Ukraine Opens Terror Probe After OSCE Medic Killed
Ukraine opened a terror investigation Monday into a mine blast that killed an American medic from the Organization for Security ...
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College Confirms N. Korea Detains US Citizen Amid Tension
A foreign-funded university in North Korea has confirmed the arrest of a US citizen who was lecturing there -- the ...
Russian FM Presses US’s Tillerson Over Syria Probe
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov voiced "regret" in a phone call with his US counterpart at Washington's opposition to a ...
New Evidence On Oil Payments
The BBC has seen evidence that top executives at Shell knew money paid to the Nigerian government for a vast ...
Venezuela’s Court Move Breaks Law, Maduro Ally Says
Venezuela's chief prosecutor, an ally of President Nicolas Maduro, has said the decision by the Supreme Court to take over ...
US Embassy In Kabul Fires Six Over Drugs
The dismissal of six employees from the US embassy in Kabul for using or possessing drugs is an embarrassment to ...
Trump Lifts Rights Conditions On Bahrain Arms Sales
The US State Department is removing human rights conditions on a large sale of F-16 fighter jets to Bahrain, as ...
US Diplomat Arrested Over Contacts With Chinese Spies
A US diplomat who allegedly took tens of thousands of dollars in cash and gifts from Chinese intelligence agents was ...
Melania Trump Makes Case For Women’s ’empowerment’
First Lady Melania Trump made the case for women's "empowerment" at a ceremony Wednesday honoring a dozen activists who have ...
Russia Protests: EU Demands Release of Detainees
The European Union has demanded the release “without delay” of hundreds of people detained in protests across Russia on Sunday. ...
Trump Administration Approves Keystone XL Pipeline
The Trump administration has issued a permit to energy company TransCanada to build the Keystone XL pipeline. The State Department ...
TransCanada Given US Permit To Build Keystone XL Pipeline
The Keystone XL pipeline would carry oil from Canadian tar sands to US refineries, but was put on hold by ...
Ghana Risks Being Blacklisted Over Anti-Money Laundering Policy
Ghana has been cited as one of the countries in the world where money laundering activities grew in 2016 and ...
US State Dept Tests New Media Rules As Tillerson Heads Solo To Asia
The US State Department said Wednesday that it is testing new media coverage rules as its boss Rex Tillerson traveled ...
Washington Urges N.Korea To Pardon US Student
The US State Department on Tuesday urged North Korea to pardon an American student who was sentenced last year to ...
State Department Hold First News Briefing of Trump Era
After 45 days of silence the US State Department held its first news briefing of Donald Trump's presidency on Tuesday, ...
Ex-Head of Gambia’s Prisons Charged Over Disappearances
The ex-head of The Gambia's notorious prison system has been charged over the disappearance of the former spy chief and ...
DR Congo Investigating Alleged Army Massacre Video
The Democratic Republic of Congo said Wednesday it was investigating "facts brought to the public's attention" after a video purportedly ...
Citi FM’s Richard Sky In Washington For 2017 IVLP
Citi FM’s Eyewitness News Anchor and Parliamentary Correspondent, Richard Sky, is in the United States of America as one of ...
China Says Ready To Engage US As Envoys Meet
Foreign Minister Wang Yi of China told his US counterpart Rex Tillerson that Beijing was ready to work with the ...