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Kerry applauds Northeastern class diversity as Trump ‘nightmare’

BOSTON (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told college graduates on Friday that their diversity is "Donald Trump's worst nightmare" and that it's their job to confront global issues ranging from terrorism to climate change. Speaking to an estimated audience of 25,

terrorism

Kerry seeks to disconnect religion from terrorism

(CNSNews.com) – Reiterating his argument that a lack of jobs, more than religious ideology, lies behind the "scourge" of terrorism, Secretary of State John Kerry in a commencement speech Friday pointed to the fact that those who ignited the so-called "Arab spring" five years ago were

Barack Obama

Paris climate accord signed by 175 nations at UN

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Leaders from at least 175 countries signed the Paris Agreement on climate change Friday as the landmark deal took a key step forward. But Republican presidential contender Ted Cruz criticized the accord as an attack on American families even as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry

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GOP senators target taxpayer funding for Kerry’s UN climate change programs

(CNSNews.com) – Taking aim at one of Secretary of State John Kerry's most cherished causes, a group of Republican senators is warning him that the administration will violate U.S. law if it does not cut off funding to the U.N.'s climate change agency and

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Saudi threat over 9/11 bill spurs uproar on eve of Obama visit

WASHINGTON – Ahead of President Barack Obama's jaunt to Saudi Arabia this week, the Persian Gulf nation laid down a threat last week. The Arab kingdom demanded the defeat a bipartisan bill pending in Congress that would let families of Sept. 11 victims sue the government in Riyadh over

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Russia rejects criticism of fly-by near US Navy destroyer

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's defense ministry has rejected complaints by U.S. officials who said Russian attack planes buzzed dangerously close to a U.S. Navy destroyer in the Baltic Sea this week. The U.S. European command says the Russian planes buzzed the ship multiple times Monday and

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Kerry, in Bahrain, mentions possibility of ‘new arrangement’ with Iran

(CNSNews.com) – Secretary of State John Kerry appealed to Iran on Thursday to work constructively to help end the conflicts in Syria and Yemen, holding out the prospect of some form of new regional security "arrangement" should Tehran choose to cooperate. In separate appearances in Manama with his

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Do our leaders have the political will to fight ISIS?

President Obama is signaling his plans for an extensive effort aimed at getting Merrick Garland confirmed to the Supreme Court. A front-page New York Times article lays out what it describes as "a deliberate White House strategy," consisting of three phases, including "speeches, interviews and other public