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In Dec. 2014, president Barack Obama nominated Colleen Bell—a soap opera producer—as the country’s next ambassador to Hungary. Before Bell’s confirmation vote, Obama’s 2008 Republican rival, senator John McCain, took to the Senate floor. “I understand how the game is played,” McCain protested, “but [Hungary] is on the verge of ceding its sovereignty to a…
Sen. Lisa Murkowski was knee-deep in the starting ceremony for the world-famous Iditarod dog-sled race on Saturday in Anchorage when her phone blew up. On the other end of the line was Sen. Tom Cotton, eager to recruit as many Republican senators as he could for a letter to Iran’s leadership that would soon anger…
A letter from U.S. senators suggests the lawmakers “not only do not understand international law, but are not fully cognizant of the nuances of their own Constitution,” says Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. Kyodo /Landov hide caption itoggle caption Kyodo /Landov A letter from U.S. senators suggests the lawmakers “not only do not understand…
Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau vowed to disrupt Nigeria’s general election in a new video released Tuesday, after two suicide attacks in the northeast blamed on the Islamists killed 38 people. Video provided by AFP Newslook Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau makes a statement at an undisclosed location in this screengrab taken from video on…
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Mark Oberholtzer wasn’t following the Syrian militant group Jabhat Ansar al-Din on Twitter. So when they tweeted a picture of a Ford pickup in December with an anti-aircraft gun blazing from the truck bed, he probably missed it. Until someone mentioned to him that it was his truck. Or rather, it was a truck previously…
While the world’s attention is glued to events in Greece, the real action continues to evolve quietly thousands of kilometers east, in China, where the near record surge in new loans remains unable to offset the dramatic slowdown in shadow banking issuance. And while China’s bubble-chasing, animal spirits have recently reoriented themselves from real estate…
Entry Text WASHINGTON — A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction on Monday that will temporarily prevent the Obama administration from moving forward with its executive actions on immigration while a lawsuit against the president works its way through the courts.The order, by Judge Andrew Hanen of the U.S. District Court in Brownsville, Texas, was…
google_ad_section_start Police in the Danish capital Copenhagen shot dead a man Sunday they believe carried out fatal shootings at a cultural centre hosting a debate on Islam and free speech and at the city’s main synagogue. Following is a chronology of jihadist attacks around the world over the past three years: – In DENMARK on…
The United States has ordered the closure of its embassy in Yemen, and said its ambassador will leave the country by Wednesday amid the deteriorating security situation. US officials said on Tuesday they were suspending operations at the embassy in Sanaa until conditions improved. “The ambassador and the rest of the staff will leave by Wednesday evening,” an…