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Scandals could clip Obama’s wings in his second termA collection of scandals is threatening to cloud the nascent second term of US president Barack Obama. His administration faces allegations over the Internal… 14/05/2013
Clinton and Ashton urge Serb-Kosovan resolution US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton urged leaders in Kosovo to reach an agreement with Serbia. Clinton backed… 31/10/2012
US wades deeper into Asia diplomacy The United States is pursuing greater influence in the Asia-Pacific region. This is clearly a diplomatic challenge given China’s rise, but that is the very… 04/09/2012
Clinton warns Russia over Syria policy US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has warned that Russia’s policy towards Syria will lead to civil war. Her comments come after claims that a Russian… 01/06/2012
Upbeat mood for Nato and Russia’s anniversary At Nato headquarters in Brussels, foreign ministers marked the 10th anniversary of the Nato-Russia Council. As with all birthday parties everyone tried to… 19/04/2012
Hillary Clinton in Tripoli – nocomment US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been in Tripoli for a one day visit to cement relations with the new leaders of Libya. In Sirte, National… 19/10/2011
Hillary Clinton greets Archbishop Demetrios in IstanbulU.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton greets Archbishop Demetrios, primate of the Greek Orthodox Church in America as she leaves after her meeting with… 16/07/2011
Washington watches the Osama bin Laden kill missionU.S. President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, along with members of the national security team, receive an update on the mission against Osama bin… 03/05/2011
Hillary Clinton greets Japanese Empress MichikoU.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton greets Japanese Empress Michiko as Emperor Akihito looks on, prior to tea at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, April 17… 17/04/2011
Kerry takes over at the State DepartmentUS Secretary of State John Kerry has started his first day in office with a witty and joke-filled speech to his staff. The former senator and 2004… 04/02/2013
Clinton says world is a safer place in farewell speechHillary Clinton has said an emotional goodbye to staff at the State Department before standing down as the face and the voice of US foreign policy around the… 02/02/2013
Clinton bows out of US State DepartmentIt is Hillary Clinton’s last day as US Secretary of State. She has been on what she described as a “fast track” for the last four years and she’s now… 01/02/2013
“Global Conversation” for Hillary ClintonIn Washington, Hillary Clinton has taken part in a globally linked-up question and answer session. It is part of a week-long series of meetings, conferences… 30/01/2013
Clinton defends herself over Benghazi killingsThe US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said she accepted responsibility for the fatal attack on an American mission in Libya last year, but she… 23/01/2013
Hillary Clinton returns to work after blot clot scareUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has returned to work, five days after being released from hospital for treatment of a blood clot. Staff warmly greeted… 08/01/2013
Who is Chuck Hagel, Obama’s controversial pick for Defense?President Barack Obama will nominate former Republican Senator Chuck Hagel to be his defense secretary and an announcement could come on Monday, sources… 07/01/2013
Hillary Clinton discharged from hospitalA frail-looking Hillary Clinton has been discharged from hospital in New York. Officials have given no information about where the US Secretary of State was… 03/01/2013
Hillary Clinton expected to recover from clotHillary Clinton is expected to fully recover from a blood clot lodged in a vein between her brain and skull. Doctors treating the US Secretary of State say… 01/01/2013
Hillary Clinton: USA’s most travelled top diplomatUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s last public appearance was in Dublin, en route to Belfast, on 6 December 2012. It was part of a unrelenting… 31/12/2012
US Sec of State Clinton to spend two days in hospitalUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is expected to remain at a New York hospital for two days undergoing treatment for a blood clot. She was admitted to… 31/12/2012
Hillary Clinton in hospital after doctors discover blood clotUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been admitted to hospital in New York after the discovery of a blood clot. A spokesman says its linked to a… 31/12/2012
Hillary Clinton in hospital with blood clotUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in hospital being treated for a blood clot, linked to concussion from a fall earlier this month. The 65-year-old… 31/12/2012
Illness forces Hillary Clinton to cancel appointmentsUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has suffered a concussion after collapsing due to dehydration. She came down with a stomach virus last weekend forcing… 16/12/2012
Clinton visits Belfast after outbreak of sectarian violenceHillary Clinton has condemned an outbreak of sectarian violence in Northern Ireland. Making one of her last foreign trips as the US Secretary of State… 07/12/2012
Clinton flies to Prague for trade talksUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has flown to the Czech Republic to lobby for American know-how to be used in a major nuclear project. It’s the country’s… 04/12/2012
