President Obama conceded Wednesday that the lengthy process of evaluating whether to move ahead with the Keystone XL oil pipeline was probably viewed by Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper as…
“Our approach as the United States is not to see these [conflicts] as some Cold War chessboard, in which we’re at competition with Russia,” President Obama said on Wednesday, asked whether…
“We are talking about the possibility of sanctions or other steps with our friends in Europe and elsewhere in order to try to create the environment for compromise” in Ukraine, Secretary of…
“This situation can be settled non-violently,” Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland told Ukraine’s leaders during a recent visit to Kiev. “There is no place for violence.”
Iran insists it will not discuss its missiles in talks with the U.S. and other powers for a comprehensive nuclear agreement, starting in Vienna on Tuesday. Early this month the lead U.S.…
Venezuela's left-wing government accuses the U.S. government of “lying” about rising tensions in the Latin American country, as it prepares to expel three U.S. consular officials.
Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday slammed “loud interest groups” and “a tiny minority of shoddy scientists” who challenge claims on climate change, a phenomenon he described as “perhaps…
Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Thursday that Afghan decisions on releasing prisoners are “of no concern to the U.S., and should be of no concern to the U.S.” The U.S. military regards some…
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) displayed graphic photos on the Senate floor Wednesday of atrocities in Syria, and predicted that a future American president will someday acknowledge that more…
Asked why the U.S. should not enact a new, delayed-action sanctions bill to make clear to the Iranians the importance of them not violating an interim nuclear agreement, Secretary of State John…
Last February, then-State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland was asked at a press briefing whether rumors of “direct, secret, bilateral talks with Iran” were true or not, and said “no.” A…
Vice-President Joe Biden told an international conference last February that the administration “would not make it a secret’ if it was holding bilateral talks with Iran, but “would let our…
Former NBA star Dennis Rodman sang “Happy Birthday” to Kim Jong-un before an exhibition match in Pyongyang on Wednesday marking the North Korean leader’s 31st birthday. His team of former NBA…
After a year marked by insecurity and violent attacks by Islamists, Egypt’s Coptic Christian minority celebrated Coptic Christmas on Tuesday under heavy security.
Beyond saying that he wasn't speaking on behalf of the U.S., State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki on Tuesday declined to offer any “analysis” on former NBA star Dennis Rodman’s trip to North…
At the Munich Security Conference last year, Vice-President Biden reaffirmed that the administration’s offer to engage with Iran, first made four years earlier, remained on the table. Iranian…
Former American basketball star Dennis Rodman, who arrived in Pyongyang Monday on his fourth visit, said the reclusive Stalinist state is “not bad,” and that Kim Jong-un “is actually trying to…
Speaking in Jerusalem during the latest in a string of visits, Secretary of State John Kerry said the issues were complicated and “involve the survival and the future of peoples,” but argued…
Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday the U.S. will help Iraqi authorities fight al Qaeda fighters in western Iraq, but will not send troops.