May 2, 2016 US senators urge Saudi Arabia to halt ‘barbaric’ flogging of blogger A high-powered group of U.S. senators is demanding that Saudi Arabia cancel the "barbaric punishment" of a blogger sentenced to 1,000 lashes for criticizing the country's clerics, saying the floggings are particularly troubling in the wake of terror attacks driven by "religious intolerance."
May 2, 2016 GOP-led Senate plans swift push for more Iran sanctions, despite nuclear talks A top Senate Republican said Thursday that the GOP-led chamber will move in a matter of weeks on legislation imposing more sanctions on Iran -- despite administration concerns it could imperil nuclear talks.
May 2, 2016 CIA director says secret 9/11 report pages full of hearsay, inaccurate info CIA Director John Brennan said Sunday that 28 classified pages of a bipartisan commission's report on the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks contains "uncorroborated, unvetted information" that some could seize upon to claim Saudi Arabian involvement in the attacks.
April 28, 2016 Power players set to miss DC nuclear summit Some powerful players could be missing from a U.S.-hosted nuclear summit later this week in Washington, as Russia says it won’t participate and Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif cancels his planned trip.
April 28, 2016 Obama catches 'optics' flak over state dinner tango First, he caught heat for doing the wave alongside Cuba's dictator — while the rest of the world was watching images of ISIS carnage in Brussels. Now, new images of President Obama doing the tango – albeit a bit awkwardly – in Buenos Aires are further fueling an “optics” problem.
April 28, 2016 Castro urges return of Guantanamo land, after meeting with Obama Cuban President Raul Castro directly challenged President Obama on the heels of their historic meeting in Havana Monday to lift more restrictions on the island and return land used for the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay – as the visiting U.S. president, in turn, chided the Cuban government on democracy and human rights.
April 28, 2016 Ex-envoy says Bush admin indirectly worked with Iranian general to unseat Iraq PM The George W. Bush administration indirectly cooperated with a powerful Iranian spymaster in 2006 to unseat then-Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, the former U.S. ambassador to Baghdad, Zalmay Khalilzad, said in an interview.
April 28, 2016 US to declassify military, intelligence records on Argentina 'Dirty War' President Barack Obama will move to declassify U.S. military and intelligence records related to Argentina's "Dirty War," the White House said Thursday, aiming to bring closure to questions of U.S. involvement in a notorious chapter in Argentina's history.
April 28, 2016 Obama points finger at Britain, France over Libya chaos President Barack Obama has strongly criticized the leaders of Great Britain and France for their policy toward Libya after the 2011 overthrow of dictator Muammar Qaddafi, saying that he was mistaken to believe the U.S.' European allies would be "more invested in the follow-up" to Qaddafi's fall.