WASHINGTON: Aides to President Donald Trump were in deep talks about how to defuse tensions between Qatar and other Arab nations when the door to the secure...
WASHINGTON: Raised voices could be heard through the thick door to the Oval Office as John Kelly – then secretary of Homeland Security – offered some tough...
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump is likely to sign a tough new sanctions bill that includes proposed measures targeting Russia – a remarkable concession...
PARIS: With a military parade on the Champs Elysees and a gilded tour of France’s most storied monuments, French President Emmanuel Macron laid on the charm...
WASHINGTON: For all things Paris, President Donald Trump’s go-to guy is Jim. The way Trump tells it – Jim is a friend who loves Paris and used to visit every...
WASHINGTON: Meeting face to face with Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump’s “America First” policy will be put to the test if he opts to...
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has been handing out his cellphone number to world leaders and urging them to call him directly, an unusual invitation that...
WASHINGTON: The United States is on a collision course with its NATO ally Turkey, pushing ahead with arming Syrian Kurds after deciding the immediate...
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump congratulated Turkey’s president for sweeping up more power. Trump hailed Egypt’s strongman as a “fantastic guy.” When...
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump will speak next week to the commander of the orbiting International Space Station.White House spokesman Sean Spicer said...
PALM BEACH, Fla.: The cruise missiles that crashed down before dawn on a Syrian air base sent a clear message to President Bashar Assad: The use of chemical...
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump is welcoming Iraq's prime minister to the White House for their first meeting since Trump assumed office.Prime Minister...
WASHINGTON: The Trump administration’s back-to-back controversies over its Russian ties now have at least one thing in common: Ambassador Sergey Kislyak....
WASHINGTON: No one knows how seriously to take President Donald Trump’s threat to seize Iraq’s oil. Doing so would involve extraordinary costs and risk...
WASHINGTON: The increase of Israeli settlements has “gotten so substantial” that it is inhibiting the possibility for an “effective, contiguous Palestinian...
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama says there has been "no greater privilege and no greater honor" than serving as commander in chief.Obama is thanking a...
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump hammered rival Hillary Clinton during the presidential campaign for failing to prevent the attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi,...
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump’s presidential victory has dimmed hopes for reviving the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, and analysts say Israel may be given...
WASHINGTON: As Daesh (ISIS) sees its territory shrink to half its original size and its dreams of a caliphate evaporate, the extremist fighters are losing...
WASHINGTON: In his speech at the Republican National Convention, Donald Trump made six references to the conflict in Syria, pointing to the war-ravaged nation...
KIRKUK, Iraq: Like hundreds of elderly men and women from the Iraqi city of Mosul, Hajji Ahmad left in August to participate in the annual hajj pilgrimage in...
BAGHDAD: The dimly lit, dust-caked stacks of the Baghdad National Library hide a treasure of the ages: crinkled, yellowing papers holding the true stories of...
BAGHDAD: It’s a 15-minute walk through a lush palm grove from Baghdad’s al-Takia refugee camp to the nearest well, but as temperatures hovered around 52...
BAGHDAD: A quiet middle-class Shiite neighborhood in western Baghdad has been transformed recently into a mini-boot camp, training teenagers for battle...
BAGHDAD: In a Baghdad workshop plastered with black-and-white photos from a more peaceful time, Mahmoud Abdulnabi hand-carves a wooden oud, a string...