December 20, 2015 Report: US drone may have killed a dozen civilians A U.S. military drone strike in Yemen last December may have killed up to a dozen civilians on their way to a wedding and injured others, including the bride, a human rights group says. U.S. officials say only members of al-Qaida were killed, but they have refused to make public the details of two U.S. investigations into the incident.
December 20, 2015 Venezuela president orders expulsion of three US diplomats Venezuela's president says he's ordering the expulsion of three U.S. consular officials.
December 20, 2015 Obama pledges to seek additional financial aid for Jordan Obama announced that he will seek $1 billion in loan guarantees. That would be on top of a $1.25 billion loan guarantee Congress approved last year.
December 20, 2015 Obama, Hollande blast Russia for opposing UN Syria resolution Western powers pushed forward Tuesday with a U.N. resolution threatening sanctions against Syria despite Russia's veto threat, with President Barack Obama sharply criticizing Moscow's opposition to a measure to help millions in desperate need of humanitarian aid.
December 20, 2015 Obama far outpaces predecessors in appointing donors to foreign posts President Obama has taken the art of naming donors as ambassadors to a new level, despite pledging in 2008 to shake up Washington's back-scratching ways.
December 20, 2015 Argentina ambassador pick, and Obama bundler, has never been to Argentina The man who would be America's next ambassador to Argentina has a gap in his resume -- he's never been there.
December 20, 2015 Russia official denies leaking audio of US diplomat dropping F-bomb An aide to a top Russian official has denied leaking a bugged phone call where a U.S. diplomat could be heard using salty language to describe the European Union, amid suspicions that Moscow was behind the embarrassing episode.
December 20, 2015 US reportedly waives sanctions on Iran's state broadcaster The Obama administration is temporarily waiving sanctions on Iran's state broadcaster, a senior Obama administration official said late Thursday.
December 20, 2015 Top diplomat apparently drops the F-bomb in leaked telephone conversation about the EU It’s a good bet that in Diplomacy 101 students are taught not to throw around F-bombs. But it also appears that Victoria Nuland missed that day in class.
December 20, 2015 Watchdog: Afghan ministries cannot properly account for how US dollars are spent The U.S. government is keeping tens of millions of dollars flowing to Afghanistan despite a pair of private audits that found Afghan ministries could not properly account for the funds, according to a pointed watchdog report released on Thursday.
