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Putin Getting Left out of G-7 Meeting, But Not Much Else
May 31, 2015
WASHINGTON - When President Barack Obama and other world leaders gather in Germany next week, Russia's Vladimir Putin will be left off the guest list, part of his punishment for more than a year of alleged Kremlin-supported...
US Should Allow Sale of Defensive Weapons to Vietnam: McCain
May 31, 2015
SINGAPORE - America needs to provide Vietnam with more defensive weapons, U.S. Sen. John McCain said Saturday as tensions in the Asia Pacific region heightened over China's expanding land reclamation projects...
US Hits Out at China over Sea Reclamation, Vows More Patrols
May 31, 2015
SINGAPORE - The United States on Saturday called for an immediate end to China's intensifying reclamation works in the South China Sea and vowed to continue sending military aircraft and ships to the
UN nuke agency report shows Iran probe essentially stalled
May 30, 2015
VIENNA — Amid accelerated international efforts to reach a nuclear deal with Iran, the U.N. atomic agency on Friday reported that work on a key element — an assessment of allegations that ...
Governments Certain to Seal Paris Climate Deal: U.N. Climate Chief
May 27, 2015
BARCELONA - Governments are certain to sign a global climate deal in Paris in six months' time even though most countries have yet to outline how they plan to cut emissions, the United ...
Iraq’s ‘Will to Fight’ At Issue after IS Takeover Ramadi: US
May 25, 2015
WASHINGTON - The Islamic State group’s takeover of the Iraqi city of Ramadi shows that Iraqi forces do not have the “will to fight,” the U.S. defense secretary ...
IS Poised to Become ‘Serious Threat’ in Libya: UN Envoy
May 24, 2015
SOUTHERN SHUNEH, Jordan - Islamic State extremists can pose "a very serious threat" to divided Libya if rival governments there fail to reach a unity deal quickly, the United ...
Obama Warning over Netanyahu ‘Unjustified’
May 23, 2015
JERUSALEM - A senior official in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's rightwing Likud party on Friday rejected fresh US criticism of the premier as unjustified and ...
N. Korea Modified Submarine Missile Launch Photos: U.S. Official
May 21, 2015
SEOUL - Photographs showing a North Korean missile launched from a submarine were manipulated by state propagandists and the country may be years away from developing such ...
1,850 Killed, Over 500,000 Displaced in Yemen: UN
May 20, 2015
GENEVA - The United Nations said Tuesday that some 1,850 people had been killed and more than 500,000 displaced as a result of the conflict raging in Yemen since late ...
Kerry Warns 'Provocative' N. Korea of Fresh Sanctions
May 19, 2015
SEOUL - US Secretary of State John Kerry warned North Korea Monday of possible fresh sanctions as he slammed Kim Jong-Un's "egregious" leadership with its reliance on reckless ...
Yemen Dialogue Begins in Saudi Arabia without Houthi Rebels
May 18, 2015
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Around 400 Yemeni politicians and tribal leaders launched talks in Saudi Arabia on Sunday on the future of their war-torn country, but the Shiite Houthi rebels ...
US House Defies Obama Veto Threat, Passes Defense Policy Bill
May 17, 2015
WASHINGTON - The House defied a veto threat from President Barack Obama on Friday and approved a $612 billion defense policy bill that Democrats complain busts budget limits on ...
Obama: Two-state solution vital to Israel's security
May 16, 2015
Camp David - The United States still believes Israel's long-term security is best served by reaching an agreement to live alongside a recognized Palestinian state, President Barack ...
US Says ‘Critical’ for Putin to Live Up to Ukraine Truce
May 14, 2015
ANTALYA, Turkey - US Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday warned Russia that now was a critical time to implement a fragile peace deal to end the fighting in Ukraine, after his ...
Kerry to Explore Putin's Flexibility on Ukraine, Syria
May 13, 2015
SOCHI, Russia - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry hopes to explore Russia's willingness to curb its involvement in Ukraine and its support for Syria's president at talks on Tuesday with ...
Obama to Try to Allay Gulf Nation Leaders’ Fears about Iran
May 11, 2015
WASHINGTON - Leaders of Gulf nations unnerved by Washington's nuclear talks with Iran and Tehran's meddling across the Mideast are looking to President Barack Obama to promise more than words ...
