The Cuban government has arrested an American citizen, and U.S. diplomats in Havana are trying to learn more about the case, the State Department said today. ...more

December 12, 2009

A top Afghan military official said today that a key part of President Barack Obama's new war plan — accelerating the training of Afghan soldiers — does not go far enough to meet the country's defense needs. ...more

December 1, 2009

President Barack Obama today will outline his intention to send an additional 34,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan, say U.S. officials and diplomats briefed Monday as Obama began informing allies of his plan. ...more

December 1, 2009

Former top executives at Blackwater Worldwide say the U.S. security contractor sent about $1 million to its Iraq office with the intention of paying off officials in the country who were angry about the fatal shootings of 17 civilians by Blackwater employees, The New York Times reported Tuesday. ...more

November 10, 2009

While foreign diplomats hope upcoming elections willchangethingsin Afghanistan, many Afghans are voting with their feet. ...more

July 6, 2009

Pope Benedict XVI, welcomed to the sweltering Angolan capital of Luanda on Friday by the biggest crowds of his African pilgrimage, condemned sexual violence against women in Africa and chided those countries on the continent that have approved abortion. ...more

March 21, 2009

The 387th Transportation Detachment, an Army Reserve unit stationed in Tampa, have returned from their yearlong deployment supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. ...more

March 14, 2009

Sudan's president threatened to kick out more aid groups and expel diplomats and peacekeepers Sunday during his first trip to Darfur after an international court issued an arrest warrant against him for war crimes there. ...more

March 9, 2009

As I got ready for an overseas trip this month, I did the things diplomats normally do: I made last-minute calls, prepared notes from meetings, packed briefing materials and travel documents. Then I did something that reflects how the world of public diplomacy is changing to adapt to the digital age: I sent a tweet. ...more

December 27, 2008

In a methodical execution-style attack, gunmen with automatic weapons cornered and killed an American aid worker and his Pakistani driver Wednesday in the capital of Pakistan's volatile northwest region. ...more

November 13, 2008