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September 27, 2016

Obama names career diplomat as US ambassador to Cuba

President Barack Obama on Tuesday announced career diplomat Jeffrey DeLaurentis as his choice to become the first U.S.

September 27, 2016

Panama asks US to extradite ex-leader Martinelli

Panama has formally asked the United States to extradite former President Ricardo Martinelli in connection with a ...

September 25, 2016

Clinton, Trump to meet separately with Israel PM Netanyahu

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are meeting separately with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday in sessions ...

September 17, 2016

Guantanamo prisoner says Saudi 'royal' involved in terrorism

An accused al-Qaida bomb-maker who went to college in Arizona told military officials at the U.S. base in Guantanamo Bay, ...

September 14, 2016

Sweden: Date set for questioning of Assange in rape case

Swedish prosecutors say an Ecuadorian official will interrogate WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on their behalf next month ...

September 05, 2016

Britain, Iran name ambassador as their relations improve

Britain and Iran have named their respective ambassadors for the first time since 2011 as relations between the two countries ...

August 30, 2016

3 hurt as suicide bomber hits Chinese Embassy in Kyrgyzstan

A suspected suicide bomber on Tuesday crashed a car through the entrance of the Chinese Embassy in the Kyrgyzstan capital of ...

August 26, 2016

Somali extremists attack beach restaurant killing 8

Somalia's security forces Friday morning ended an overnight siege of a beach restaurant by al-Shabab gunmen in which eight ...

August 20, 2016

North Korea calls diplomat defector 'human scum'

North Korea said Saturday that a senior North Korean diplomat who recently defected to South Korea is a criminal and "human ...

August 17, 2016

S. Korea: Senior N. Korean diplomat based in London defects

A senior North Korean diplomat based in London has defected to South Korea, becoming one of the highest Northern officials ...

August 08, 2016

Former Iran president writes to Obama over $2B court ruling

Iran's former hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sent a letter on Monday to President Barack Obama, asking him to ...

August 08, 2016

Afghan official: Gunmen abduct American, Australian in Kabul

Five gunmen wearing Afghan military uniforms have abducted an American and an Australian in Kabul, a security official said ...

August 07, 2016

Iran executes nuclear scientist who was convicted of spying

Iran executed a nuclear scientist convicted of spying for the United States, an official said Sunday, acknowledging for the ...

July 30, 2016

Burundi demonstrators protest plan to deploy UN police

More than 1,000 people in Burundi participated in a government-backed demonstration in the capital, Bujumbura, Saturday to ...

July 29, 2016

South African twin brothers plotted violence, court hears

One of the South African twin brothers charged with plotting to blow up the U.S. embassy in Pretoria, allegedly asked the ...

July 15, 2016

The Latest: French author decries attack

The Latest on attack that killed 84 people in Nice (all times local): ___ 10:45 p.m. French author Jean-Marie Gustave Le ...

July 14, 2016

Amid South Sudan evacuations, some locals are turned back

Some South Sudanese, including those with dual U.S. citizenship, are not being allowed to leave war-torn South Sudan, even ...

July 13, 2016

Obama sends 47 US troops to South Sudan amid heavy fighting

President Barack Obama says he's deployed 47 U.S. troops to South Sudan amid a worrisome outbreak of fighting there.

July 13, 2016

Russia briefly detains, deports US broadcasting chief

Russian authorities briefly detained and then deported the chief of the board that oversees U.S. government broadcasting ...