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January 12, 2017

White House facing questions over murky status of 53 prisoners Cuba agreed to free

The status of 53 Cuban political prisoners who were supposed to be freed as part of the historic deal thawing U.S.-Cuba relations remains a mystery nearly three weeks after the announcement, prompting criticism from rights groups and lawmakers that the Castro regime is stringing along the White House.

January 12, 2017

US launching complex operation to train, arm Syrian rebels amid airstrikes

Newly launched airstrikes in Syria are only one piece of the puzzle in the United States' war against the Islamic State, as the military prepares to launch a complex operation to train and arm Syrian rebels.

January 12, 2017

Assad must go? Obama administration's focus on Syria in doubt as death toll soars

The rise of ISIS militants in Syria and Iraq, and the unwillingness of Americans to see their military involved in another foreign conflict, appear to have cooled President Obama's once-strident rhetoric demanding Syrian President Bashar al-Assad "must go" -- even as the death toll in the three-year-old civil war tops 170,000.

January 12, 2017

US under new pressure to absorb Syrian refugees as Europe faces crisis

The surge of refugees fleeing Syria and other war-torn regions is putting immense pressure not only on Europe but also the United States, as the Obama administration faces calls to take a more active role in the humanitarian crisis.

January 12, 2017

Message to Iran? 3 years after ‘red line,’ Syria chem weapons charges unresolved

Three years after President Obama’s infamous “red line” threat to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, charges of chemical weapons use inside the war-torn country persist -- in turn fueling concerns about whether Iran can be held to the newly struck nuclear deal.

January 12, 2017

Americans stuck in Yemen file suit demanding State Department, military rescue them

Claiming the Obama administration turned its back on them, 41 Americans stranded in war-torn Yemen filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against the State Department and Defense Department for not evacuating them -- as fighting intensifies and U.S. allies launch airstrikes.

January 12, 2017

India's rape epidemic: Will the US apply pressure for change to its Asian ally?

As grisly cases of rape in India start to emerge again, many are hoping the United States and others will apply pressure to their Asian ally to renew the fight against this epidemic.

January 12, 2017

Lawmakers urge new US strategy as Boko Haram rampages through Africa

One of the most brutal and murderous Islamist militant groups has been steadily gaining ground, inflicting a streak of atrocities shocking by even their standards -- and it's not Al Qaeda or the Islamic State.

January 12, 2017

Family, friends of US contractor held in Cuba plead for US to do more to secure release

For Alan Gross, the American contractor locked up in a Cuban prison on spying charges, the road to freedom seems increasingly out of reach.

January 12, 2017

15-year-old victim of Boko Haram takes her story to Capitol Hill

A little girl forced to watch as members of Boko Haram butchered her father and shot her brother showed true grit Wednesday when she recounted the details of her nightmare on Capitol Hill.