December 11, 2015 UN Pay and Perks: After two years of US study, still a mystery How much are the U.N.’s highly-compensated and notoriously inefficient staffers really paid? The U.S. government has been trying to solve that mystery for the past two years, even as the Obama Administration refuses to reveal how much the U.S. contributes to the bloated and not-very-effective organization.
December 10, 2015 Top American official charges U.N. patent organization chief with 'serious violations of national and international law' The top American official at the United Nations’ World Intellectual Property Organization has accused its Director General, Francis Gurry, of “serious misconduct” and “violations of national and international law” in connection with a bizarre series of alleged 2008 burglaries of staffers’ offices to obtain samples of their DNA.
December 9, 2015 New bid to rein in outsize UN salaries: even UN agencies asking for relief The tide may be turning in a long struggle to get the United Nations to cut back the fat compensation packages that it hands out to employees -- deals at least 30 percent richer than their supposedly comparable U.S. federal counterparts, according to U.S. calculations.
December 9, 2015 North Koreans mark major national holiday amid missile launch fears Foreign governments have been struggling to assess how seriously to take North Korea's recent torrent of rhetoric -- including warnings of possible nuclear war -- as it expresses its anger over continuing U.S.-South Korea military maneuvers just across the border.
December 8, 2015 Kenya blasts US over updated travel warning Kenya has sharply criticized a decision by the United States to issue an updated travel advisory for the country in the wake of the deadly attack on an upscale mall in the capital Nairobi.
November 24, 2015 State Department warns Americans to be on high alert Officials: Expect longer security lines
November 9, 2015 Two Americans among the dead after shooting at police training center in Jordan Two U.S. State Department contractors were killed after a Jordanian policeman opened fire Monday at a police training center, a U.S. official and a Jordanian government spokesman tell ӣƵ.
May 22, 2015 Hillary Clinton's scandals piling up faster than flakes in a snowstorm Wading through the daily deluge of Hillary Clinton news, I feel like I’m reading the police blotter.
May 8, 2015 Obama's strategic drift plays into Russian hands Last month, Bill and Hillary Clinton joined a slew of U.S. and pro-European officials in urging Ukraine to ignore Russia’s bullying.
May 6, 2015 Al Qaeda agent floated in swap for US prisoners? Obama's legacy takes scary turn The Obama administration while periodically claiming it doesn’t negotiate with terrorists, has done it.