Kerry on Rodman: 'As a diplomat, he is a great basketball player'
NBC NEWS - Secretary of State John Kerry took a shot Tuesday at eccentric former NBA star Dennis Rodman’s controversial visit to North Korea...
Obama to visit Israel for 1st time as president
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama will visit Israel in the spring, the White House said Tuesday, marking his first visit to the staunch U.S. ally since becoming president. While in the region, Obama will also visit the West Bank and Jordan...
Rev. Jesse Jackson secures release of US prisoners in Gambia
Rev. Jesse Jackson added to his long list of diplomatic accomplishments this week by securing the release of two Americans who had been imprisoned in Gambia for decades...
Rev. Jackson aims to lead religious delegation to Syria
GENEVA (AP) - The Rev. Jesse Jackson says he is working to lead a delegation of religious figures to Syria to help find an end to the violence that has wracked the country...
South Africa opens diplomatic ties to Somalia
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - South Africa says it is establishing its first diplomatic relations with Somalia in hopes it can assist in the war torn east African nation's search for peace and democracy...
US diplomats feared Islamic radicals in Jamaica
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) - The dispatch, dated February 2010, warns that that Jamaica could be fertile ground for jihadists because of its underground drug economy...
Obama, Medvedev sign treaty to cut nuclear arms
PRAGUE (AP) - Seeking to end years of rancor, President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday signed the biggest nuclear arms pact in a generation...
Obama should use his experience in Asia to bolster US positions
OPINION - Thanks to his mother's humanitarian aid work, he received exposure to the world from the onset, which unquestionably shaped his diplomatic prowess...
President Barack Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A beaming President Barack Obama said Friday he was both honored and humbled to win the Nobel Peace Prize and would accept it as a "call to action" to work with other nations to solve the world's most pressing problems...
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