WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s view of the U.S. role in the Middle East and North Africa is being challenged by deepening crises in the very countries he has seen as models for his approach to the volatile region: […]
SANAA, Yemen — The United States, Britain and France said Wednesday they were closing their embassies in Yemen amid the turmoil in the wake of the Shiite rebels’ takeover of the country.
The closures — almost four years to the date […]
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama, outlining a new national security blueprint for his last two years in office, warned against American “overreach” abroad Friday, even as he cast the U.S. as an indispensable force in combating global challenges including terrorism, […]
NEW DELHI — President Barack Obama opened a three-day visit to India aimed at turning his personal chemistry with Prime Minister Narendra Modi into progress on climate change, defense and economics.
Obama’s arrival Sunday morning in the bustling capital of […]
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is expressing condolences and offering sympathy to the people of Saudi Arabia upon the death of King Abdullah, an important ally and a major force in the Muslim world.
Obama, who visited with the ailing […]
WASHINGTON — Senators in both parties squared off with the Obama administration Wednesday about whether the threat of new sanctions would scuttle nuclear talks with Iran as House Speaker John Boehner, without consulting the White House, invited Israeli Prime Minister […]
HAVANA — A U.S. congressional delegation sits down with Cuban officials on Monday in meetings that may include President Raul Castro, making them the highest-level contacts between the two nations since the declaration of detente last month.
The U.S. delegation is […]
PARIS — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry paid his respects Friday to the victims of last week’s terrorist attacks in Paris in a show of American solidarity with the French people.
On a day tinged with sorrow and a […]
WASHINGTON — Swiftly expanding trade ties with Cuba, the Obama administration opened the door to easier travel and a wide range of new export opportunities with the communist island starting Friday, punching the biggest hole to date in America’s […]
WASHINGTON — In a rare public admission of error, the White House said Monday the U.S. should have sent a high-level official to an anti-terror march in Paris that was attended by more than 40 world leaders.
The Obama administration was […]
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Wednesday offered U.S. assistance to pursue the terrorists responsible for a “horrific shooting” at a satirical weekly newspaper that left 12 people dead.
In a statement, Obama condemned the shooting and offered thoughts and […]
HONOLULU — Opening a new front in its cyber spat with North Korea, the United States slapped new sanctions Friday on government officials and the North’s defense industry in its first public act of retribution for a cyberattack against Sony. […]
KABUL, Afghanistan — The United States and NATO formally ended their war in Afghanistan on Sunday with a ceremony
at their military headquarters in Kabul as the insurgency they fought for 13 years remains as ferocious and deadly as at […]
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama announced the re-establishment of diplomatic relations and an easing in economic and travel restrictions on Cuba Wednesday, declaring an end to America’s “outdated approach” to the communist island in a historic shift aimed at ending […]
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says the U.S. will end its outdated approach to Cuba that has failed to advance U.S. interests.
Obama is announcing Wednesday that the U.S. and Cuba have agreed to re-establish diplomatic relations and open economic and […]
WASHINGTON — The United States and Cuba will start talks on normalizing full diplomatic relations, marking the most significant shift in U.S. policy toward the communist island in decades, American officials said Wednesday. The announcement comes amid a series of […]
BRISBANE, Australia — With an eye on China, President Barack Obama and the prime ministers of Japan and Australia are poised to commit their countries to closer cooperation on security in the Asia Pacific region.
But their scheduled meeting Sunday, the […]
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar — When President Barack Obama meets with Myanmar’s opposition icon Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday, he will encounter a figure in the midst of an evolution he finds familiar: the shift from history-making trailblazer to establishment politician.
Four […]
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar — President Barack Obama says Myanmar’s move toward democracy “is real,” but the process remains incomplete.
Obama is meeting with Myanmar’s President Thein Sein at his opulent palace in the country’s remote capital city. It’s Obama’s second trip to […]
BEIJING — A groundbreaking agreement struck Wednesday by the United States and China puts the world’s two worst polluters on a faster track to curbing the heat-trapping gases blamed for global warming. With the clock ticking on a worldwide climate […]
BEIJING — President Barack Obama says the U.S. had no role in fostering pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, denying claims from some China supporters.
