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U.S., Cuba restore ties after 50 years
The United States and Cuba agreed on Wednesday to restore diplomatic ties that Washington severed more than 50 years ago, ...US soldier jailed after joining French Foreign Legion
An American soldier who abandoned his unit to join the French Foreign Legion has been convicted of desertion and sentenced by the ...Lima 2014: Climate Change – Humans Remain the Same
Ultima ratio, ratio primaDeal reached at UN climate talks in Peru
After late-night wrangling at UN talks in Peru, negotiators early Sunday reached a watered-down deal that sets the stage for ...US man illegally in NKorea says not detained
North Korea on Sunday presented to the media an American who says he illegally crossed into the country but has ...UN climate talks deadlocked over scope of pledges
U.N. talks on a new global warming pact spilled into the weekend as negotiators quarreled over what kind of information to include ...US House passes $1.1tn budget bill to avert shutdown
The House of Representatives averted a government shutdown on Thursday, narrowly passing a $1.1 trillion spending bill despite strenuous Democratic objections to ...CIA chief challenges Senate torture report
CIA Director John Brennan threaded a rhetorical needle in an unprecedented televised news conference at CIA headquarters Thursday, acknowledging that agency officers ...CIA mistreated detainees, misrepresented intelligence, mismanaged program, Senate probe finds
CIA torture of Al-Qaeda suspects was far more brutal than acknowledged, did not produce useful intelligence and was so poorly managed it ...Kerry urges flexibility in U.S. war powers against Islamic State
Any congressional authorization of U.S. military force against Islamic State should be flexible and not limit the fight to Iraq and Syria, ...