JERUSALEM: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is looking to breathe new life into dormant Mideast peace talks in meetings Monday with Israeli Prime Minister...
WASHINGTON: The U.S. says the president of the Syrian opposition coalition has reconsidered his resignation and now intends to serve out the remainder of his...
WASHINGTON: For months now, the United States has been training secular Syrian fighters in Jordan with the goal of bolstering the array of forces battling...
WASHINGTON: The Obama administration flatly rejected a claim by Syrian President Bashar Assad's government that the U.S.-backed Syrian rebels used...
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama nominated a new ambassador to Libya on Wednesday, filling a post that has been vacant since Chris Stevens was killed in the...
WASHINGTON: The Obama administration has expelled two Venezuelan diplomats in retaliation for Venezuela's expulsion of two U.S. military attaches....
WASHINGTON: The Obama administration imposed sanctions Tuesday on an Islamic extremist whose group seized much of northern Mali last year and prompted a...
WASHINGTON: The United States expressed doubt on Monday about Iran's claim that it safely returned a monkey from space, saying it is questionable that the...
WASHINGTON: Three U.S. citizens were killed in last week's hostage standoff at a natural gas complex in Algeria, while seven Americans made it out safely,...
WASHINGTON: A U.S. official says Americans are still held hostage in Algeria on the third day of a standoff with militants at a natural gas complex in the...
WASHINGTON: The Obama administration appeared to be in the dark Thursday about a hostage situation at a natural gas plant in Algeria, where Algerian forces...
WASHINGTON: The Obama administration has declared it cannot accept new terrorist sanctuaries in Mali or anywhere else and has promised to support French and...
WASHINGTON: The Obama administration is recognizing Somalia's government again after a two-decade gap, acknowledging the African country's progress...
BELFAST, Northern Ireland: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday that the United States and Russia are committed to trying again to get...
DUBLIN: Diplomatic efforts to end Syria's civil war moved forward Thursday with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton joining Russia's foreign...
PRAGUE: The Obama administration stressed anew Monday that it wouldn't accept any use of chemical weapons by the Assad regime, but didn't say if it...
PRAGUE: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton lobbied the Czech government Monday to approve an American bid for a $10 billion expansion of a nuclear...
WASHINGTON: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is heading to Europe to discuss Turkey's defense and U.S. relations with Pakistan.Her first stop is the...
WASHINGTON: The Obama administration is preparing to recognize Syria's new opposition council as the legitimate representative of the Syrian people in the...
WASHINGTON: In frantic diplomacy, the Obama administration helped seal a cease-fire that puts heavy responsibility on Egypt's young Islamist government to...
WASHINGTON: The Obama administration struggled Thursday to deal with the biggest flare-up in Israeli-Palestinian violence in years, unable to call on its old...
WASHINGTON: The Obama administration is giving full-throttled support to Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip.In a statement, State Department spokesman Mark...
WASHINGTON: U.S. lawmakers are working on a set of new and unprecedented Iran sanctions that could prevent the Islamic republic from doing business with most...
SARAJEVO, Bosnia (AP) - The U.S. and the European Union say they'll press on with sanctions against Iran even as they hope the promise of new negotiations...
ALGEIRS: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sought Algeria’s assistance Monday for any future military intervention in Mali, pressing the North...