In a show of solidarity with Saudi Arabia, President Barack Obama led a parade of American dignitaries to the ultraconservative desert kingdom Tuesday to pay respects after King Abdullah’s death and take measure of the new monarch. Obama’s presence here underscored the key role Saudi Arabia plays in U.S. foreign policy[…]
President Barack Obama will lead a delegation of lawmakers, senior U.S. officials and two former secretaries of state to Saudi Arabia Tuesday to pay respects to the royal family following King Abdullah’s death. Obama was cutting short the final day of his visit to India to make the trip to Riyadh,[…]
Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro ended his long silence over his country’s decision to restore diplomatic ties with the United States, writing that he backs the negotiations even though he distrusts politics in Washington. The comments were the first by the 88-year-old revolutionary leader on the talks with the U.S.[…]
A senior Cuban official said Tuesday that restoring diplomatic ties with the United States won’t immediately lead to a full relationship between the Cold War foes after a half-century of enmity. The message appeared designed to lower expectations a day before the arrival of the highest-level U.S. delegation to Cuba[…]
Growing fears about the specter of radicalism in Europe and the West are lending themselves to a sense of trans-Atlantic solidarity as President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron meet at the White House. Close and easy partners, Obama and Cameron have long touted their congenial relationship as[…]
The United States has released five Yemeni inmates from Guantanamo Bay prison, at least six years after they were cleared for release from the controversial jail in Cuba. Four of the inmates were sent to Oman, while one was sent to Estonia, the Pentagon said in a statement on Wednesday[…]
The US military’s Central Command (CENTCOM) has said that there was “no operational impact” on military networks from a hacking incident carried out by people claiming to be working on behalf of of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Central Command confirmed on Monday that its Twitter[…]
The Cuban government on Wednesday released at least three political prisoners, the first to be set free since the United States and Cuba agreed to restore diplomatic relations, human rights advocates said. The three were imprisoned for being members of the outlawed opposition movement Unpacu and had spent between two[…]
North Korea issued a furious statement Sunday slamming the United States for imposing sanctions against government officials and the defense industry for a cyberattack on Sony. It again denied any role in the breach of tens of thousands of confidential Sony emails and business files. An unnamed spokesman of North[…]
Five men held for a dozen years without charge at the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have been sent to the Central Asian nation of Kazakhstan for resettlement. The two men from Tunisia and three Yemenis are among dozens of men held at Guantanamo who have been cleared[…]
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