WASHINGTON: The Obama administration has waived democracy requirements to release up to $1.5 billion in aid to Egypt despite concerns that the country is backsliding on commitments it made to democratic governance and rule of law, congressional (...)
WASHINGTON: Drought, floods and a lack of fresh water may cause significant global instability and conflict in the coming decades, as developing countries scramble to meet demand from exploding populations while dealing with the effects of climate (...)
WASHINGTON: The Obama administration is preparing to approve the release of at least a portion of $1.5 billion in aid to Egypt despite concerns that Cairo is not complying with conditions to receive the assistance, US officials said (...)
RABAT, Morocco: US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says American officials are evaluating the latest developments in the legal case in Egypt against 16 American democracy advocates.
An Egyptian court on Sunday delayed the trial until (...)
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is calling an alleged Iranian plot to kill Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States a "dangerous escalation" in Iran's support for terrorism that must draw an international (...)
WASHINGTON — The United States is watching warily as relations among its allies Israel, Egypt and Turkey deteriorate, threatening Mideast stability and American goals for the region.
The simultaneous trouble between the Jewish state and two (...)
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is preparing to explicitly demand the departure of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and hit his regime with tough new sanctions, U.S. officials said Tuesday as the State Department signaled for the first time (...)
ISTANBUL (AP) — The United States and more than 30 other nations on Friday formally recognized Libya's main opposition group as the country's legitimate government, giving the rebel movement a major boost.
The decision, which declared Libyan (...)
WASHINGTON: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday lent her support to "brave" women in Saudi Arabia who are protesting the Islamic kingdom's ban on female drivers, making her first public comments on an issue that has become an (...)
WASHINGTON (AP): Despite a ruthless crackdown on pro-reform demonstrators, there is no international appetite for a warlike approach to Syria, a crucial Mideast playmaker with ties to Iran and a say in any eventual Arab peace with Israel.
In (...)
BERLIN: US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is warning that rising intolerance toward women and religious minorities threatens to hijack democratic transitions around the Arab world and spread violent extremism.
Clinton told an award (...)
WASHINGTON: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will travel to Egypt and Tunisia next week to press democratic reforms in the wake of rebellions that ousted the two countries' longtime autocratic rulers. She will also meet members of Libya's (...)
WASHINGTON: Even as the White House tries to prepare for an Egypt without longtime U.S. ally Hosni Mubarak, it won't be drawn into predicting when the Egyptian president will step down.
"Only he knows what he's going to do," President Barack (...)
DOHA: US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday delivered a stark warning to Arab leaders that they will face growing unrest, extremism and even rebellion unless they quickly address depleting oil and water reserves and enact real (...)
SANAA: US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday urged Yemen to step up cooperation with the United States as she made an unannounced visit here to shore up and repair damaged ties with a fragile and problematic ally that is fast (...)
WASHINGTON: Bristling over the unauthorized release of more than a quarter million classified State Department documents, the Obama White House on Monday ordered a government-wide review of how agencies safeguard sensitive information.
The (...)
UNITED NATIONS: Exhorting world leaders to push past years of cynicism and pessimism, President Barack Obama challenged the countries of the United Nations on Thursday to unite around peace efforts that he said could achieve agreement within a year (...)
UNITED NATIONS: President Barack Obama is exhorting the world to unite around the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, challenging the United Nations to support an agreement that would create an independent Palestine and a secure Israel in a year's (...)
WASHINGTON: In an early sign of promise, Israeli and Palestinian leaders pledged in a cordial first round of talks to keep meeting at regular intervals, aiming to nail down a framework for overcoming deep disputes and achieving lasting peace within (...)
WASHINGTON: The Obama administration said Thursday it is near to securing an agreement between Israel and the Palestinians to resume direct peace talks. Some US officials said an announcement could be imminent.
The State Department said an (...)
WASHINGTON: The imam behind controversial plans for a mosque near the site of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks is being sent by the State Department on a religious outreach trip to the Middle East, officials said Tuesday, in a move that drew (...)
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama says there is hope for peace between Israel and the Palestinians, but that does not mean that he is "blindly optimistic." The comments came as his administration and a crucial Arab ally stepped up appeals for the (...)
WASHINGTON: The United States on Monday came out strongly against efforts by Muslim nations to bar the defamation of religions, saying the moves would restrict free speech.
Some claim that the best way to protect the freedom of religion is to (...)
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama s popularity has boosted America s image abroad even though deep suspicions about the US persist in the Muslim world, according to a poll released Thursday.
The survey of two dozen nations conducted earlier this (...)
WASHINGTON: The special US envoy for Middle East peace, George Mitchell, has asked to open his own office in the region to deal with day-to-day developments between Israel, the Palestinians and neighboring states, signaling a desire for greater (...)