By Allam

After three days of sidestepping the issue, U.S. military leaders are tentatively addressing the desertion controversy surrounding the release of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl.

The State Department said Tuesday that it was not told in advance that Yemen planned to expel McClatchy contributor Adam Baron and that once U.S. diplomats learned he was to be deported, they’d attempted to offer him consular assistance. Baron, however, had already left the country.

After nearly three years of political impasse and fruitless meetings, the U.N.'s special envoy to Syria announced his resignation.

The State Department reiterated its opposition to Secretary of State John Kerry testifying on the deadly Benghazi attack.

U.S. officials said they had no reason to doubt the authenticity of a new video that purports to show more than 100 of the kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls.

An Islamist militant group confirmed in a video that it was behind the kidnapping of more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls.

Secretary of State John Kerry traveled to war-ravaged South Sudan on Friday, holding off on sanctions in hopes of opening peace talks between warring factions.

Secretary of State John Kerry brings dire warnings and the threat of sanctions as he arrives in Africa to address the conflict in South Sudan and other crises.

The Syrian government has agreed to allow an international investigation into recent claims of chlorine attacks.

Courts in Egypt widened the crackdown on Islamist and leftist opposition activists Monday, moving farther away from the democratic ideals of the 2011 uprising.

Secretary of State John Kerry threatened new sanctions against Russia, saying Moscow shows no sign of complying with an agreement to resolve the Ukraine crisis.

The State Department gives a breakdown of the $1.5 billion U.S. aid package reserved for Egypt this year as bilateral relations improve.

The State Department said it was disappointed in the surprise rapprochement between the Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas.

International monitors say Syria has disposed of more than 80 percent of it chemical arsenal, but new attack claims have emerged.

After six hours of crisis talks, negotiators reached a deal to reduce tensions in Ukraine.