February 24, 2020 Trump's Middle East plan -- what's there to be angry about? In a White House ceremony alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Trump announced his long-awaited Middle-East peace plan in January.
February 20, 2020 Paratroopers deployed to Middle East after Baghdad attack have returned home, officials say The U.S. Army’s famed 82nd Airborne Division said 800 paratroopers have returned home to Fort Bragg, N.C., on Thursday after a hasty deployment to the Middle East following the attack on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad last year.
February 18, 2020 State Department designates 5 Chinese media outlets 'foreign missions' The State Department is designating five Chinese media outlets “foreign missions,” calling them, in essence, state-sponsored propaganda and agents of the Communist Party of China, officials announced Tuesday.
February 16, 2020 US to fly home citizens in coronavirus quarantine aboard Diamond Princess cruise ship The U.S. State Department is sending chartered planes to Japan Sunday night to evacuate the nearly 400 Americans who remain quarantined aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship amid an outbreak of the coronavirus aboard.
February 15, 2020 US defense chief slams China as rising threat to world order U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Saturday cast China as a rising threat to world order -- saying the world's most populous nation steals Western know-how, intimidates smaller neighbors and seeks an “advantage by any means and at any cost.”
February 15, 2020 Family of American held in Lebanon claims he's a hostage, US senator threatens sanctions Lebanon could soon find itself punished by sanctions over the detention of an American citizen.
February 13, 2020 What happened during and after the Benghazi attack in 2012? On September 11, 2012, four Americans were killed during an attack on an American diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya triggering an intricate sequence of events that led to years of political debate. Below is a timeline of events depicting what actually happened, before and after the violent siege.
February 12, 2020 Harvard, Yale under investigation over foreign gifts totaling hundreds of millions of dollars The U.S. Department of Education announced an investigation into Harvard and Yale on Wednesday and accused both universities of failing to report foreign gifts and contracts, worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
February 11, 2020 Hong Kong coronavirus fears prompt US to allow consulate employees to leave area The U.S. State Department is now allowing some employees and family members at its consulate in Hong Kong to leave the area as fears of a coronavirus outbreak there are growing.
February 8, 2020 Pompeo warns governors of Chinese infiltration into US: 'It's happening in your state' China's Communist Party has infiltrated various levels of America's infrastructure and is working to destroy the values of the United States, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said during a speech Saturday, while also warning state governors to be wary of China's infiltration.