Obama told reporters in Beijing on Wednesday that Washington wouldn’t get involved in the dispute between demonstrators […]
BEIJING — The United States and China pledged Wednesday to take ambitious action to limit greenhouse gases, aiming to inject fresh momentum into the global fight against climate change ahead of high-stakes climate negotiations next year.
President Barack Obama announced that […]
BEIJING — When Xi Jinping took the reins of a booming China two years ago, President Barack Obama saw an opportunity to remake America’s relationship with the Asian power. But even after Obama’s unusually robust efforts to forge personal ties […]
BEIJING — President Barack Obama is squelching speculation that the release of two Americans held in North Korea might pave the way for a new round of nuclear talks, saying the U.S. needs more than “small gestures” before reopening a […]
BEIJING — Putting a bright face on the future of U.S. ties to China, President Barack Obama announced Monday that the two countries would start granting visas to each other’s citizens valid for up to a decade. Yet thorny issues […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. on Saturday announced the release of the two Americans in North Korean custody after a secret trip to the reclusive communist country by President Barack Obama’s national intelligence director.
“It’s a wonderful day for them and […]
Hagel says risks of war with Islamic State far outweigh inaction, but war effort would not be simple, brief, or easy. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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ANKARA, Turkey — Assembling a coalition to fight the militants from the Islamic State group is proving to be a complicated affair.
France is all in, but would like to invite Iran – against the wishes of the United States. The […]
WASHINGTON — In a major reversal, President Barack Obama is moving to deepen the U.S. military role in the volatile Middle East, including training and arming Syrian rebels to fight Islamic State militants and potentially expanding airstrikes across the Iraqi […]
WASHINGTON — In a high-stakes address to the nation Wednesday night, President Barack Obama planned to outline a broad expansion of the U.S. military role in combating extremists in Iraq and Syria, including a call for arming Syrian opposition forces […]
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will address the nation in prime time Wednesday to outline plans for an expanded U.S. effort to confront violent Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria.
Ahead of his remarks to the American people, Obama planned […]
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama plans to begin laying out his strategy for defeating Islamic State militants expanding their grip in Iraq and Syria.
He’ll outline his evolving tactics when he meets with congressional leaders from both parties at the White […]
WASHINGTON — For President Barack Obama, it was a brief glimpse of his good old days in Europe when the continent cheered his ascent to the White House.
Obama received an enthusiastic welcome in Estonia from Baltic leaders who see American […]
STONEHENGE, England — President Barack Obama has crossed one off the bucket list.
Obama carved out time Friday to play tourist, stopping at Stonehenge before flying back to Washington after attending a NATO summit in Wales.
“How cool is this?” he remarked […]
NEWPORT, Wales (AP) — Seeking to counter Russian aggression, NATO leaders approved plans Friday to create a rapid response force with a headquarters in Eastern Europe that could quickly mobilize if an alliance country in the region were to come […]
NEWPORT, Wales — NATO leaders grappled Thursday with whether the alliance has a role in containing a mounting militant threat in the Middle East, as heads of state converged in Wales for a high-stakes summit also focused on the crisis […]
TALLINN, Estonia — President Barack Obama on Wednesday harshly condemned Russian aggression in Ukraine as a threat to peace in Europe and pledged that NATO will protect allies who fear they will be Moscow’s next target. Standing on Russia’s doorstep, […]
TALLINN, Estonia — Lashing out at Russia, President Barack Obama on Wednesday cast Moscow’s aggression in Ukraine as a threat to peace in Europe. He vigorously vowed to come to the defense of NATO allies that fear they could be […]
TALLINN, Estonia — President Barack Obama proclaimed an unwavering and permanent U.S. commitment to the security of its NATO allies, as he mounted a show of solidarity Wednesday with European nations anxious about Russia’s aggression in Ukraine.
During a visit to […]
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