President Barack Obama on Monday said that his administration's overture to Cuba will usher in reforms on the island and that he hopes to open a U.S. Embassy in Havana by mid-April. He cautioned that the opening of a full-scale diplomatic post does not mean that ties between Washington and Havana would be completely normalized.
Crowned a national hero by Cuba's president last week, convicted spy Gerardo Hernández - who was release last Dec. 17 after President Barack Obama commuted his double life sentence - says he is ready to return to duty.
The North Korean government underlined its anger at joint U.S.-South Korean war games on Monday by firing two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea. Pyeongyang always protests the annual drills and warned of "merciless" retaliation on Monday; nevertheless, the regime of dictator Kim Jong Un seemed to strike a particularly angry note this year.
Cuban representatives made their way to Foggy Bottom on Friday for the second round of talks with their U.S. counterparts. The goal of the meeting is to pave the way for the openings of a U.S. Embassy in Havana and a Cuban Embassy in Washington.
Iranian forces attacked a replica of a U.S. aircraft carrier during nationally televised large-scale naval drills on Wednesday. More than a dozen speedboats were involved in what the Associated Press dubbed a "show of force" near the strategically important entrance of the Persian Gulf.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry joined the Geneva negotiations over Iran's nuclear program on Monday as a two-phase deal between Washington and Tehran seemed to be taking shape.
Washington and Tehran are trying to narrow their differences over Iran's nuclear program in talks set to begin Friday in Geneva. Negotiators failed to meet a self-imposed deadline in November to end the 12-year standoff over Tehran's nuclear capabilities. Top U.S. and Iranian diplomats will now again try to strike a deal.
According to a recently released poll of U.S. opinion on Russia, Americans have taken on an increasingly negative perspective toward the former Soviet Union in terms of several different and important aspects.
As Fox News pollsters pointed out in a recent survey, “lots of issues divide the country. Immigration. Taxes. ObamaCare…” And now in the spirit of Valentine’s Day, researchers have looked into the heart of matters and found that when it comes to love, the United States is a nation divided.
Israeli critics for weeks have hammered Benjamin Netanyahu for his planned, protocol-breaking speech before the U.S. Congress. But Americans are equally unhappy with President Barack Obama's decision not to meet with the prime minister, a YouGov poll revealed.
The security situation in Yemen continued to further deteriorate on Wednesday as citizens took to the streets to protest against the country's news rulers and Britain and France closed their embassies.
Chinese President Xi Jinping will make his first state visit to the United States in September. Chinese President Xi Jinping will make his first state visit to the United States in September, the Associated Press said based on Chinese media reports.
Israeli prime ministerial hopeful Isaac Herzog on Tuesday promised to "rehabilitate" ties with the United States if he manages to unseat incumbent Benjamin Netanyahu in the country's March 17 elections.
The Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles are flirting with the idea of possibly playing Major League Baseball exhibition games in Cuba. Cuba and the United States have had their differences in the past, but it appears as if a resolution is nearing.
The Men's FIFA World Cup may be over, but the women will be playing this summer. Also being held this summer is the Copa America and the Gold Cup. Three of the biggest soccer tournaments in the world will be held this summer with the drama higher than ever.
The United States is "on the road" to defeating ISIS, the Islamist terror organization feared for its brutality, Secretary of State told NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday.
Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday tried to dissuade President Barack Obama from arming Ukraine in its conflict against Russian-backed separatists. The German head of government is visiting the White House following last week's top-level diplomatic efforts, in which she and French President François Hollande tried to mediate between Kiev and Moscow.
The North Korean propaganda apparatus is not known for understatements, but Pyongyang on Wednesday upped the ante even by its own standards when it threatened the United States with the "most disastrous final doom on its mainland," warning that "the time of the nightmare" was near."
The United States and its European allies are putting tighter sanctions against Russia back on the table after attacks by Moscow-backed rebels effectively ended a fragile, five-month truce in eastern Ukraine.
