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October 29, 2018 at 11:09 am

State Department: Enrollment of US diplomats is up this year

WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department says the number of diplomats enrolling in its training academy is on the rise, signaling a possible turnaround for...

October 28, 2018 at 9:57 pm

Trump faces complaints that new Iran sanctions are too weak

WASHINGTON (AP) — A battle is brewing between the Trump administration and some of the president's biggest supporters in Congress who are concerned that sanctions...

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October 27, 2018 at 5:16 am

Trump faces complaints that new Iran sanctions are too weak

WASHINGTON (AP) — A battle is brewing between the Trump administration and some of the president's biggest supporters in Congress who are concerned that sanctions...

Business

October 23, 2018 at 10:08 pm

Trump awaits briefing from CIA director in Khashoggi case

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says the killing of a Saudi journalist was a botched operation and a "bad original concept" as his administration...

President Donald Trump takes questions from reporters during the signing of America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018, in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington, Oct. 23, 2018. Trump said Tuesday that Saudi Arabia’s account of the killing of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi was “the worst cover-up ever.” “They had a very bad original concept,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “Somebody really messed up.” (Sarah Silbiger/The New York Times) XNYT158 XNYT158

October 23, 2018 at 1:38 pm

US to revoke visas of Saudis implicated in killing of writer

Visa records are confidential and Secretary of State Pompeo was not more specific about who the revocations would affect, but the State Department later said...

October 16, 2018 at 9:26 am

Chaldean cardinal says promised US aid for Iraq hasn’t come

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The head of Iraq's Chaldean Catholic Church complained on Tuesday that promised U.S. aid for religious minorities in Iraq hasn't materialized,...

Nation & World

October 8, 2018 at 10:00 am

Nobel Peace winner Murad urges global fight against genocide WATCH

WASHINGTON (AP) — A co-winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize called Monday for a global fight against genocide and sexual violence, pledging to be...

Nation & World

October 7, 2018 at 9:10 pm

Stricter US screening splits anguished refugee families

WASHINGTON (AP) — Death threats drove Hadi Mohammed out of Iraq and to a small apartment in Nebraska, where he and his two young sons...

October 7, 2018 at 5:42 am

Trump refugee policy leaves thousands stranded outside US

WASHINGTON (AP) — Death threats drove Hadi Mohammed out of Iraq and to a small apartment in Nebraska, where he and his two young sons...

Nation & World

October 2, 2018 at 12:37 pm

US secretary of state heads to North Korea for nuclear talks

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is heading back to North Korea for another round of talks aimed at getting Kim Jong...