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Going abroad? U.S. government says passport waits top 3 months

WASHINGTON – Americans hoping to travel abroad this summer may have to delay their plans if they need new or renewed passports. The State Department said Wednesday that the wait for a passp...

DATE: Jul 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: Travel

Trump flouts warnings, declares Jerusalem Israel’s capital

WASHINGTON – Defying dire, worldwide warnings, President Donald Trump on Wednesday broke with decades of U.S. and international policy by recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. ...

DATE: Dec 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Russia friend Tillerson adopts tough line on Moscow

WASHINGTON – Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of state, Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson, adopted a tough new line on Russia on Wednesday, calling it a “danger” to the United States and saying...

DATE: Jan 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Diplomats say U.S. will abstain on UN vote on Cuba embargo

WASHINGTON – The United States on Wednesday will abstain for the first time from a UN resolution criticizing America’s economic embargo against Cuba, according to diplomats familiar with the...

DATE: Oct 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S.-Russia relations plummet further over Syria

WASHINGTON – Already testy, relations between the United States and Russia plummeted Monday as Washington suspended diplomatic contacts with Moscow over failed efforts to end the war in Syri...

DATE: Oct 3, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Kerry: U.S. open to further clarifying Iran sanctions relief

OSLO, Norway – The Obama administration has met its sanctions relief obligations to Iran under last year’s landmark nuclear deal but is willing to further clarify what is and isn’t allowed i...

DATE: Jun 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Kerry in Saudi Arabia for talks on Syria, Libya, Yemen

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday held talks with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman about the conflicts in Syria, Libya and Yemen, ahead of international meetings ...

DATE: May 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. once again forced to turn to Russia for help on Syria

GENEVA – Scrambling to resuscitate a nearly dead truce in Syria, the Obama administration has again been forced to turn to Russia for help, with little hope for its desired outcome. ...

DATE: May 1, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Kerry determines ISIS committing genocide in Iraq, Syria

Determination unlikely to change how U.S. fighting group

DATE: Mar 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Spy fears drive U.S. from Chinese-owned Waldorf

WASHINGTON – Fears of espionage have driven the U.S. government from New York’s famed Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, which has housed presidents and other top American officials for decades but was ...

DATE: Sep 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. reports 35 percent spike in global terror attacks in 2014

WASHINGTON – Extremists in Iraq, Afghanistan and Nigeria unleashed a savage rise in violence between 2013 and 2014, according to new statistics released by the State Department. Attacks larg...

DATE: Jun 19, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. removes Cuba from its terror list

There is still no agreement to reopen embassies

DATE: May 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World