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Kerry to Mideast at critical point in peace talks

TEL AVIV, Israel – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry rushed to the Middle East on Monday for a surprise visit aimed at rescuing his Mideast diplomatic efforts, as peace talks approached a c...

DATE: Mar 31, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. and Russia agree on Ukraine diplomacy

Russia: Neighbor should be a federation

DATE: Mar 30, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Still doubting climate change?

Secretary of State John Kerry doesn’t

DATE: Feb 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

In China, Kerry talks North Korea, regional tensions

BEIJING – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Friday he had won a commitment from China to help bring a belligerent North Korea back to nuclear disarmament talks, even as he butted heads...

DATE: Feb 14, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Kerry meets Israel’s Netanyahu to push peace talks

On his ninth trip of the year to the region, Kerry continued his furious pace of shuttle diplomacy amid a rare snowstorm that blanketed Jerusalem. “I have heard of making guests w...

DATE: Dec 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. weighs talk of Syria dumping chemical weapons

WASHINGTON – Confronted by the threat of U.S. air strikes, Syria swiftly welcomed the idea of turning over all of its chemical weapons for destruction on Monday, capping a remarkable chain o...

DATE: Sep 9, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. embassy closures offer window into threat concern

WASHINGTON – The map of closed American embassies – and those that remain open – in the Middle East and Africa provides a window into the Obama administration’s concern about a potentially i...

DATE: Aug 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Negotiators agree to meet again

Israelis, Palestinians hope to OK peace agreement in nine months

DATE: Jul 30, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

New peace effort gets underway with familar cast of faces

WASHINGTON – With a cast of characters that has presided over numerous failed Middle East peace efforts, the Obama administration launched a fresh bid Monday to pull Israel and the Palestini...

DATE: Jul 29, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Analysis: Secrecy a bump in Kerry’s Mideast road

Secretary of State succeeds in agreement from Israel, Palestine

DATE: Jul 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S., allies seek to boost Syrian opposition forces

ISTANBUL – Foreign ministers from the main supporters of the rebels trying to topple the Syrian government worked Saturday to increase pressure on President Bashar Assad, but the opposition ...

DATE: Apr 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News