Jen Psaki
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Obama passes the baton: an unfinished presidency
- Opinion
- November 8, 2016, 15:54
Barack Obama claimed the presidency eight years ago in Chicago’s Grant Park, declaring “a new dawn” in US history and promising the enthusiastic crowd(...)

US navy says China is building ‘great wall of sand’ in South China Sea
- Asia-Pacific
- April 2, 2015, 01:00
The US navy says that China is building a “great wall of sand” in the South China Sea, and this is raising serious questions about its intentions i(...)

US State Department refuses to be drawn on Adams criticism
- Politics
- March 19, 2015, 20:36
The US State Department declined to respond to criticism by Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams that its decision to cancel his meeting with a high-rankin(...)

Hillary Clinton admits official email use would be ‘better’
- US
- March 11, 2015, 01:00
Hillary Clinton has conceded that she should have used a government email address while serving as US secretary of state.Ms Clinton told a press confe(...)

Fears grow for 150 Christians abducted by Islamic State
- Middle East
- February 25, 2015, 08:08
Kurdish militia pressed a big offensive against Islamic State in northeast Syria on Wednesday, cutting one of its supply lines from Iraq, as fears mou(...)

Minsk ceasefire on shaky ground as separatists pound Ukrainian troops
- Europe
- February 13, 2015, 20:01
An internationally agreed ceasefire due to start Saturday tonight in eastern Ukraine is under threat from intense fighting and disputes between Kiev a(...)

Child suicide bomber kills at least 16 in northeast Nigeria
- Africa
- January 10, 2015, 11:48
A bomb worn by a girl aged about 10 exploded in a busy marketplace in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Saturday, killing at least 16 pe(...)

Heavily armed Kurdish convoy en route to besieged Kobani
- World
- October 29, 2014, 18:43
A convoy of Iraqi peshmerga fighters and weaponry has made its way across southeastern Turkey en route for the Syrian town of Kobani to try to help fe(...)

Islamic State ‘have taken 40%’ of Kobani, says monitor group
- Middle East
- October 10, 2014, 07:53
Islamic State fighters advanced deeper into the Syrian town of Kobani on the Turkish border today, taking almost complete control of an area where the(...)

Detained Americans in North Korea call for US help
- Asia-Pacific
- September 2, 2014, 08:15
Three American citizens detained in North Korea have appealed to the US government for help returning home, speaking in rare interviews with US media(...)