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Tillerson to meet top Cuba envoy amid probe into “attacks”

September 26, 2017 at 9:01 a.m.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will meet Tuesday with Cuba's top diplomat, U.S. officials said, as the United States is seeking answers about mysterious "attacks" on its diplomats in Havana.

Trump replaces travel ban with new restrictions

September 25, 2017 at 2:06 a.m.

Citizens of more than half a dozen countries will face new restrictions on entry to the U.S. under a proclamation signed by President Donald Trump on Sunday that will replace...

President Donald Trump speaks during a ...

Diplomats meet on Iran deal as Trump stays mum on decision

September 20, 2017 at 11:26 p.m.

"I have decided," President Donald Trump declared Wednesday, announcing he'd reached a verdict on the Iran nuclear deal's future even as top U.S. and Iranian officials headed into their highest-level...

People walk in Saint Peter's Square in Vatican City on Friday. The conclave in which 115 cardinals will elect the next pope will start Tuesday, the Vatican announced Friday.

Vatican diplomat recalled amid child porn investigation

September 15, 2017 at 6:41 a.m.

A high-ranking Vatican priest working in the Holy See's embassy in Washington has been recalled after U.S. prosecutors asked for him to be charged and face trial in a child...

U.S. extends Iran sanctions relief while bemoaning behavior

September 14, 2017 at 3:03 p.m.

The Trump administration on Thursday extended sanctions relief to Iran, avoiding imminent action that could implode the landmark 2015 nuclear deal, even as President Donald Trump and Secretary of State...

U.S. diplomats attacked in bed, safe a few feet away: Cuba mystery deepens

September 15, 2017 at 5:26 a.m.

The blaring, grinding noise jolted the American diplomat from his bed in a Havana hotel. He moved just a few feet, and there was silence. He climbed back into bed....

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson leaves ...

U.S. decries Islamic State “genocide” of Christians, others

August 15, 2017 at 1:53 p.m.

The Trump administration denounced the Islamic State group on Tuesday for carrying out "genocide" against Christians and other religious minorities in areas under its control.

President Donald Trump shakes hands with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko

U.S. debate on arming Ukraine puts pressure on Russia, Trump

August 13, 2017 at 8:26 p.m.

Seeking leverage with Russia, the Trump administration has reopened consideration of long-rejected plans to give Ukraine lethal weapons, even if that would plunge the United States deeper into the former...

U.S. expels 2 Cuban diplomats after incidents in Cuba

August 9, 2017 at 3:28 p.m.

The State Department has expelled two diplomats from the Cuban Embassy in Washington following a series of unexplained incidents in Cuba that left U.S. officials there with physical symptoms.

U.S. to exempt journalists, aid workers from North Korea travel ban

August 1, 2017 at 12:40 p.m.

The Trump administration will allow American journalists, Red Cross employees and other humanitarian workers to apply for exemptions to a ban on travel to North Korea that is set to...

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