The U.S. Senate on Thursday took a first concrete step toward dismantling Obamacare, voting to instruct key committees to draft legislation repealing President Barack Obama's signature health insurance program. The vote was 51-48. The resolution now goes to the House of Representatives, which...
The White House Wednesday said U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and his transition team have refused to make public information that would put to rest questions about his and his family's possible financial entanglements in Russia. "There's ample evidence that they could marshal, to make...
President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, said on Wednesday he would support maintaining U.S. sanctions on Russia until the United States further develops its approach to the country. "I would leave things in the status quo so we are able to convey...
President Barack Obama didn't just say farewell to the nation. He said goodbye to Air Force One, too. Obama's roundtrip to his Chicago hometown, where he delivered the speech, marked the 445th time that he's flown aboard the familiar, eye-catching blue and white U.S. government airplane with...
The PYD should be party to any Syrian peace talks, the U.S. said Tuesday. "This process has to include all Syrians, and that includes the Syrian Kurds," State Department spokesman Mark Toner told reporters. Asked explicitly if the PYD should be at the table, Toner replied, "At some point...
U.S. Republican and Democratic senators said Tuesday they want to slap a wide range of sanctions on Russia over its cyber activities and actions in Syria and Ukraine, and force President Donald Trump to formally waive them if he has objections. Ten senators - Republicans John McCain, Lindsey...
Five officials from the United Arab Emirates were among the dead in a bombing in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, the Emirates' official WAM news agency said Wednesday. The officials were "on a mission to carry out humanitarian, educational and development projects", the news agency...
(CNN)- Classified documents presented last week to President Obama and President-elect Trump included allegations that Russian operatives claim to have compromising personal and financial information about Mr. Trump, multiple US officials with direct knowledge of the briefings tell CNN. The...
U.S. President Barack Obama, in an interview aired on Israeli television on Tuesday, said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu policy backing settlements in occupied territory is making a future Palestinian state impossible. "Bibi says that he believes in the two-state solution and yet his...
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Tuesday exchanged views on Syrian issue in a phone conversation, according to the diplomatic sources. The sources who spoke on condition of anonymity said the two leaders discussed the Syrian...
Pope Francis will grant Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas an audience at the Vatican on Saturday, the Holy See confirmed indirectly Tuesday by announcing arrangements for media coverage of the visit. It will be the third time Francis has met Abbas following an encounter during the...
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said on Tuesday the U.S. intelligence community's report concluding that Russia orchestrated hacks during the 2016 presidential campaign was based on a mix of human sources, collection of technical data and open-source information. Clapper,...
The new U.N. secretary-general is urging the world organization and its 193 member states to stop focusing on responding to conflicts and do far more to prevent war and sustain peace. Antonio Guterres said Tuesday in his first speech to the Security Council that the multiplication of...
Blasts from a suicide bomber and explosives-laden vehicle struck a highly guarded district in the Afghan capital Tuesday, officials said, killing at least 22 people in what appeared to be coordinated attacks on an area housing important government and security agencies. A police official...
Disgraced South Korean President Park Geun-hye's longtime friend at the center of a massive corruption scandal has refused to testify at Park's impeachment trial. The Constitutional Court on Tuesday had expected to hear from Choi Soon-sil, a confidante of Park who's currently jailed and on...
Barack Obama closes the book on his presidency Tuesday, with a farewell speech in Chicago that will try to lift supporters felled by Donald Trump's shock victory. Obama's last trip on Air Force One will be a pilgrimage to his adoptive hometown, where he will address a sell-out crowd not far...
The U.S. is economically blacklisting five more Russians, including a senior law enforcement official in President Vladimir Putin's government. Under the sanctions, their assets are blocked and people in the United States are generally prohibited from dealing with them. The new sanctions...
A U.S. warship fired warning shots at the weekend at four Iranian Revolutionary Guard vessels that approached it at high speed in the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. defense officials said Monday. The shots fired by the destroyer USS Mahan Sunday put an end to the incident, which U.S. officials...
Iran's former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani died Sunday after a decades-long career in the ruling elite, where his moderate views were not always welcome but his cunning guided him through revolution, war and the country's turbulent politics. The political survivor's life spanned the...
Oil prices fell on Monday as increased exports from Iran undermined efforts by other oil producers to curb a global fuel supply overhang and as U.S. drillers increased activity for a 10th straight week. Brent crude futures LCOc1, the international benchmark for oil prices, were trading at...
