December 20, 2015 Kerry arrives in Vienna, Iran nuke talks likely to be extended past July 20 deadline U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and fellow foreign ministers are adding their diplomatic muscle to nuclear talks with Iran, with a target date only a week away for a pact meant to curb programs Tehran could turn to making atomic arms.
December 20, 2015 Kerry arrives in Afghanistan to meet candidates U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry made a hastily arranged visit to Afghanistan on Friday to help resolve an election crisis sowing chaos in a country that the U.S. has spent hundreds of billions of dollars and lost more than 2,000 lives trying to stabilize.
December 20, 2015 NATO chief says Afghan president must be decided by September for NATO troops to remain Afghanistan leaders must settle the nation's disputed presidential election in the next two months if they want NATO troops to stick around past the end of the year, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen told Ó£ÌÒÊÓÆµ.
December 20, 2015 7 Colombians now facing murder charges in US for death of DEA agent The Department of Justice says seven Colombians have been extradited to the United States to face charges related to the 2013 stabbing death of a U.S. drug agent in Bogota.
December 20, 2015 Obama: Elections mark 'milestone' for Libya President Obama says Libya's parliamentary elections mark a "milestone" in the country's transition toward democracy. Â
December 20, 2015 Can Putin be trusted? US weighs sanctions pullback as Russia shifts course on Ukraine The Obama administration could reconsider a looming package of sanctions on the Russian economy as Vladimir Putin makes an about-face and signals a willingness to ease the crisis Moscow helped create in Ukraine.
December 20, 2015 Iraqi leaders seen as desperate as Kerry arrives in Baghdad Choppering into Baghdad for his first visit to Iraq since an army of Sunni insurgents began seizing major cities in an advance toward the capital, Secretary of State John Kerry began a series of critical meetings with key Iraqi politicians, in an effort to prod them towards the swift formation of a new central government.
December 20, 2015 Obama urges Putin to stop backing separatists President Barack Obama is urging Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop supporting pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine and the flow of arms across the border.
December 20, 2015 Kerry arrives in Iraq amid threat of widening sectarian war Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Iraq Monday to try and prevent the country from descending into sectarian civil war fewer than three years after the departure of American forces.
December 20, 2015 Kerry heads to Middle East for Iraq talks Secretary of State John Kerry is heading to the Mideast this weekend to discuss Iraq's stability as a raging Sunni Muslim insurgency threatens the Shiite-led government. The U.S. is offering limited assistance to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki but wants him to take dramatic steps to soothe Sunnis who say they have been shut out from his government.