November 15, 2016 McCain says US reset with Russia would be 'unacceptable' A leading Republican voice on national security matters has declared as "unacceptable" any attempt by the incoming Trump administration to reset relations with Russia.
September 17, 2016 Powell says Israel has 200 nukes pointed at Iran in leaked 2015 email In a private email exchange last year leaked this week by hackers, former Secretary of State Colin Powell discussed Israel's nuclear weapons capability with a friend, saying the country has 200 warheads.
September 7, 2016 US made $1.7 billion transfer to Iran in foreign cash, Treasury says The Obama administration acknowledged Tuesday that a $1.7 billion transfer to Iran earlier this year was paid entirely in foreign hard currency.
September 6, 2016 Obama pledges $90M to help remove US cluster bombs from Laos Acknowledging the scars of a secret war, President Barack Obama on Tuesday said the United States has a "moral obligation" to help this isolated Southeast Asian nation heal its war wounds and vowed to reinvigorate relations with a country with rising strategic importance to the U.S.
September 4, 2016 US, Russia working toward Syria peace deal, Obama says not there yet The United States is skeptical an agreement with Russia to decease violence in Syria can work but will keep pursuing it nonetheless, President Barack Obama said Sunday as negotiators from both countries edged toward a deal.
August 24, 2016 US paid Iran $1.3B two days after $400M cash transfer The Obama administration said Wednesday it paid $1.3 billion in interest to Iran in January to resolve a decades-old dispute over an undelivered military sale, two days after allowing $400 million in cash to fly to Tehran.
July 9, 2016 US, Russia expel each other's diplomats in flare-up over Moscow police attack Russia said Saturday that it had expelled two U.S. diplomats Moscow claimed were working undercover for the CIA in retaliation for Washington's explusion of two Russians last month.
July 2, 2016 US accuses Russian warship of aggressive maneuvers for second time in as many weeks The U.S. military Saturday accused a Russian warship of "high risk" and "highly unprofessional" maneuvers near a U.S. Navy ship in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, the second time in as many weeks that American and Russian ships had such a close encounter on the high seas.
June 24, 2016 Obama briefed on Britain's vote to leave European Union, official says The United States is reacting cautiously to the decision by Britain's voters to bolt the 28-nation European Union, with a White House official saying only that President Barack Obama is being kept up to date on developments.
June 16, 2016 Lawmakers urge Congress to release secret pages from 9/11 inquiry Lawmakers on Wednesday ramped up pressure on the House Intelligence Committee to declassify the 28 secret pages of a 2002 congressional report about the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks by publishing them in the Congressional Record.