Kerry Meets with Gulf Ministers on Iran, Yemen
May 09, 2015
PARIS - Concerns over a final nuclear deal with Iran and civil war in Yemen will top the agenda of talks in Paris on Friday between U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Gulf Arab ...
EU Seeking Closer Security Cooperation with China: Mogherini
May 06, 2015
BEIJING - Europe aims to improve security and defense cooperation with China, especially in the Middle East and in the fight against human trafficking, the European Union’s ...
Russia Signs Up to $100 Bn BRICS Fund to Rival IMF
May 04, 2015
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin ratified an accord Saturday to set up a $100-billion reserve fund for the so-called BRICS -- the five leading emerging economies that include ...
UN Security Council Declines to Back Russia’s Yemen Appeal
May 03, 2015
UNITED NATIONS - The UN Security Council failed Friday to back a Russian appeal for an immediate ceasefire or humanitarian pauses in war-torn Yemen, where critical fuel shortages ...
Japan PM to Make Historic Address to Congress, Talk Trade
April 30, 2015
WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will seek support for a trans-Pacific trade pact that has divided U.S. lawmakers as he makes the first address by a Japanese leader to a joint meeting ...
More than 2,200 Confirmed Dead in Nepal Earthquake
April 27, 2015
KATHMANDU, Nepal - Sleeping in the streets and shell-shocked, Nepalese cremated the dead and dug through rubble for the missing Sunday, a day after a massive Himalayan earthquake ...
After Iran Deal, World Looks to Jump-Start Nuclear Disarmament
April 25, 2015
UNITED NATIONS - Nuclear powers join non-nuclear nations on Monday to launch a conference on non-proliferation, buoyed by the Iran deal but alarmed by slow-moving US-Russian ...
IS is 'Russia's Greatest Enemy', Not US: Lavrov
April 23, 2015
MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday that the Islamic State group was Moscow's greatest enemy, notwithstanding the strained relations with the United ...
Israel Views Russia’s S-300 Sale to Iran with ‘Utmost Gravity’: PM
April 20, 2015
Jerusalem - "Israel views with utmost gravity the supply of S-300 missiles from Russia to Iran," Netanyahu said at a weekly cabinet meeting on ...
Putin Signs Decree Lifting Ban on Delivering S-300 to Iran
April 14, 2015
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a presidential decree paving the way for the long-overdue delivery of S-300 missile system to Iran, the ...
U.N. Calls for Safe Passage from Damascus Refugee Camp
April 13, 2015
DAMASCUS - The head of the U.N. agency responsible for Palestinian refugees called from Damascus on Sunday for safe passage for people wishing to leave the Yarmouk camp on the city ...
Iran Nuclear Negotiations will Resume Within Days
April 11, 2015
TEHRAN - Iran and the P5+1 group of world powers will resume negotiations to draw up a final agreement on Tehran’s nuclear program within days, Catherine Ray, spokesperson for EU ...
Iran, Turkey Agree Need to Stop Yemen War: Rouhani
April 09, 2015
TEHRAN - Turkey and Iran agree on the need for a political solution to end Yemen's war, which has raised tensions between them, Iran's president said Tuesday after talks with his visiting ...
High Political Stakes for Clinton on Iran Nuclear Agreement
April 06, 2015
WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton can claim a piece of the victory if the U.S. and other world powers ultimately complete a final nuclear deal with ...
Iran, World Powers Agree 'Historic' Framework Nuclear Deal
April 04, 2015
BERN - Iran and six world powers agreed on the framework of a potentially historic deal aimed at curbing Tehran's nuclear drive, marking a major breakthrough in a 12-year standoff after ...
Worldwide Executions Decrease but Death Sentences Rise in 2014
April 02, 2015
NEW YORK - Egypt and Nigeria accounted for well over 1,000 of the death sentences announced last year, more than a third of the world's total, Amnesty International says in its latest ...
Kuwait Holds Donor Conference for Syrian Crisis
April 01, 2015
KUWAIT CITY - The third edition of international donors' conference for Syria opened Tuesday in Kuwait City, with the UN appealing for 8.4 billion U.S. dollars to fund aid programs in ...
UN Warns of ‘Horrifying’ Syria Situation, Asking for More Funds
March 31, 2015
DEMASCUS - The United Nations has warned about the potential of a “horrifying” humanitarian situation in Syria unless an amount of USD 8.4 billion is procured to address the ...