An elderly US couple charged with spying for Cuba for almost 30 years has pleaded guilty in the conspiracy, with the husband agreeing ...
SPIN METER: Conservatives blast Obama, but his bow isn't unprecedented Some conservative commentators seized on President Barack Obama's deep bow to Japan's Emperor ...
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks during a news conference with German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, not shown, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf) Copyright 2009 AP News
US disappointed Honduras hasn't formed a unity government The State Department is expressing disappointment that Honduras has failed to form a unity government. State Department spokesman Ian Kelly told reporters Friday that "it is urgent that this government be created immediately." Former ...
Obama administration considers genetic testing for some, mainly African, refugee applicants The Obama administration is considering using DNA tests for some foreign refugee applicants following a Bush-era pilot program that found massive fraud among those claiming family links to join relatives already ...
The United States said Thursday it is "concerned" by expanding fighting on the Saudi-Yemeni border and urged all parties to protect civilians. "We're concerned by the expansion of the conflict along the Saudi-Yemeni border," State Department spokesman Ian Kelly told reporters, though ...
State Department officials defended Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's five-day Middle East trip, which was marred by controversy over Israeli settlements. Clinton's trip was intended to revive the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, which is one of President Barack Obama's top foreign priorities but ...
Italian judge convicts 23 Americans in absentia of kidnapping in CIA rendition of cleric An Italian judge found 23 Americans and two Italians guilty Wednesday in the kidnapping of an Egyptian terror suspect, delivering the first legal convictions anywhere in the world ...
White House recordings show President Kennedy saw no reason to go ahead with coup Newly released White House tapes from the Vietnam War era portray President John F. Kennedy wrestling over the fate of South Vietnam's strongman in a situation that appears ...
Stanley receives contract with Department of State office worth about $59 million Stanley Inc., a government contractor, said Tuesday it is part of a team with Harris Corp. that will receive a $196.5 million contract from an office of the Department of ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About 60 Yemeni Jews have moved to the United States since July under a clandestine operation by State Department officials to escape anti-Jewish attacks in their homeland, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday. Only 200 to 300 Jews ...
In this photo released by the Israeli Government Press Office, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and U.S. special Mideast peace envoy George Mitchell, right, seen, in Jerusalem, Friday, Oct. 30, 2009. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will meet Israeli ...