US criticises Israel on new settlement planHours after the UN voted overwhelmingly to grant the Palestinians de-facto statehood, Israel has authorised the building of thousands of new settlement homes… 01/12/2012
Clinton aims to fix future path of US-EU policyUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s upcoming visit to Europe, number 38, is likely to be her last in the office; she is expected to step down in the… 30/11/2012
US diplomat “mistaken” over Benghazi attackIn the United States, a top diplomat tipped to replace Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State has admitted giving incorrect information about the US embassy… 28/11/2012
Man of the moment Morsi to rule Egypt by decreeUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton personally praised the leading role played by Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi in brokering a ceasefire between Israel… 22/11/2012
Delicate balancing act for ceasefire-broker EgyptThe ceasefire has put Egypt under the spotlight as well as Israel and Hamas. Unlike the days when Mubarak’s dictatorship stood by the Israelis, the Muslim… 21/11/2012
Clinton calls for “comprehensive peace” in Middle EastIn Israel the diplomatic day ended for Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu in talks with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Tuesday had started with hopes… 21/11/2012
Obama to praise progress but press for further reforms in MyanmarBarack Obama has arrived in Rangoon, for an historic six-hour visit. Walking down the steps of Air Force One, he became the first sitting US President to… 19/11/2012
Serbia-Kosovo dialogue may restart next monthDialogue between Serbia and Kosovo could restart as early as next month, according to the Serbian Prime Minister. Talks were suspended last May, ahead of the… 31/10/2012
Clinton starts Balkans tourUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday started a four-day trip of the Balkans with a visit to Bosnia-Herzegovina. She will tell Sarajevo to speed… 30/10/2012
Syrian troops claim Aleppo advanceSyrian government troops have claimed significant advances in the disputed city of Aleppo. State television said on Saturday that the army inflicted heavy… 29/09/2012
Pakistan insists US relations are improvingAs violent anti-US protests rocked Pakistan, the country’s foreign minister insisted that ties with America are improving. Hina Rabbani Khar met … 22/09/2012
Obama condemns US diplomatic killings in LibyaUS President Barack Obama says ties with Libya will not be hurt by Tuesday’s killing of American ambassador Christopher Stevens and three embassy staff. All… 12/09/2012
Air power pounds eastern AleppoSyrian activists say dozens of people have died after government planes bombarded the east Aleppo suburb of Hananou. It is the latest flashpoint in the… 09/09/2012
US and Turkey ramp up pressure on Syria regimeThe United States and Turkey are considering the possibility of imposing no-fly zones over Syria among a package of measures to help opposition forces in the… 11/08/2012
Hillary Clinton takes to the floor US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been showing off her dancing skill in South Africa. It is all part of a charm offensive as the United States… 08/08/2012
Clinton urges Kenya to hold free, fair electionsOn the latest stage of her African tour, Hillary Clinton has urged Kenya to hold free and fair elections and to be a role model for the continent. The … 05/08/2012
Clinton meets with Egypt’s top generalU.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has discussed Egypt’s democratic transition with the country’s top general Mohamad Hussein Tantawi. After the talks… 15/07/2012
Clinton’s visit to Cairo is met with protestUS Secretary of State Hilary Clinton has held her first meeting with the newly-elected Islamist President Mohamed Mursi. Mursi, of the Muslim Brotherhood’s… 14/07/2012
US declares Afghanistan major allyThe US has named Afghanistan a major non-NATO ally, giving the country a similar security status with Washington as Israel and Japan. The move will make it… 07/07/2012
World leaders agree Syria power dealWorld powers have called for the setting up of a transitional government in Syria to help bring the worsening violence, which has killed an estimated 14,000… 30/06/2012
Demands grow for Russia to stop supplying SyriaCriticism of those supplying arms to Syria manifested itself at a military show in Paris. Activists called on governments including the US to stop buying… 13/06/2012
US will work with ‘any country’ that wants a democratic SyriaThe situation in Syria continues to dominate diplomatic events, with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton discussing the crisis at the Global… 07/06/2012
Clinton urges India to cut oil imports from IranUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has raised pressure on India to reduce further its imports of Iranian oil. Visiting the country where she met Prime… 07/05/2012
Clinton leaves China without ChenUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has left Beijing after a week overshadowed by the fate of Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng. Strategic and economic… 05/05/2012
Chinese dissident Chen could be US-boundChina says that blind dissident Chen Guangcheng can apply to study overseas. The United States has confirmed that he has been offered a fellowship by an… 04/05/2012
