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Michelle Obama heads to Asia to promote girls' education

First lady Michelle Obama will travel to Japan and Cambodia this month as part of a U.S. global effo...

Mar 03, 2015 09:36 AM EST

U.S. must learn from Afghan waste or squander more: watchdog

The United States must learn from expensive mistakes it has made trying to rebuild Afghanistan, wher...

Feb 13, 2015 06:58 AM EST

Obama's Cuba opening hits early obstacles, faces struggle with Congress

Only two-and-a-half weeks after U.S. President Barack Obama announced a historic prisoner exchange a...

Jan 04, 2015 03:17 AM EST

As U.S.-led combat mission ends, Afghan women fear oppression

No one ever claimed responsibility after a suicide bomber rammed into the vehicle of celebrated fema...

Dec 31, 2014 01:52 AM EST

Obama announces U.S. to restore diplomatic ties with Cuba

President Barack Obama announced the United States would restore diplomatic relations it severed wit...

Dec 17, 2014 05:24 PM EST

American Alan Gross completes fifth year in Cuban prison

U.S. foreign aid worker Alan Gross completed his fifth year in a Cuban prison on Wednesday with his ...

Dec 03, 2014 05:20 AM EST