(AFP) – Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas is to visit Turkey at the weekend for talks with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a Palestinian official said on Wednesday. Abbas will also meet Turkish President Abdullah Gul and Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu
By BRADLEY KLAPPERAssociated PressCHICAGOU.S. Secretary of State John Kerry stopped in Chicago on Monday to visit the parents of the young U.S. diplomat who was killed while delivering textbooks in southern Afghanistan earlier this month. Kerry made the detour on
Lanny Davis is a long time friend and supporter of the Bill and Hillary Clinton. He was the White House legal counsel during the Lewinsky years and has been a tireless advocate for the Clintons in the intervening years.
JILL DOUGHERTY, CNN FOREIGN AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT: There is a major debate on guns. Do you hear in other countries where you have visited any concern about that debate? JOHN KERRY, SECRETARY OF STATE: I’ve heard in a couple of quiet
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(AP) – U.S. and Chinese leaders said Saturday that their countries are committed to finding a peaceful way to ensure a nuclear-free Korean peninsula. “We are determined to make that goal a reality,” U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said
Under growing international attention, North Korea says that, in the event of war, Tokyo will be its first target. The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) made the declaration in response to Japan’s announcement that it will shoot down any missile fired
(AFP) – Top US officials urged China Friday to use all its leverage to stop North Korea’s “destabilising” actions on the Korean peninsula, saying it was in regional and global interests. “China has a huge stake in stability, and the
As Secretary of State John Kerry headed home from his first solo visit to Israel, reports indicate that he made very little progress in restarting peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wanted more emphasis on “recognition and
Did you know that the Obama Administration considers tulips, violas, and begonias essential to our national security? The State Department has plans to spend more than $700,000 for gardening at a U.S. Ambassador’s residence in Belgium. Truman Hall, located in
(AFP) – The United States reacted with concern Wednesday after Iran unveiled a new uranium production facility and two extraction mines, but said it had not been “blindsided” by the news. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad hailed the advances on Tuesday
The United States is mulling ways to step up support for the Syrian opposition, a top US official said Wednesday, as US Secretary of State John Kerry and G8 ministers were to meet rebel leaders. The aim was to “move
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s office released text of the resolution that will pass by unanimous consent tonight honoring the late former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Margaret Thatcher. The resolution will request Secretary of State John Kerry to communicate
Secretary of State John Kerry, echoing the old anti-Israel canard that peace in the Middle East is dependent on a resolution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict, expanded that idea to the rest of the world as he told reporters in Jerusalem
Speaking with Turkey’s leaders on April 7, Secretary of State John Kerry begged them to restore diplomatic ties with Israel. However, Turkish leaders said they will not do so until Israel ends “all commercial restrictions against the Palestinians.” This position
U.S. diplomat Anne Smedinghoff was killed over the weekend when a suicide bomber struck the convoy in which she was riding in Afghanistan. According to reports, Smedinghoff enjoyed a “relatively safe” existence at the U.S. embassy in Kabul, but was
The death of at least five Americans, in the deadliest day for foreigners in Afghanistan this year, has highlighted fears about Taliban strength ahead of NATO’s withdrawal in 2014. A suicide car bomber struck a NATO convoy in the southern
Secretary of State John Kerry made an unannounced trip to Iraq Sunday. He met with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, saying Iraq shouldn’t allow Iran to use its airspace to ship weapons and fighters to Syria.
(AP) China’s leader Xi meets US treasury secretaryBy JOE McDONALDAP Business WriterBEIJINGChina’s new leader, Xi Jinping, told the U.S. Treasury secretary on Tuesday he wants strong ties with Washington as the two sides resumed high-level interaction following a months-long hiatus
(AP) Palestinians unenthusiastic about Obama visitBy MOHAMMED DARAGHMEHAssociated PressRAMALLAH, West BankPresident Barack Obama will find a disillusioned Palestinian public, skeptical about his commitment to promoting Mideast peace, when he visits the region. Obama’s trip, beginning Wednesday, appears aimed primarily at
President Barack Obama deserves some credit for his upcoming trip to Israel. Better late than never, as the saying goes. Yet the same does not apply to Obama’s policy on Iran, which might well deserve the inverse: better never than
Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law Sulaiman Abu Ghaith was seized by CIA agents and taken to the United States after Turkey deported him to Jordan this month, a Turkish newspaper reported on Thursday. Abu Ghaith, the former spokesman of the Al-Qaeda
With various sources confirming a number of Benghazi survivors are “still recovering at Walter Reed military hospital,” Republican lawmakers are demanding their names and access to them. To date, Sec. of State of John Kerry has visited with one survivor,
Syrian rebels said they seized some 20 UN peacekeepers in the Golan Heights between Syria and Israel as rebels took total control of the key northern city of Raqa. UN deputy spokesman Eduardo del Buey told reporters the UN Disengagement
Secretary of State John Kerry confirmed to Fox News Reporter James Rosen on Tuesday that he visited an individual at Walter Reed who survived the deadly attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya. According to Kerry, the survivor of
