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The Trump administration will allow thousands of Syrians to remain in America for at least 18 months. In extending Temporary Protected Status to some 7,000 Syrians currently in the US, the Department of Homeland Security acknowledged that war-convulsed country remained unsafe for them to return.
Brenda Fitzgerald's resignation comes one day after POLITICO reported that she bought shares in tobacco, drug and food companies one month into her job as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Photo: Branden Camp/AP
Victor Cha, a former White House official who had been under consideration to become US ambassador to South Korea, warned in an essay published Wednesday against giving North Korea a 'bloody nose using a targeted military strike on the regime.
It’s widely assumed Putin will win. The real question is what will happen in six years, and whether the authoritarian system first established by Boris Yeltsin will persist.
Nicolas Maduro, who pitched himself as the 'son' of Hugo Chavez ahead of his 2013 presidential win, has unveiled a new campaign song and logo that barely mentions the late socialist leader
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, left, speaks next to a framed poster featuring the late President Hugo Chavez, during the annual state-of-the-nation address at the National Assembly in Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. 21, 2015. Photo: AP
Cuban Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel (l.) is the long-presumed successor to President Raul Castro, but it is unclear how much power he will have with Mr. Castro still leading the nation's Communist Party. (AP/File)