Dissident’s future unclear as China-US tensions riseAfter his happy reunion with relatives at a hospital in Beijing, Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng’s future remains uncertain. The blind dissident initially… 03/05/2012
Chinese dissident asks for asylum in USBlind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng says he wants to leave for the United States rather than stay in China as he feels his safety and that of his family… 03/05/2012
Dissident Chen leaves US embassy in ChinaChinese dissident Chen Guangcheng has left the US embassy in Beijing, after being there for six days. Reports say the American ambassador accompanied the… 02/05/2012
‘Friends of Syria’ stress UN plan is last chance for peaceThe ‘Friends of Syria’ meeting in Paris stressed the UN-backed peace plan was the only game in town to prevent the country from sliding into all out civil… 20/04/2012
UN drafts resolution to send monitors to SyriaInternational envoy Kofi Annan, on Thursday, called for a United Nations peace monitoring team to visit Syria just a day into a fragile ceasefire. Annan… 12/04/2012
Syria ceasefire deadline passes with no reports of violenceFierce attacks on Syrian opposition neighbourhoods marked the run up to a dawn deadline set for all sides to observe a ceasefire. Six am local time came and… 12/04/2012
US to ease Myanmar sanctionsIt is being hailed as another turning point in Myanmar’s fledgling democratic transition. Just days after Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s party… 05/04/2012
Syria peace plan: Assad will be “judged on his actions”The US reacted sceptically to Syrian President Bashar al Assad’s acceptance of a UN-Arab League peace plan on Tuesday. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton… 28/03/2012
Frontline trauma key to Afghan massacre?The cold blooded killing of 16 Afghan civilians by a US serviceman has further damaged US Afghan relations and calls for troops to leave the country are being… 12/03/2012
N.Korea trades nuclear ambitions for foodIn a surprise breakthrough, Hillary Clinton has announced North Korea is to stop some of its nuclear programmes in return for US food aid. The deal comes… 01/03/2012
Clinton: Syria’s Assad to pay “heavy price”Several hundred supporters of Syria’s President Assad tried to force their way into a hotel where Western and Arab leaders gathered for a ‘Friends of Syria’… 24/02/2012
Clinton ‘optimistic’ on Iran nuclear talksUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has urged Iran to commit to talks over its nuclear programme. Clinton was responding to a letter in which Tehran… 17/02/2012
UN’s failure to act has intensified Syrian attacksAfter the failure of the United Nations Security Council to act over Syria, the organisation’s General Assembly is attempting to get the same resolution… 14/02/2012
Clinton: UN veto increases risk of civil war in SyriaRussia and China have vetoed a UN Security Council resolution calling on Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad to stand down. The United States said the vote… 04/02/2012
Second Arab League monitor to quit Syrian missionUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said the Arab League monitoring mission in Syria cannot continue indefinitely. Speaking yesterday she also gave her… 12/01/2012
World powers hope for better ties with N. KoreaMajor powers have been reassessing their positions after the death of North Korea’s leader. A new man at the helm of the maverick state could provide… 20/12/2011
US to ‘reach out’ to Korean neighbours over successionUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Washington will be reaching out to Beijing and Moscow over the situation in North Korea. She spoke alongside her… 19/12/2011
Cameron and Co. see positives in EU crisisTalk of isolation and an exit from the European Union has been exaggerated – that is the message being put forward by the British government and others as… 13/12/2011
Russia accuses US of stirring election protestsA war of words has erupted between Moscow and Washington with the Russian prime minister accused the White House of encouraging protests against his… 08/12/2011
Putin lashes out at Clinton over protestsRussian prime minister Vladimir Putin has accused the US of encouraging protests against his government after its victory in the recent general election… 08/12/2011
More US criticism of Russian electionUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has, for the second day running, expressed doubts about the Russian elections, suggesting they were neither free nor… 06/12/2011
Clinton visit could signal closer US-Myanmar tiesNobel peace prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi has welcomed US engagement with Myanmar as its new civilian government pledged to move forward with political… 02/12/2011
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi hails ‘historic’ meeting with ClintonHillary Clinton has held talks with Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi during a visit the pro-democracy leader described as “historic”. The Nobel laureate and the… 02/12/2011
Clinton visit melts the diplomatic ice with MyanmarUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has become the most senior American official to visit Myanmar in over half a century. Her aim is to assess the… 01/12/2011
