US Secretary of State John Kerry was to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Thursday as he seeks agreement on a framework for final status talks with the Palestinians. The top US diplomat has faced fierce opposition from both sides
The Media Matters campaign to portray anyone with questions about the September 11, 2012, attacks on Benghazi as madcap extremists entered fever-pitch territory in December. It ended the year by condemning the Daily Beast‘s Eli Lake for having any questions
The American Civil Liberties Union filed suit against the US Government yesterday to force disclosure of the executive order dealing with electronic surveillance. The suit relates to executive order 12333 that governs surveillance of foreign entities. Under the order, the
The Russian government is confident that they will be able to deal with terror threats posed by Islamists from Chechnya at the 2014 Olympic Winter games in Sochi. The Russian security apparatus is not worried about Sochi despite the recent
In light of the two suicide bombings in Volgograd, Russia that killed 31 people and left over 50 injured, the United States offered Russia with more security during the Winter Olympics in Sochi. The games begin in six weeks. “The
A whistleblower who had helped expose misconduct by Hillary Clinton’s security detail had his Gmail account hacked and key evidence against State Department officials deleted, according to an exclusive New York Post report. Diplomatic Security Service criminal investigator Richard Higbie
WASHINGTON, Dec 27 (Reuters) – Four members of the U.S. military detained in Libya were released after being taken into custody by the government, U.S. officials said on Friday. “All four (have been) released,” a U.S. defense official said. Earlier,
For those who believe that the deal struck with Iran in Geneva was a positive step rather than one towards a future disaster, they can credit Vice President Biden’s national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, who secretly met with Iranian officials
A recent battle between Mexican authorities and a cartel in the popular Mexican resort town of Puerto Penasco, also known as Rocky Point, involved Blackhawk helicopter gunships, according to the Mexican government. The operation was reportedly aimed at a Sinaloa cartel
(AP) India diplomat says she faced cavity search in NYCBy NIRMALA GEORGEAssociated PressNEW DELHIAn Indian diplomat said she faced repeated “handcuffing, stripping and cavity searches” following her arrest in New York City on visa fraud charges in a case that
(AP) Embattled Minn. health exchange chief resignsBy BRIAN BAKSTAssociated PressST. PAUL, Minn.The chief of Minnesota’s health insurance marketplace resigned Tuesday after facing criticism over the troubled rollout and a questionably timed international vacation. April Todd-Malmlov submitted her resignation during an
New documents obtained by the Washington D.C. watchdog group Judicial Watch show a State Department official ordered an executive at the security company in charge of protecting the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya not to respond to media inquiries regarding the
(AP) Kerry back to Mideast to push peace talksBy MATTHEW LEEAP Diplomatic WriterWASHINGTONContinuing a furious pace of shuttle diplomacy aimed at securing an elusive Israeli-Palestinian peace deal by spring, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrives in the Middle East
President Barack Obama sparked controversy by shaking the hand of Cuban dictator Raúl Castro on Tuesday at the memorial for Nelson Mandela in South Africa. He avoided greeting Zimbabwean tyrant Robert Mugabe, however. Assuming that these two gestures were by
The handshake between President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raúl Castro is being described as a spontaneous gesture. However, the State Department has a large bureaucracy devoted to diplomatic protocol that would surely have kept Obama from greeting Castro if
(AP) AP WAS THERE: Japanese attack on Pearl HarborBy The Associated Press EDITOR’S NOTE _ On Dec. 7, 1941, Eugene Burns, AP’s chief of bureau in Honolulu, couldn’t get out the urgent news of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor,
American Pastor Saeed Abedini, wrongly imprisoned in Iran for over a year, has been forced to endure brutal, abusive treatment in recent days according to press reports out of Iran. Friends and family of Abedini – as well as many fellow
(AP) North Korea deports US tourist and Korean War vetBy FOSTER KLUGAssociated PressSEOUL, South KoreaNorth Korea on Saturday freed an 85-year-old U.S. veteran of the Korean War after a weekslong detention, ending the saga of Merrill Newman’s attempt to visit
By DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIPAssociated PressSEATTLEGay weddings made up 17 percent of marriages in Washington this past year, the first year gay marriages were legal in the state, state officials reported Wednesday. About 7,071 same-sex couples got married in Washington between
By LARRY NEUMEISTER and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOVAssociated PressNEW YORKU.S. claims that dozens of Russian diplomats and their spouses cheated to get health care aid meant for the poor drew a sharp rebuke Thursday from a top Russian official who blamed the
