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Kremlin halts USAID work in Russia
The United States said Tuesday it is ending the U.S. Agency for International Development's operations in Russia after a Kremlin demand that the aid ...
UN ambassador says Libya attack was spontaneous
A deadly assault on a U.S. consulate in Libya was a spontaneous reaction to an anti-Muslim video, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said ...
US orders some diplomats out of Sudan, Tunisia
The State Department on Saturday ordered the departure of all family members and non-essential U.S. government personnel from its embassies in Sudan ...
US official: Sudan balks at Marine troop mission
Objections by Sudan's government have held up the security mission of an elite Marine team that the U.S. planned to send to Khartoum, a U.S.
Al-Qaida calls for more attacks on embassies
Al-Qaida's most active branch in the Middle East called for more attacks on U.S. embassies Saturday to "set the fires blazing," seeking to co-opt ...
Violence erupts at protests of anti-Muslim film
Fury over an anti-Islam film spread across the Muslim world Friday, with deadly clashes near Western embassies in Tunisia and Sudan, an American ...
US braces for more violence from anti-Muslim film
The Obama administration was caught by surprise by the ferocity of the Sept. 11 attack against the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that killed the ...
FACT CHECK: Obama doesn't think Egypt is an ally
This week's storming of the U.S. Embassy in Cairo by an angry mob has sent U.S.-Egyptian relations to a new low, prompting President Barack Obama to ...
American killed in Libya protest over film
Protesters angered over a film that ridiculed Islam's Prophet Muhammad fired gunshots and burned down the U.S. consulate in the eastern Libyan city ...
White House: No rift with Israel over Iran
The White House is denying reports of a U.S. rift with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying he and President Barack Obama have reaffirmed ...
US-Israel divisions over Iran boil over
Israel is sounding increasingly agitated over what it views as American dithering with economic sanctions too weak to force Iran to end its suspected ...
Israeli official: US resisting on Iran ultimatum
An Israeli official said Monday that Washington's refusal to issue an ultimatum to Iran over its nuclear program brings Tehran closer to producing an ...
Iraqi VP rejects 'unjust' verdict in terror trial
From self-exile in Turkey, Iraq's fugitive vice president scoffed Monday at a Baghdad court that sentenced him to the gallows for masterminding death ...
Jailed American fights Nicaraguan drug sentence
Jason Puracal made his home in this Pacific coast beach town after a Peace Corps stint, wed a Nicaraguan woman and had a son. He watched the surfing ...
Clinton, China haven't narrowed gaps on Syria, sea
Talks between U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chinese leaders Wednesday failed to narrow gaps on how to end the crisis in Syria and ...
Suicide bomber wounds 2 Americans in Pakistan
A suicide car bomber rammed into a U.S. government vehicle in the northwestern city of Peshawar on Monday, killing two Pakistanis and wounding more ...
UN chief hits host Iran over human rights
The U.N. chief jolted his Iranian hosts for a nonaligned nations meeting Wednesday by pointing out "serious concerns" in Tehran's human rights record ...
Ukraine's highest court upholds Tymoshenko verdict
Ukraine's highest court on Wednesday upheld the conviction of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko for abuse of office, a case that has strained the ...
Philippine Airlines to buy 54 Airbus jets
Flag-carrier Philippine Airlines signed a $7 billion deal on Tuesday to buy 54 Airbus jets as part of an ambitious plan to overhaul its fleet to meet ...
Gambia executes 9 death row inmates
Gambia's government says nine inmates who were on death row have been executed by a firing squad. President Yahya Jammeh had announced during his ...
Israeli court rejects US activist's family lawsuit
An Israeli court on Tuesday cleared the military of wrongdoing in the death of a young American activist who was crushed by an Israeli bulldozer ...
Clinton to discuss South China Sea on Asia trip
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will discuss tensions in the South China Sea during a sprawling trip through the Asia-Pacific that will ...
US decries deaths in Syria; against French plans
The Obama administration expressed opposition to French President Francoise Hollande's call for the Syrian opposition to quickly form a provisional ...
Syrian rebels claim to shoot down helicopter
A Syrian military helicopter crashed in a ball of fire Monday after apparently being hit during clashes between government forces and rebels in the ...
Mexico probes why federal cops fired at US gov car
Mexican authorities are trying to sort out why a U.S. Embassy vehicle was ambushed by federal police on a rural back road in mountains south of the ...