Clinton arrives in MyanmarShe has become the first US Secretary of State to visit in more than 50 years. Hillary Clinton has touched down in Myanmar, also known as Burma, where she is… 30/11/2011
Hillary Clinton tickled pink by Hawaii torch bearerWhat was it that aroused Hillary Clinton’s mirth during what should have been an otherwise dull photoshoot in Hawaii? The US Secretary of State was… 17/11/2011
Clinton visits LibyaHillary Clinton has been in Tripoli for a one day visit to cement relations with the new leaders of Libya. The US Secretary of State met with senior figures… 18/10/2011
Back in the Day: young Clintons tie the knotOctober 11, 1975. Future US president William Jefferson Clinton marries Hillary Rodham, who herself would become Secretary of State. America’s most political… 10/10/2011
US-Romania deal angers RussiansUS Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, has signed an agreement to base anti-missile helicopters in Romania as part a NATO defence plan that has angered… 14/09/2011
Al Qaeda behind unconfirmed US threat – ClintonHillary Clinton says al Qaeda is behind the unconfirmed threat to the United States. The US Secretary of State was speaking at a college of criminal justice… 09/09/2011
Talk gets tougher on Syrian President’s positionThe United States and European Union have called on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down, marking a tougher stance on the killing of protesters… 19/08/2011
Syrian President should “step aside”The US and the European Union demanded on Thursday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad step down over his brutal crackdown of pro-democracy… 18/08/2011
Trafigura & Vitol sell fuel to Syria despite Clinton’s call for boycottOil market dealers confirmed on Friday that a Syrian government tender on behalf of state oil company Sytrol for gasoline that closed on the market this week… 13/08/2011
More deaths reported as US talks tough over SyriaCampaigners in Syria say at least 13 protesters have been shot dead after tens of thousands took to the streets after Friday prayers. Defiant protest… 13/08/2011
US and China talk up good relationsThe US and China played down their differences over the oil and gas-rich waters of the South China Sea at a meeting on Friday. On the sidelines of Asia’s… 22/07/2011
Merkel wants private investors to help bailout GreeceGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for a major contribution by private investors in the bailout of debt laden Greece. The call comes as European… 18/07/2011
Clinton’s support for Greece’s debt woesAs Eurozone ministers prepare tackle the bloc’s wider financial troubles this week, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was in Athens on Sunday to offer… 17/07/2011
Gaddafi lambasts ‘worthless’ recognition of rebelsThere has been a furious reaction from Colonel Muammar Gaddafi to the US recognition of Libyan rebel leaders as the country’s legitimate representatives. In… 16/07/2011
Syria denounces ‘provocative’ Clinton remarksSyria has hit back at the United States after Hillary Clinton said President Assad had lost legitimacy. As Damascus wound up a national dialogue conference… 12/07/2011
Clinton seeks to smooth US-Pakistan tiesThe most senior American official to visit Pakistan since a US strike team killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden this month says tense relations between the… 27/05/2011
Clinton in Pakistan for showdown talksThere was a warm welcome in Islamabad for Hilary Clinton but the smiles will do little to gloss over soaring tensions between Pakistan and the US. The … 27/05/2011
New US sanctions against top Syrian officialsThe latest round of Syrian killings at anti-government demonstrations has spurred the United States to impose new sanctions against senior government… 30/04/2011
Former singer confirmed as Haiti’s next presidentMichel Martelly has been confirmed as the winner of Haiti’s presidential election. The country’s electoral commission said the former singer had won 67.5… 21/04/2011
Tea, sympathy and solidarity: Clinton meets AkihitoThe US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has had a rare meeting with the Japanese Emperor Akihito in a show of solidarity after the earthquake and tsunami… 17/04/2011
US and Japan tackle post-disaster reconstructionThe US secretary of state Hillary Clinton has urged Japan to continue its role on the world stage despite grappling with the effects of a triple disaster at… 17/04/2011
Gaddafi exile plan on table at Libya conference talksRepresentatives from more than 40 governments and international bodies are in London to discuss the future of Libya. With fighting raging between pro- and… 29/03/2011
Tunisians turn up heat over Clinton visitThe US Secretary of State can expect a fiery reception when she arrives in Tunisia on Thursday. Hundreds of people demonstrated in the capital against… 16/03/2011
World powers split over Libyan interventionAn American and British proposal to set up a no-fly zone over Libya has triggered concern amongst world powers. Turkey and Russia oppose any such move… 02/03/2011
Clinton urges Bahrain to allow peaceful protestsUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday called on Bahrain to show restraint and “hold accountable” those who used deadly force against… 17/02/2011
America’s changing stanceThe United States appears to be sending out mixed messages on Egypt. The US had previously called for President Mubarak to stand down and hand over power… 06/02/2011