(AP) American teacher shot dead in Libya’s BenghaziBy ESAM MOHAMED and RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTIAssociated PressTRIPOLI, LibyaAn American chemistry teacher was shot to death as he was jogging in Benghazi on Thursday, highlighting persistently tenuous security in the eastern Libyan city where
James Rosen questioning State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki about captive Americans Merrill E. Newman and Kenneth Bea held in North Korea, Alan Phillip Gross held in Cuba and Pastor Saeed Abedini, Amir Mirza Hekmati and Robert Levinson in Iran…
According to a new report from the International Atomic Energy Agency, Iran’s nuclear enrichment capabilities skyrocketed under President Obama’s administration. According to Fox News’ analysis of IAEA documents, “the vast majority of Iran’s enrichment capability came online during the Obama
Despite the fact emerging that the number of Iran’s centrifuges exploded on Barack Obama’s watch, Secretary of State John Kerry has laid out the two-step Obama plan for selling the nuclear deal with Iran to the public. First, assert that
Government spending is being cut in many areas since sequestration kicked in but spending on liquor by US embassies has grown substantially during President Obama’s tenure. The Washington Times reports that the State Department’s liquor bill was over $400,000 last
The U.S. released a top Iranian scientist Mojtaba Atarodi in April as part of the dealings with Iran in Geneva recently, the Times of Israel reported. The secret back channel of negotiations between Iran and the United States, which led to this
The New York Times reported that North Korea has “accused an elderly American veteran of war crimes, and released a video Saturday of him confessing to ‘hostile acts’ during the Korean War and while he was a tourist there last month.”
HONOLULU, Nov. 28 (UPI)–Hawaiian wildlife officials and film agencies say hunting activities on the television reality show “American Jungle” are inaccurate and may be illegal. In a statement issued Wednesday, the state Department of Land and Natural Resources said it
(AP) UN blacklists alleged Benghazi attack culpritBy PETER JAMES SPIELMANNAssociated PressUNITED NATIONSThe U.N. Security Council has blacklisted an al-Qaida-affiliated militant and his network for allegedly being linked to the attack on the U.S diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya. The council’s
Days after completing nuclear talks with Iran and striking a deal on uranium enrichment and sanctions, the Obama administration has asked the Islamic Republic to release several American hostages. Criticized for not bringing up the matter during the negotiations, the White House
The Obama administration has entered secret talks with the Hezbollah terrorist group, mediated by Great Britain, according to a report in the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Rai, as relayed by the Jerusalem Post Wednesday. The State Department lists Hezbollah as a terrorist
While the West curried favor with Iran by indulging them in their pursuit of nuclear weapon with the new agreement signed over the weekend, Iran sent missile technicians to North Korea to join in development of a new rocket booster
The Obama administration has decided to shut down the free-standing American embassy to the Holy See. The offices for the Ambassador to the Vatican will be moved onto the grounds of the larger American embassy to Italy, in a separate building. The
(AP) North Korea detains US war veteran, 85, son saysBy FOSTER KLUG and ROBERT JABLONAssociated PressSEOUL, South KoreaNorth Korean officials detained an 85-year-old American veteran of the Korean War last month as he sat in a plane set to leave
On Tuesday we reported that radio talk show host Chris Plante discovered President Barack Obama had neglected to use the phrase “under God” when reciting the Gettysburg Address for a Ken Burns film project. The push-back on the story was
Monday, “The Lead with Jake Tapper” highlighted the story of former Army Captain Brian Larson, an Iraq war veteran desperately trying to get the Iraqi interpreter, who was a crucial part of his team during the war, out of that
(AP) Deal closer: Iran concedes on right to enrichBy GEORGE JAHNAssociated PressVIENNASince the start of talks on Iran’s nuclear program, Iran has asserted it has a right to enrich uranium — and the United States has disagreed. Both have refused
Former US Attorney Joe DiGenova called out House Republican leadership and, specifically, Armed Services Chairman Buck McKeon (R-CA) Monday morning for not aggressively issuing subpoenas in relation to the Benghazi terrorist attacks and suspected cover-up. DiGenova and his wife and
(AP) US quietly offers bounties for Benghazi attackersBy MATTHEW LEEAP Diplomatic WriterWASHINGTONThe State Department said Friday that it has been quietly offering rewards since January of up to $10 million for information leading to the arrest or conviction of any
Secretary of State John Kerry will tell the Senate Banking Committee Wednesday that Congress should withhold any new sanctions against Iran to allow diplomacy a chance to succeed. State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki put the case more bluntly, saying that
