January 10, 2017 Pentagon sending sea-based radar to Korean peninsula amid growing nuke threat The Pentagon has dispatched a sea-based X-band radar unit to the Far East in response to recent nuclear threats by North Korea's Communist dictatorship, a U.S. defense official told ӣƵ Tuesday.
January 1, 2017 Republicans uneasy over Iran nuke 'deal,' lawmakers demand say on any final agreement The highly touted "framework" for an Iranian nuclear deal, announced Thursday following days of intense negotiations, is being met with mixed reviews on Capitol Hill -- as Republicans voice skepticism and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle reprise demands that Congress have a say.
December 31, 2016 Official: Cuba terror listing won’t affect US push for embassy, diplomatic ties The Obama administration plans to proceed on forging diplomatic ties with Cuba – and potentially opening an embassy -- regardless of whether the country stays on the list of state sponsors of terrorism.
December 29, 2016 British PM denounces Kerry for speech critical of Israel British Prime Minister Theresa May issued a strong statement Thursday denouncing Secretary of State John Kerry for a speech that was heavily critical of Israel.
December 29, 2016 Top Dems turn on Kerry over Israel speech Secretary of State John Kerry is facing fresh criticism over his blunt speech taking aim at the Israeli government, coming from not only congressional Republicans but also from senior members of his own party.
December 28, 2016 Alan Dershowitz: John Kerry's meaningless speech and tragic missed opportunity Secretary Kerry's speech Wednesday was as one-sided as the US abstention at the U.N. last week.
December 28, 2016 Netanyahu slams Kerry's speech defending UN vote as 'unbalanced' Israel fired back at Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blasting Kerry’s lengthy televised rebuke of the Middle Eastern democracy.
December 28, 2016 Kerry rips ‘settler agenda’ in speech defending UN vote, Israeli PM fires back A defiant Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday defended the U.S. decision allowing the United Nations to condemn Israeli settlements, while lashing out at the so-called “settler agenda” which he claimed is hurting prospects for peace – in a wide-ranging speech that inflamed tensions with Israel and drew a swift rebuke from the prime minister.
December 28, 2016 Obama and Kerry's Middle East peace 'plan' is simply an act of moral cowardice With less than four weeks before he leaves office, Barack Obama finally worked with Israel’s enemies to pass a United Nations resolution hostile to Israel.
December 15, 2016 Evacuations begin in Aleppo as Kerry decries Assad regime's 'massacre' Embattled Syrian rebels losing their last territory they controlled in Aleppo watched medics start evacuating the wounded and people caught in the crossfire Thursday, as Secretary of State John Kerry described the Syrian government's actions as "nothing short of a massacre."