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September 20, 2018 at 12:26 pm

US sanctions China military agency for buying Russian arms

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Chinese military agency and its director are facing U.S. sanctions over the purchase of Russian weapons, the State Department announced Thursday....

September 17, 2018 at 10:00 pm

US again slashing number of refugees it will accept

WASHINGTON (AP) — For a second straight year the U.S. will slash the number of refugees it will accept, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said,...

September 17, 2018 at 2:31 pm

US slashes number of refugees to 30,000 for next year

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. will slash the number of refugees it will accept for a second straight year, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said...

September 12, 2018 at 8:23 am

US targets Libyan militia leader with sanctions

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department has slapped sanctions on the leader of a militia in Libya for attacks on the country's oil facilities....

September 11, 2018 at 11:04 am

Experts: Global extremism threat has grown since 9/11

WASHINGTON (AP) — Extremism poses a greater global threat today than it did 17 years ago, despite costly U.S. military action overseas, according to members...

Nation & World

FILE – This Nov. 18, 2017 file photo shows the Washington office of the Palestine Liberation Organization. The U.S. has notified the Palestinians it’s closing their mission in Washington, a senior official said Monday, Sept. 10, 2018, the latest in a series of American blows to the Palestinians. A provision in a U.S. law says the PLO mission must close if the Palestinians try to get the International Criminal Court to prosecute Israelis for crimes against Palestinians. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) CAITH102 CAITH102

September 10, 2018 at 6:59 am

Trump administration orders closure of Palestinian office

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration ordered the closure of the Palestinian diplomatic mission in Washington on Monday and threatened sanctions against the International Criminal...

September 7, 2018 at 9:37 pm

US lacks leverage as assault on Syrian enclave looms

WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite dire U.S. warnings and fears of a humanitarian disaster, the Trump administration has little leverage to stop Russia, Iran and Syria...

September 6, 2018 at 2:14 pm

US plays down talk of imminent pullout of forces from Syria

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is now pledging the U.S. will remain in Syria until the "enduring defeat" of the Islamic State group, a...

September 4, 2018 at 10:02 pm

For US diplomacy, special envoys make a comeback

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. special envoy is back. The Trump administration, which had steered away from appointing high-level diplomats to focus on particular world...

August 31, 2018 at 10:17 am

US ends funding of UN agency for Palestinian refugees

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is ending its decades of funding for the U.N. agency that helps Palestinian refugees, the State Department announced Friday,...