed open, churning out goods. But in the latest ...

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 ...

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 ...

US blasts arrest warrant against Egypt satirist
The U.S. State Department said Monday that arrest warrants and the investigation of a popular Egyptian satirist and other critics of Egypt's Islamist ...

C. African Republic coup leader adds to his roles
Central African Republic's coup leader solidified his hold on the government Monday after announcing that he will serve as both president and defense ...
Russia lashes out at US over NGO funding
Russia's foreign ministry is criticizing Washington for channeling funds to non-governmental organizations in ways that get around Russian ...

Protest, clashes in Cairo, 2 other Egyptian cities
Clashes erupted Friday in two cities in northern Egypt, and protesters rallied in Cairo in the latest demonstrations against Egypt's Islamist ...

Mortar shells strike Damascus, killing at least 10
Mortar shells crashed into an outdoor cafe at Damascus University on Thursday, killing at least 10 students in the deadliest of a rising number of ...

Putin: Raids on NGOs are to check foreign funding
Russian authorities are raiding non-governmental organizations to make sure they comply with a law intended to stem foreign meddling in Russian ...

C. African Republic president flees to Cameroon
The president of the Central African Republic fled the country for Cameroon after rebels overran the capital of the impoverished nation long wracked ...

C. African Republic president overthrown by rebels
Rebels overthrew Central African Republic's president of a decade on Sunday, seizing the presidential palace and declaring that the desperately poor ...

Momentum weakened for Assad's ouster in Syria
Foes of Syrian President Bashar Assad are distracted by fragmentation within their ranks, foreign meddling and new finger-pointing over chemical ...

Lebanese president accepts premier's resignation
Lebanon's president on Saturday asked the outgoing prime minister to stay on in a caretaking role, opening the way for what is expected to be ...