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Iran is offered new plans to ease nuclear concerns
Diplomats from six world powers offered Iran new proposals Wednesday to ease international concerns about its nuclear program, but appeared to reject Tehran's appeals to ease economic sanctions to help move along talks.
Senate panel votes to cut aid for Egypt and Pakistan
In a fresh warning to Pakistan, a Senate panel approved Tuesday a foreign aid budget for next year that slashes President Obama's request for assistance to Islamabad by more than half and threatens further reductions if it fails to open supply routes to NATO forces in Afghanistan.
Embassy: Crocker to leave as ambassador to Afghanistan
Veteran U.S. diplomat Ryan Crocker will leave his post as ambassador to Afghanistan this summer, an embassy spokesman said Tuesday.
Iran signals wider U.N. access as nuclear talks loom
Iran made the first move Tuesday in attempts to gain an edge in nuclear talks with the U.S. and other world powers: It agreed in principle to allow U.N. inspectors to restart probes into a military site suspected of harboring tests related to atomic weapons.
Obama administration inclined to sell armed drones to Turkey, leader says
President Obama's administration is inclined to sell armed drones to Turkey but has to convince Congress first, Turkey's president told reporters after a meeting with the U.S. leader.
U.N. nuclear chief in Iran on key mission
The head of the U.N nuclear watchdog, in Tehran on a key mission that could lead to the resumption of probes on whether Iran secretly has worked on a nuclear weapon, said Monday that he had met with Iranian leaders amid a "good atmosphere."
BOOK REVIEW: 'It Worked For Me'
Colin Powell is an uncommon man with the common touch. He likes to give speeches because he's very good at it and he doesn't mind traveling. Also, he likes meeting people who have paid to hear some of his considerable wisdom and perhaps to shake the hand that has shaken the hand of every important world leader of the past quarter-century.
U.S. advisers train troops for Somalia
American military advisers in Uganda are drawing on lessons learned in Iraq and Afghanistan to help train African Union soldiers to fight Somalia's most powerful insurgent group, al-Shabab.
Role unlikely for George W. Bush in Romney bid
Mitt Romney's campaign doesn't foresee the 43rd president playing a substantive role in the presidential race.
Army launches review of PTSD diagnoses
Army leaders said Wednesday they are launching a sweeping, independent review of how the service evaluates soldiers with possible post-traumatic stress disorder after recent complaints that some PTSD diagnoses were improperly overturned.
'Water by the Spoonful' to land in New York
Quiara Alegria Hudes's Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Water by the Spoonful," about an Iraq war veteran struggling to find his place in the world, will land in New York in December.
Bush policies he reviled are crux of Obama's arsenal
This month's revival of terrorism trials at Guantanamo Bay underscores President Obama's reliance on counterterrorism tools he inherited from George W. Bush.
Iraq veteran uses rap to treat his PTSD
On one of the many days Leo Dunson wanted to die, the Iraq veteran put a gun to his temple and pulled the trigger. The loaded weapon misfired. For the troubled former soldier, it was another inexplicable failure, like his divorce or inability to make friends after returning from the war.
Briefly: Clashes mar anniversary of 'Nakba' Day
Clashes broke out Tuesday near Ramallah as about 1,000 Palestinians gathered to mark the "catastrophe" that befell them when Israel was founded in 1948.
Pentagon pushes female troops closer to battlefield
On Monday, the Pentagon opened for female troops about 14,000 support positions that previously had been withheld from them, allowing women to fill jobs below the brigade level.