This is the Top Five Countdown! Were hangin with the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles chart, for the week ending April 29, 2017. It turns out that lighting does strike twice in the same place, because we get a Top Five deb...
U.S. Aid for Cambodian Elections The U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, announced this month a new grant to support the work of the National Election Committee, or NEC, to administer Cambodia's 2017 and 2018 elections. The two-year,...
Strategic Patience With North Korea is Over Vice President Mike Pence put North Korea on notice during his recent trip to Asia. In a joint appearance, Vice President Pence and South Korean acting president Hwang Kyo-ahn said they would strengthen Sou...
WHITE HOUSE Less than a day after U.S. Vice President Mike Pence declared the era of strategic patience is over regarding North Korea, the White House press secretary indicated tolerance for a bit more patience. I think that we're going to continue t...
Were lining up the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles chart for the week ending April 22, 2017. Its one thing when a song enters the Top Five, but quite another when it debuts in the Top Five. Thats what were looking at this...
There are six gay Chechen men hiding in the suburban Moscow home because they fear their lives,or their relatives, could be in danger.They fled Russias Republic of Chechnya as independent media reported a crackdown on gay men involving hundreds of ab...
U.S. - Nepal Security Cooperation Admiral Harry B. Harris, Jr., Commander of the United States Pacific Command, recently visited Kathmandu, Nepal to meet with Nepali leaders and to participate in the opening ceremony of a U.S.-sponsored multinational...
Assad Defiant as Activists Report Surge in Syrian Government Attacks Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is remaining defiant amid widespread accusations his government carried out a deadly chemical attack last week, as monitoring groups say his forces...
Hunger and Conflict in South Sudan, Nigeria, Yemen According to the Famine Early Warning Systems Network, or FEWS NET, in 2017, some 70 million people across 45 countries will need emergency food assistance. Severe drought and economic instability ar...
U.S. Values Its Partnership With Jordan During King Abdullah II's recent visit to the White House, President Donald Trump pledged to preserve and strengthen the relationship between the United States and Jordan. At a press conference with the King, h...
Speaking in Brussels at a meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers on March 31, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that the United States is strongly committed to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO. This transatlantic political and military...
During King Abdullah II's recent visit to the White House, President Donald Trump pledged to preserve and strengthen the relationship between the United States and Jordan. At a press conference with the King, he noted that the historic ties and close...
Hunger Crisis in East Africa - Somalia Some 14.4 million people in Somalia, Ethiopia, and Kenya need humanitarian assistance, according to the United Nations. In some places, acute food insecurity could soon deteriorate into famine. Famines are rare,...
US Envoy to UN: Trump Will Strike Syria Again if Necessary WASHINGTON The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations is suggesting if President Donald Trump needs to carry out more military strikes on Syria, he will. He will not stop here, Ambassador Nikk...
Speaking in Brussels at a meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers on March 31, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that the United States is strongly committed to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO. This transatlantic political and military...
