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• U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Meets With China's President Xi Jinping In Effort To Ease Regional Tensions

  Kerry underscored that Chinese leaders must put added pressure on their ally North Korea in an effort to end its nuclear weapons program. After meeting with President Xi Jinping in Beijings's Great Hall of the People, Kerry also met with China's senior leaders, including Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

• Syria: President Obama Decides to Wait & Seek Congressional Approval In Order to Authorize Military Action (Video)

  President Barack Obama announced Saturday he will seek congressional approval before launching any kind of military action on Syria, in hopes of punishing the Bashar al-Assad regime for its chemical weapons attack two weeks ago that killed hundreds over 1,000 people, including 426 children

• Commentary: How International Law Applies to the Arab-Israeli Conflict (Video)

  International law has played a central role in attempting to solve the Arab-Israel conflict but their respective passions, cultural differences, and distinct narratives of the two sides have often taken precedence over it.

• President Obama and President Putin Square Off at G8 Summit Over Syrian Civil War (Video)

  Sharp divisions in ideologies over how to handle the civil war in Syria led to a chilly encounter between U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G8 Summit on Monday.

• Honey Trap: Benjamin Bishop, Former Intelligence Officer Arrested, Allegedly Leaked U.S. Military Secrets to Chinese Girlfriend (Video)

  Benjamin Bishop, a former U.S.Army officer, has been charged with passing information relating to nuclear weapons and other military secrets to his Chinese girlfriend, the Justice Department said. Bishop was arrested Friday at work, appearing in federal court in Honolulu on Monday.

• 'All Out War:' North Korea's Kim Jung Un Threatens America with New Bellicose Language

  Since North Korea conducted underground nuclear tests on February 12, the international community has taken renewed interest - and consternation- by their bellicose actions. These tests prompted the United Nations Security Council to order harsher sanctions against the already isolated country. In return, North Korea has threatened the U.S., and its allies "all out war."

• Russian Adoption Boy’s Death: Ruled As Accidental But Called a "Murder," A Blow to US-Russian Relations

  Officials in West Texas said last Monday they are investigating the "suspicious" death of a 3-year-old boy, who was adopted from Russia. A Russian official blamed the death on "inhuman abuse," He was born on January 9, 2010, and died on January 21, 2013, according to Konstantin Dolgov, the Russian Foreign Ministry's special representative for human rights. "I would like to draw your attention to another case of inhuman abuse of a Russian child by U.S. adoptive parents."

• Hacker Attack: U.S. Officials Address Cyber Threat at "Highest Levels" with China

  Officials in the Obama administration have addressed "serious concern" with China's alleged cyber-hacking, reporting that China's People's Liberation Army had stolen date from 115 U.S. companies over seven years.

• Chuck Hagel Secretary of Defense Hearings Begin, Faces a Grilling by Senate Panel

  As President Obama's newly nominated Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel is set to meet with the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday, he will no doubt get a harsher grilling from his colleagues than the newly confirmed Secretary of State John Kerry did two weeks ago.

• Kremlin Scraps Law Enforcement Deal with U.S.

  The decade-old law enforcement agreement between the US and Russia has been scrapped. The decade-old law enforcement agreement between the U. S. and Russia has been scrapped.