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Monday, November 2, 2015 - 07:15
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry mixed courtship of Central Asian nations with efforts to prod their authoritarian governments on democracy and human rights during a visit to the strategic, mostly Muslim region neighboring Afghanistan.
Monday, November 2, 2015 - 07:07
A new fact sheet from the U.S. Department of State outlines the new assistance programs that the U.S. plans to undertake in Central Asia.
Monday, November 2, 2015 - 07:02
Secretary of State John Kerry reaffirmed U.S. interests in Kazakhstan on Monday in talks with veteran leader Nursultan Nazarbayev who has lured huge Western investments to his Central Asian state while keeping it in Moscow's political orbit.
Monday, November 2, 2015 - 06:59
U.S. service members completed a Tactical Intelligence Support to Maritime Operations Centers for the Ghanaian Navy Oct. 12-23 at Ghana’s Navy Trade Training School at Sekondi, Ghana.
Monday, November 2, 2015 - 06:55
Secretary of State John Kerry prides himself on his willingness to deal directly with some of the world’s most repressive governments. But even the State Department had a hard time explaining the strategy for transforming the behavior of President Islam Karimov of Uzbekistan, a ruler whose human rights record is frequently compared to North Korea’s.
Monday, November 2, 2015 - 06:45
Mexico will struggle to meet its deadline next year to have a new system of oral trials operating nationwide, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, said on Thursday.
Monday, November 2, 2015 - 06:45
The U.S. spent almost $43 million on a natural-gas filling station for autos in Afghanistan that should have cost about $500,000, according to an inspector general’s report.
Monday, November 2, 2015 - 06:43
Turkish jets on Saturday launched bombing raids against Islamic State targets in Syria, one day before Turks are set to vote in parliamentary elections, a senior government official said.
Monday, November 2, 2015 - 06:43
U.S. President Barack Obama says he plans to remove Burundi from a U.S. trade preference program because of a worsening crackdown on the political opposition there, after Burundi's president took a controversial third term in office.
Monday, November 2, 2015 - 06:40
One of Haiti’s top presidential candidates charged Thursday that ballots checked with his name have been destroyed or discarded, prompting small groups of supporters to burn tire barricades in a few sections of the capital.