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  • Obama Joins Erdogan in Latest Demand for Assad Ouster

    President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan presented a joint front against Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad even as Obama shies away from deeper U.S. involvement in the conflict, such as sending weapons to the rebels.

  • How U.S. Can Break Up Iran’s Long Nuclear Game

    There has been a lot of talk about Iran making a sudden dash for the bomb. The fear is that, with its thousands of gas centrifuges and its tons of enriched uranium, Iran might be able to make a bomb’s worth of nuclear fuel before the U.S. or any other country could intervene to stop it.

  • Chinese Spy Suspect Pleads Guilty to Violating NASA Rules

    A Chinese spy suspect pleaded guilty to violating computer-use rules of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration after prosecutors said they didn’t find any secret information on his electronic devices.

  • U.S. Finds Porn Not Secrets on Suspected China Spy’s PC

    A Chinese research scientist suspected of spying on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration - -- and pulled from a plane in March as he was about to depart for China -- is set to plead to a misdemeanor charge of violating agency computer rules.

  • Russia Spurns U.S. Move to Delay European Missile Defense

    The U.S. must issue “reliable, legally binding” guarantees that plans to expand anti-missile defenses aren’t directed against Russia, that nation’s Foreign Ministry said, dismissing the Obama administration’s decision to slow work on missile defenses in Eastern Europe.

  • Global Warming Experts Should Think More About the Cold War

    Every year the United Nations convenes diplomats from more than 190 nations to negotiate a climate change treaty, and in many years negotiators go home with little more than the promise of another annual meeting.

  • Iran Atomic Deal Before June Unlikely, Ex-Obama Adviser Says

    Iran and world powers are unlikely to strike a deal this week that would lift international sanctions in exchange for a cut in the Persian Gulf nation’s nuclear activities, said a former White House adviser.

  • Humanitarian Groups Push for ‘Bulletproof’ Arms Treaty

    Arms-control and humanitarian groups are pressing President Barack Obama to seek a tough international treaty restricting sales of conventional arms.

  • UN Probes Syrian Chemical-Weapon Use With Evidence Scarce

    The United Nations will probe conflicting accounts of as many as three alleged uses of chemical weapons in Syria, which could prompt intervention by the U.S. or other countries if substantiated.

  • Kerry Visits Asia as Region Awaits North Korean Actions

    U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry traveled to Asia seeking to reassure allies in South Korea and Japan and encourage China to increase pressure on North Korea to drop its threats and nuclear-weapons development.

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