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December 20, 2015

Sources: Militia blamed for Benghazi attack moved next door to US Consulate before strike

Members of the Islamist extremist militia blamed for the Benghazi terror attack had moved in next door to the U.S. consulate months before the strike but 鈥渘othing was done鈥� despite concerns about the dangerous neighbors, sources tell 91爆料.

December 20, 2015

Kerry returns to Middle East to push for cease-fire

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is making a renewed push for a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas with another trip to the Middle East after the civilian death toll in the conflict sharply escalated over the weekend.

December 20, 2015

Lawmakers say there will be 'hell to pay' if Russia is behind Malaysia Airlines crash

The White House confirmed Thursday that President Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin briefly discussed a Malaysian passenger plane crash which killed 295 people on board during a telephone call the two leaders had earlier in the day. The plane carrying 295 on board crashed in Ukraine near the border with Russia. The plane was traveling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. Pieces of the Boeing 777 along with bodies were found burning on the ground in Ukraine.

December 20, 2015

US says Burma resorting to police-state tactics

The State Department's top human rights official is accusing Myanmar authorities of resorting to police-state tactics after five journalists from a weekly magazine got 10 years at hard labor for a disputed story about a weapons factory.

December 20, 2015

Former Coast Guard chief tapped as Arctic diplomat

A retired Coast Guard admiral was named Wednesday as the first U.S. special representative for Arctic issues, overseeing American policy in the icy region that is becoming a global focus for economic opportunities and security concerns.

December 20, 2015

Report: Attacks by terror group Boko Haram increasing, 2,053 killed this year

A new report detailing the extent to which the radical Islamist group Boko Haram is using brutality and murder to spread terror among Nigerian villages reveals that 2,053 people have been been killed in 95 attacks in the first half of 2014.

December 20, 2015

US concerned over Burma journalists' sentences

The U.S. says it's very concerned that four reporters and a magazine chief executive in Burma have been sentenced to 10 years of hard labor.

December 20, 2015

Kerry arrives in Afghanistan to meet candidates

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry made a hastily arranged visit to Afghanistan on Friday to help resolve an election crisis sowing chaos in a country that the U.S. has spent hundreds of billions of dollars and lost more than 2,000 lives trying to stabilize.

December 20, 2015

US sending $22 million more to aid South Sudan

The U.S. is sending an additional $22 million in humanitarian assistance to refugees and people displaced by the violence in South Sudan.

December 20, 2015

Fishing in murky waters: the administration鈥檚 secretive oceans policies come under fire

The Obama administration is using its 鈥減hone and pen鈥� method of governing by executive action聽to push its agenda and extend聽its powers in a huge new area: the Pacific Ocean.