Since his inauguration day, President Trump has vowed to combat radical islam terrorism, and his administration has taken a strong position to address the issue.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai said that he prefers that his successor will sign the security pact with the United States, which could keep American troops in the country for a decade or longer
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki arrived at the White House to appeal to President Barack Obama for more U.S. assistance combating increased terrorism perpetrated by an emboldened insurgency within his country. Al-Maliki argued that U.S. assistance with additional weapons and help with intelligence are paramount to quell unrest in the country
The United States released more than $1.6 billion in military and economic aid to Pakistan, news reports said. The relations between the two countries grew strained after Navy Seals led a covert raid killing Osama bin Laden in the military town of Abbottabad in May, 2011
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has led the American delegation in the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum in Bali and the East Asia Summit, which began over the weekend. Kerry was in Tokyo for security talks, and learned early last week that he would be also be visiting Malaysia and the Philippines. He has subbed in for President Barack Obama, as the White House canceled the president's planned four-nation Asian tour, in order to help deal with government shutdown in Washington
The Pentagon confirmed on Saturday night that U.S. special forces captured alive Nazih Abdul-Hamed-al-Ruqai, also known by his alias Abu Anas al Libi in Tripoli, Libya, accused by America for his involvement in the 1998 bombings of the U.S. Embassies in Tanzania and Kenya, which killed more than 220 people,
Twenty years ago, a U.S. humanitarian mission in Mogadishu, Somalia went awry, culminating in two crashes of two Black Hawk helicopters crashed, leading to the country to withdraw from the country within months,
Caroline Kennedy is expected to be named the next U.S. ambassador to Japan after being greeted "gently" by both parties in a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing which lasted an hour and 20 minutes on Thursday
President Barack Obama said that he will be open to direct talks between Iran and the United States but only if the Muslim country is serious about getting rid of its nuclear weapons program, the White House said on Thursday.
President Barack Obama said Tuesday night that while he wants to punish Bashar al Assad's use of chemical weapons, he said in a primetime speech that he would put off a military strike and work with Russia, China to coax the Syrian dictator to relinquish its chemical weapons,
Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger weighed in on the current Syrian crisis involving potential military intervention by the U.S. , in an appearance Monday on CNN's Christiane Amanpour's show
One day after calling U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry a liar, Russian President Vladimir Putin met with President Barack Obama at the G-20 summit on Thursday.
Secretary of State John Kerry and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is testifying on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday to argue the Obama administration's case for using military force in Syria
Secretary of State John Kerry condemned the use of chemical weapons against civilians in Syria, commenting five days after a reported attack killed hundreds near Damascus, the Associated Press reported. While both sides of the conflict accuse the other of carrying out the attack, a senior U.S. official said over the week that signs point to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government
Middle East peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians will officially resume in the next two weeks, Secretary of State John Kerry announced on Tuesday at the State Department with negotiators from both sides.
Thousands of supporters and opponents of Egypt's Islamist president Muhammad Morsi held rival sit-ins in separate parts of Cairo Saturday on the eve of opposition-led mass protests aimed at forcing him from power.
Edward Snowden, the 29-year-old former government contractor who leaked sensitive information on the National Security Agency surveillance programs, says he sought the job with Booz Hallen Hamilton to gather evidence on the agency's data collection networks.
The U.S. will meet the Taliban in Doha, Qatar for talks aimed at achieving peace in Afghanistan where the United States has battled the insurgents for 12 years, U.S. officials said on Tuesday. The officials who spoke on condition of anonymity, also said the Taliban would issue a statement on Tuesday opposing the use of Afghan soil for attacks on other countries, and that they support an Afghan soil for attacks on other countries and that they support an Afghan peace process.
President Obama has picked Susan Rice to replace Tom Donilon as his new national security adviser, replacing Tom Donilon whose work as national security adviser since 2010 won praise from a president who spoke of " strengthening our alliances" and "enhancing our relationship with key powers."
Pfc. Bradley Manning, who in May 2010 was detained for leaking classified combat videoes to WikiLeaks, including a U.S. helicopter gunship attack, began his trial Monday at Maryland's Fort Meade. In February, the 25-year-old Manning pleaded guilty to 10 of the 22 charges against him and faces up to decades in jail. He did not plead guilty to aiding United States' enemies, which carries the potential for a life sentence.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told Russian President Vladimir Putin that the U.S. and Russia share common interests in Syria, and that the two countries ought to work more closely to help end the bloodshed in the Arab country that has killed more than 70,000 people.
