Obama renews vow to close Guantanamo detention camp
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Saying it was damaging to U.S. interests to keep holding prisoners in legal limbo at Guantanamo, President Barack Obama renewed an old vow on Tuesday to close...
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Analysis: Crossing Obama’s “red line” on Syria will require concrete proof
WASHINGTON/RIYADH (Reuters) - While President Barack Obama has declared a "red line" over Syrian use of chemical weapons, U.S. officials suggested on Tuesday that Washington was unlikely to respond without...
U.S. readies new non-lethal military aid for Syria opposition
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States plans to provide about $100 million in new non-lethal aid to the Syrian opposition that could include for the first time battlefield support equipment...
U.S. condoned torture after 9/11, must close Guantanamo: report
WASHINGTON/MIAMI (Reuters) - An independent task force issued a damning review of Bush-era interrogation practices on Tuesday, saying the highest U.S. officials bore ultimate responsibility for the "indisputable" use of...
Obama’s Guantanamo policy hit by violence, force-feeding
MIAMI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A violent weekend clash between guards and prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp and the release of harrowing accounts by inmates of force-feeding of hunger strikers...
Analysis: Meet North Korea’s new Kim, same as the old Kims?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea's young leader Kim Jong-un is using his forebears' time-tested "crazy-guy-in-the-neighborhood" strategy, senior U.S. officials say, but with a provocative new twist - aiming Pyongyang's threats...
Obama, Jordan’s Abdullah offer united front on Syria
AMMAN (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and Jordan's King Abdullah presented a united front against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Friday as Jordan grapples with a refugee crisis caused by...
Obama says Iran more than a year away from nuclear weapon
JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama told Israelis Iran is still more than year away from developing a nuclear weapon and sought to reassure them that military force remains a...
Obama meets American Jewish leaders ahead of Israel trip
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama hosted leaders of major American Jewish organizations at the White House on Thursday as he sought to smooth the way for his first presidential...
Obama meets American Jewish leaders ahead of Israel trip
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama hosted leaders of major American Jewish organizations at the White House on Thursday as he sought to smooth the way for his first presidential...