December 20, 2015 'Pleading' distress calls made from US consulate on night of Benghazi attack State Department employees at the Benghazi compound knew they were in a death trap and made a series of radio distress calls to the CIA annex during the terror assault last year, according to congressional sources familiar with recent testimony on the attack from five CIA personnel.
December 20, 2015 Obama urges skeptical senators to hold off on Iran sanctions during talks President Obama personally appealed to senators on Tuesday to give his administration more time to work out a possible nuclear deal with Iran, and hold off on seeking additional sanctions.
December 20, 2015 Details emerge about Americans badly injured in Benghazi attack In addition to the four Americans killed in the Benghazi terror attack last year, at least two other Americans were severely injured in the fighting that night, Ó£ÌÒÊÓÆµ has learned.
December 20, 2015 Ó£ÌÒÊÓÆµ Poll: 65 percent want Congress to keep investigating Benghazi attack As the House Select Committee on Intelligence meets with witnesses to the Benghazi attack, Americans by a two-to-one margin want Congress to continue to investigate the Obama administration’s handling of the terrorist attack that killed four Americans including a U.S. ambassador.Â
December 20, 2015 State Department designates two Nigerian militant groups as terrorist organizations The State Department has designated two Nigerian militant groups -- Boko Haram and Ansaru -- as foreign terrorist organizations to help U.S. and other law enforcement agencies investigate and prosecute suspects associated with the two extremist networks.
December 20, 2015 US will reportedly hit Infosys with record fine for immigration violations The United States government is preparing to hit India-based outsourcing giant Infosys with the largest immigration fine ever levied, after an investigation found that the company illegally placed workers on visitor visas at American corporate clients.Â
December 20, 2015 Report: First Western eyewitness in Benghazi to go public gives account of attack, warning signs The first Western eyewitness to the deadly Benghazi terror attacks is given an account of the seven-hour assault on the U.S. outpost in Libya and says Americans knew such an incident was inevitable.
December 20, 2015 Benghazi suspects not on State Department's 'Rewards for Justice' list The State Department's "Rewards for Justice" program -- which offers multi-million-dollar payouts for tips leading to wanted terrorists -- does not include suspects in the Benghazi terror attack.
December 20, 2015 Pakistani PM meets with Obama, urges US to end drone strikes Seeking to improve a rocky relationship, President Obama and Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday pledged cooperation on the security issues that have strained ties between their nations. But the sources of the long-standing tensions did briefly bubble to the surface.
December 20, 2015 US cutting military aid, hundreds of millions in cash assistance to Egypt The Obama administration is withholding hundreds of millions of dollars in cash to Egypt, in addition to military aid, in response to the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi and the crackdown by the military-backed government on his supporters.