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Myanmar President Thein Sein

Globe Trot: Soft sell in Washington for Myanmar democracy

International | Myanmar President Thein Sein meets in Washington today with President Barack Obama and contends in a Washington Post interview that the army he has presided over has not engaged in pogroms—contrary to multiple human…

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pounds her fist while testifying at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Benghazi in January.

Why a select committee on Benghazi matters

Congress |  Rep. Frank Wolf, R-Va., believes we need a congressional select committee to get to the bottom of the Benghazi scandal. That’s why he’s introduced H.R.

U.S. Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice

Obama administration releases Benghazi documents

Libya |  The White House is releasing 100 pages of emails and notes tied to the Obama administration's response to the Sept. 11, 2012, attack on the U.S. Consulate in…

President Obama responds to questions about Benghazi Monday.

Benghazi is not ‘a sideshow’

Libya |  When the deputy chief of mission in Libya gives an anguished account of last September’s attack for the first time—as Gregory Hicks did last week—a…

Supporters of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif celebrate the victory of their leader in Islamabad, Pakistan.

Globe Trot: Former PM Nawaz Sharif returns to power in Pakistan

International |  Pakistanis returned to high office Nawaz Sharif, after parliamentary elections this weekend gave his party a commanding new hold on power. Sharif’s…

From right to left: Eric Nordstrom, Gregory Hicks, and Mark Thompson testify before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Wednesday.

Hearing bombshells

Libya |  House committee listens to six hours of dramatic and emotional testimony on the Benghazi attacks

A man walks through a room in the gutted U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, after an attack that killed four Americans.

Globe Trot: The State Department has some explaining to do

International |  The second-highest serving officer at the U.S. mission in Libya is set to testify today in Congress against the White House version of events surrounding the…

The U.S. Consulate in Benghazi the day after the attack.

Going rogue

Libya |  Top U.S. State Department officials today are set to testify against the White House’s version of the assault on Benghazi

Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta (left) and President Barack Obama at a memorial ceremony outside the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2012.

U.S. ordered troops to ‘stand down’ during Benghazi attack

Libya |  For more than six months, a gap has been yawning wide in the Obama administration’s storyline on the Sept. 11, 2012, attack in Benghazi, Libya, that killed…

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton stands with Vice President Joe Biden in the Oval Office of the White House

Midday Roundup: GOP report says Clinton lied about Benghazi security requests

Newsworthy |  Search for the truth. House Republicans say former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton lied to congressional committees about requests for added security ahead…

UNDER FIRE: Inside the Coptic Orthodox Church burned by unknown arsonists.
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Silent testimony in a region aflame

Libya |  Can a new U.S. roadmap for religious freedom calm the crackdown on believers?

Libyan children wave national flags as they look out over Tahrir Square.

North Africa's criminal Christians

Libya |  Libyan officials arrested four Christian foreigners over the weekend, accusing them of distributing books about Christianity and sharing their faith. Police…

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