TEL AVIV – Only the most demented of minds could single out the sole democracy in the Middle East, the country that goes much further than any other nation on earth to protect civilians in the battle field, and accuse said nation of possibly committing “gross violations of human rights.”
Colombia’s Attorney General is investigating whether a high-ranking general tendered his resignation from the Armed Forces under pressure from government officials seeking to appease the FARC terror group, currently stonewalling a peace deal the nation’s president has wagered his legacy on.
On Sunday, Secretary of State John Kerry told CBS’s “Face the Nation” that leaders around the world were “shocked” by the rise of Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump and described his potential leadership as something that “upsets people’s sense of
With FARC, President Barack Obama once again seeks peace at any price with America’s historic enemies while abandoning its allies and friends.
Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation” Secretary of State John Kerry said the shock and questions he is getting from world leaders about the 2016 presidential race are an “embarrassment to our country.” Partial transcript as follows: DICKERSON: In response
TEL AVIV – Israeli and Jordanian F-16s confronted Russian warplanes in January, warning them to stay away from the two countries’ shared border, King Abdullah of Jordan told U.S. lawmakers. According to a report by the Middle East Eye on Abdullah’s briefing to members of Congress on January 11, Russian warplanes were observing Israeli defense measures in the Golan Heights, which borders Syria.
The outcome of Secretary of State John Kerry’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin was a renewed push for a “political solution” in Syria, with a call to draft a new Syrian Constitution by August.
One of the most frustrating things about the danger of the Muslim invasion of Europe and the human tragedy of the refugee crisis could have been avoided, if only the media had been willing to report the truth. Now, two
Secretary of State John Kerry said of ISIS foreign fighters “we don’t know how many people precisely there are who have filtered their way back in” but that he is “convinced that we are slowly and steadily deteriorating Daesh’s ability
Two Americans were confirmed among the 31 dead in Brussels on Friday, the victims of Tuesday’s terror attack. Meanwhile, Obama did the wave and the tango.
Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Moscow on Wednesday for meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, with the future of Syria high on the agenda.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The ultimate decision of whether or not Kurds should be allowed to establish their own region in northern Syria lies with the Syrian people, according to the U.S. Department of State (DOS).
Secretary of State John Kerry will meet with the head negotiators of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the world’s largest Marxist terrorist organization, during his visit to Cuba alongside President Obama Monday.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard leaders have suggested the construction of a statue of the ten American soldiers they captured in January.
On Monday, March 14, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed Resolution 75, which declares and condemns, in the clearest of language, that the Islamic State has committed acts of genocide against Assyrian Christians and Yezidis in Iraq and Syria.
On Thursday, Secretary of State John Kerry acknowledged that ISIS, which he refers to as Daesh, is indeed committing genocide. The Obama administration had been reluctant to use such terminology, but Kerry for apparently the first time has used the term
Officials in Iran allege they seized over 13,000 pages of information from devices used by the United States sailors detained in January.
Flourishing in the ruins of post-Qaddafi Libya, the Islamic State has grown ambitious enough to attack neighboring Tunisia. Meanwhile, the Pentagon has drawn up plans for U.S. military operations, including airstrikes against up to 40 targets.
On Tuesday, the Iranian government test-fired ballistic missiles in violation of international agreements. When called on it, they threatened to walk away from a deal cut with the Obama administration and the G5+1 last year that freed the country of sanctions in return for commitments to stop nuclear arms development.
Secretary of State John Kerry will not travel to Cuba ahead of President Barack Obama’s trip to the island on March 21, according to State Department officials. Various reports cite logistical issues at the nascent American embassy in Havana and human rights disputes between the two governments as the reasons.
The Department of Justice has granted immunity to former Hillary Clinton IT staffer Bryan Pagliano in the FBI investigation into Clinton’s potential mishandling of classified information.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the opposition have accused each other of breaking a three-day ceasefire imposed to help end the five-year civil war.
The head of China’s military operations in the South China Sea threatened this weekend to use force to “deal with any security threat” in the region, asserting that “China’s sovereignty” in the region — highly disputed by its neighbors — was worth deploying the military.
Secretary of State John Kerry said this week he is seeking more evidence against the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) to label their crimes genocide.
Admiral Harry Harris, the commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, said Wednesday the Navy plans to expand the frequency and variety of freedom of navigation operations in the South China Sea, following reports that Beijing has escalated its militarization of islands and reefs in disputed territory in the region.
Secretary of State John Kerry told the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee he plans to travel to Cuba in the “next week or two” to discuss human rights.
Vice President Joe Biden attended a private Washington D.C. screening of Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, Tina Fey’s upcoming film about author and journalist Kim Barker’s war reporting in Afghanistan and Pakistan, on Tuesday.
The Pentagon and CIA do not believe Russia will honor the ceasefire agreement in Syria arrived at this week, according to sources speaking to The Wall Street Journal.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told Secretary of State John Kerry that the South China Sea belongs to his country and they have every right to defend their territory, despite a lack of evidence China ever legally controlled the territory it claims in the region.
A report surfacing after a long day of talks between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Secretary of State John Kerry claims China has placed up to ten fighter jets in the Paracel Islands, disputed territory in the South China Sea. The report follows satellite evidence that Beijing has added surface-to-air missiles and an advanced radar system to its arsenal in the region.
Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has called parliamentary elections in April, a decision both expected and believed to have little effect on Assad himself. Nonetheless, Russian and Iranian media are applauding Assad following an agreement between Russia and the United States to a ceasefire end to hostilities in Syria on February 27.
Secretary of State John Kerry said that he wouldn’t let his staffers use an unofficial, non-secure server to transmit classified information during an appearance given “what we understand about the vulnerability of our system” before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Contents: China building powerful new radar system in South China Sea; Report: China’s military buildup neutralizes America’s aircraft carriers; John Kerry and Russia announce a new Syria peace plan
Contents: Delhi in crisis as India sends thousands of troops to quash Jat riots; Jats demand entry into the ‘reservation system’ for jobs and education; Bomb explosions strike Assad strongholds in Syria as Kerry speaks of ‘provisional’ peace
Secretary of State John Kerry has vowed to engage the Chinese government in “a very serious conversation” over satellite images released this week that show China has placed surface-to-air missiles in the Paracel Islands, a contested territory in the South China Sea.
More than a month after Iran captured two U.S. Navy patrol boats with ten sailors onboard January 12, there is still very little information on what transpired. Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Senator John McCain (Ariz-R), has given President Barack Obama an ultimatum: either provide details of an investigation by March 1 or he will subpoena the sailors to testify before Congress.
The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) has released a report concluding that Russian airstrikes have killed more Syrian civilians than the Syrian forces or the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in January.
Secretary of State John Kerry met with a number of major film studio heads on Tuesday for a discussion about how the movie industry can help fight narratives being pushed abroad by the Islamic State.
In a sign of escalating tensions, Russia and Turkey have begun accusing each other of supporting “terrorist” organizations in Syria.
Facing growing international pressure to intervene as the nation almost solely responsible for North Korea’s survival, China has decreed the rogue nation’s containment a “U.S. obligation,” protesting that ‘the U.S. should not always try to outsource its problems to China.”
