Ashish Kumar Sen

U.S.: Less than 25 percent of aid promised by nations has reached Syrian refugees

Less than 25 percent of the $1.5 billion pledged by the international community for Syrian refugees has been delivered, jeopardizing the humanitarian aid project, U.S. officials say.

March 19, 2013

U.S. pushes Iranian dissidents to accept Albanian asylum offer

The Obama administration said Monday that an Iranian dissident group must immediately accept an offer of asylum from Albania for some its members being housed at a camp in Iraq.

March 18, 2013

Obama discusses security concerns with new Chinese President Xi Jinping

President Obama called on China's new president, Xi Jinping, on Thursday and discussed the challenges posed by North Korea's nuclear and missile programs, and the importance of addressing cybersecurity threats.

March 14, 2013

Libyan leader meets Obama, vows justice for Benghazi attack

Libya's prime minister met Wednesday with President Obama at the White House and vowed that justice will be served in the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi in which four Americans were killed.

March 13, 2013

Syrian war is victimizing children, some as young as 8, new report says

Syrian government forces and rebels are recruiting children to fight in the civil war and, in some cases, are using them as human shields, a Britain-based charity says.

March 13, 2013

FBI: Benghazi probe slowed in lawless area of Libya

U.S. and Libyan authorities investigating the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. diplomatic outpost in Benghazi are being hamstrung by the Libyan government's lack of control over the eastern part of the country.

March 12, 2013

Sudan, South Sudan agree to oil export deal

South Sudan will begin pumping oil on March 24, under an agreement signed Tuesday by Sudan and South Sudan that will restart the countries' oil export industry.

March 12, 2013

N. Korea ends cease-fire during U.S.-S. Korea military exercises

North Korea on Monday scrapped the cease-fire that ended the Korean War in 1953, as the U.S. and South Korea conducted military exercises in the region.

March 11, 2013

North Korea tests new leader of South; Park Geun-hye ‘no softie’ to belligerence

The Korean Peninsula is fraught with tension as its new leaders engage in a battle of words and will — with the North on Monday voiding the cease-fire that halted the Korean War in 1953 and the South placing its troops on high alert.

March 11, 2013

Obama ‘forgot’ human rights; Russian wants U.S. off sidelines

The Obama administration's "reset" of its relationship with Russia has largely failed, and in his second term, the president must press Moscow harder on human rights, which are under threat from President Vladimir Putin, Russian opposition leaders and Kremlin critics say.

March 10, 2013

North Korea cuts off hotline, pact with South; Kim responds to U.N. resolution

North Korea on Friday scrapped all nonaggression pacts with South Korea and cut off a hotline with Seoul after the U.N. Security Council unanimously approved new sanctions on Pyongyang to punish it for its Feb. 12 nuclear test.

March 7, 2013

U.N. hits North Korea with new sanctions

The U.N. Security Council on Thursday unanimously approved new sanctions on North Korea to punish it for its Feb. 12 nuclear test, hours after Pyongyang threatened a "pre-emptive" nuclear strike against the United States.

March 7, 2013

China, U.S. push for tougher N. Korea sanctions; threat to resume war is denounced

The United States and China called Tuesday for tougher U.N. sanctions to punish North Korea for its latest nuclear missile test, as the secretive Stalinist state threatened to scrap the 1953 truce that halted the Korean War.

March 5, 2013

Rep. James McGovern condemns Russian trial of dead lawyer

A decision by Russian authorities to go ahead with the trial of a dead lawyer is yet another example of the "endless vendetta" against him, a U.S. congressman said Monday.

March 4, 2013

Smuggled Libyan arms disrupting North Africa

The Obama administration and other Western governments ignored early warnings about small arms and explosives being smuggled out of Libya — weapons that now have fallen into the hands of al Qaeda-linked militants waging war across North Africa.

February 28, 2013

State Department designates Pakistani terrorist group

The State Department on Tuesday imposed sanctions on a Pakistan-based terrorist group that supports al Qaeda and the Taliban.

February 26, 2013

Disputes in Asia pose challenge to Obama

Japan's territorial disputes with South Korea and China, a belligerent North Korea, and an increasingly assertive China are posing challenges to the Obama administration as it seeks to deepen its engagement with Asia, analysts say.

February 25, 2013

North Korea threat triggers global backlash

North Korea on Tuesday threatened to destroy South Korea and hinted at "stronger steps" after its third nuclear test last week, prompting a stern response from the Obama administration and European nations.

February 19, 2013

Dissidents blame camp attack on Iraq

An Iranian dissident group says Iraq's government had a hand in a rocket and mortar attack on its refugee camp north of Baghdad where seven people were killed and dozens injured earlier this month.

February 18, 2013

Sudanese rebels offer cease-fire

A leader of a Sudanese rebel movement says his group is ready to pause a bloody war with Sudan's armed forces so that people affected by nearly two years of fighting can receive desperately needed humanitarian aid.

February 17, 2013