A senior Israeli official traveling in Netanyahu’s delegation, who was not authorized to speak on the record, said the Israeli government had “a good understanding of the agreement we can…
Adding to the chorus of protest over President Obama’s push for a controversial new trade pact with Asia, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) sounded off on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and accused…
KIEV — Ukraine’s military announced on Thursday that it would begin withdrawing some heavy artillery from separatist-held territory in the country’s southeast under a cease-fire agreement negotiated this month. The…
“We are faced with a different Russia. I want to warn against the fact that some people see this as something that is going to pass. The situation has changed….
Western relations with Russia will never again be the same after the war in Ukraine, Norwegian Defense Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Wednesday. “We are faced…
Eduardo Porter ECONOMIC SCENE Mickey Kantor has a vivid memory of August 1993. The North American Free Trade Agreement was in trouble. Though the agreement had been signed the year…
By Ellen Wulfhorst NEW YORK, Feb 24 (Reuters) – New York City has reached a tentative agreement with local rabbinical leaders regarding the Jewish circumcision ritual of direct oral suction…
“I believe such (an) apocalyptic scenario is unlikely and hope that it will never get to that point,” he said. Putin said he’s confident the crisis will stabilize if the…
Aziz Ansari’s stand-up is consistently on point. Whether he’s explaining the insanity of marriage, describing Cold Stone Creamery as the “epitome of American excess” or giving chickenpox a shoutout, we’re…
GENEVA — The top nuclear officials from Iran and the United States took part in high-level talks on Monday as the two sides sought to meet a March deadline for…
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson lashed out at Congress for failing to reach an agreement to fund his department. – Watch Johnson’s comments in the video above.
ATHENS — Greece on Thursday asked for a six-month extension of its loan agreement, as the country tries to hammer out an agreement before a Friday deadline imposed by eurozone…
MOSCOW — President Petro O. Poroshenko of Ukraine said on Wednesday that Ukrainian forces were withdrawing from the embattled town of Debaltseve, a strategically important transportation hub where intense fighting…
A judge in New York has approved an agreement between the Teamsters union and the Department of Justice that ends the government’s 25-year anti-corruption oversight of the 1.4 million-member union….
The cease-fire period for fighting in Ukraine began one minute after midnight Sunday, but there are no immediate indications of whether either side in the conflict that has killed more…
MOSCOW — Of the hundreds of prisoners of war captured during the nearly yearlong fighting in eastern Ukraine, only one was mentioned by name on the agenda of world leaders…
MINSK, Belarus — The leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany will gather here late Wednesday to try to negotiate a peace agreement for Ukraine, hoping to quiet a year-old…
After a series of low level talks, the leaders of France and Germany, President Francois Hollande and Chancellor Angela Merkel, hope to bring together Russian President Vladimir Putin and his…
MOSCOW — Negotiators meeting in Minsk, Belarus, reached a tentative deal for a cease-fire in Ukraine on Tuesday night, setting the stage for a meeting of the leaders of Russia,…
But a European diplomat with knowledge of the current diplomatic efforts told CNN on Tuesday that early indications were that top rebel leaders, namely Alexander Zakharchenko and Denis Pushilin, would…
Speaking before the parliament Sunday, he said that the Greek people had not given him authority to negotiate an extension and that he would seek a new agreement to underwrite…
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday that he could not envision a set of circumstances that would compel the United States to further extend the deadline…
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* Merkel says arming Ukraine would only worsen conflict * U.S. Senator Graham accuses Berlin of turning back on ally * Talks with Putin yield little beyond agreement to talk…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — President Salva Kiir of South Sudan and the rebel commander Riek Machar signed another cease-fire agreement on Monday, edging them closer to a final deal to…
ADDIS ABABA, Feb 2 (Reuters) – South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and rebel commander Riek Machar signed a power sharing agreement on Monday, African diplomatic sources said, edging closer to…
Menendez and the bill’s Democratic supporters, including the Senate’s No. 3 Democrat Sen. Chuck Schumer, promised President Barack Obama in a letter Tuesday they would wait until after the March…
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60 votes were needed on a pair of procedural motions to end Democratic filibusters, but each failed on a 53-39 tally. READ: Keystone debate ends with Democrats’ ire – Sen….
Signs emerged Friday pointing to a major offensive in eastern Ukraine by rebels fighting to break off from the rest of the country. A rebel leader said they will continue…