First Look What was Hillary Clinton’s role in Benghazi? It depends whom you ask. What happened during a deadly 2012 assault in Benghazi, which left four Americans dead? Competing reports by Democratic and Republican investigators offer different versions of events. | View caption Hide caption The confusion over the attacks on a diplomatic outpost and…
Balance Foreign Policy In African ‘coup belt,’ Western values must now compete | View caption Hide caption Amid Western hand-wringing about the string of coups in Africa, some experts say the moment suggests not so much the twilight of Western influence but that African countries have choices and are breaking a dependence on one power.…
North Korean officials have claimed that Travis King, a detained American soldier, entered the country as a result of alleged “inhuman maltreatment and racial discrimination within the US Army”. King had shown a willingness to apply for asylum in North Korea after crossing the border last month, according to North Korea’s initial official statements on…
Five Americans imprisoned in Iran have been placed under house arrest in the first step of a planned prisoner exchange between Tehran and Washington that will include the release of roughly $6 billion in Iranian government assets blocked under U.S. sanctions, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the matter. If the proposed agreement goes through,…
WASHINGTON — Virginia leaders are pushing for a new FBI headquarters to be built in Virginia. Maryland leaders say their state is the “superior” choice. And conservative Republicans want to nix the new headquarters project completely. As the House GOP majority wages war on the FBI and Justice Department for “weaponizing” the government against former…