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Official says U.S., Taliban reach Afghanistan truce agreement
A senior U.S. official said Friday the United States and the Taliban have reached a truce agreement that will take effect “very soon” and could lead to withdrawals of American...
Trump plan calls for Palestinian state, settlement freeze
U.S. officials say President Donald Trump's long-awaited Middle East peace plan calls for the creation of a State of Palestine with its capital in portions of east Jerusalem, ending speculation...
U.S. imposes visa rules for pregnant women on “birth tourism”
The Trump administration on Thursday published new visa rules aimed at restricting “birth tourism," in which women travel to the U.S. to give birth so their children can have a...
President Trump settled on Iran strike from his Mar-a-Lago resort
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. â At the midway point of his annual Christmas vacation, President Donald Trump huddled at his Florida club with his top national security advisers. Days earlier,...
U.S. criticizes China for abuses revealed by leaked cables
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday that a cache of leaked documents proves that Chinese authorities are engaged in massive and systemic repression of Muslims and other minorities in...
Diplomat says he overheard Trump call about âinvestigationsâ
A State Department official based in Ukraine told impeachment investigators Friday that he overheard a conversation between President Donald Trump and a diplomat about “investigations” in Ukraine, according to one...
Caught up in Trump impeachment, U.S. diplomats fight back
Three years of simmering frustration inside the State Department is boiling over on Capitol Hill as a parade of current and former diplomats testify to their concerns about the Trump...
Former envoy defies Trump, testifies he pushed to oust her
Testifying in defiance of President Donald Trump's ban, former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch told House impeachment investigators Friday that Trump himself had pressured the State Department to oust...
President Trump defends decision to abandon Kurdish allies in Syria
President Donald Trump on Monday cast his decision to abandon Kurdish fighters in Syria as fulfilling a campaign promise to withdraw from "endless war" in the Middle East, even as...
North Korea says nuclear talks broke down; U.S. disagrees
North Koreaâs chief negotiator says discussions with the U.S. on Pyongyangâs nuclear program have broken down, but Washington says the two sides had âgood discussionsâ that it intends to build...