The Department of Justice and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service special agents have arrested and charged three people for their alleged roles in an internati...
Lesotho’s health care sector recently got a boost with the completion of a center dedicated to collecting blood and disseminating it to local hospitals.
Peace Corps volunteers Steve McCafferty and Mary Beth Phair are teaching people English-language skills while serving together in Ukraine. They teach Engl...
Changing mindsets is one of the biggest hurdles in overcoming violence against women, Melanne Verveer says.
The United States designates another senior leader of al-Qaida in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb under an order that targets terrorists and their suppor...
Scientists in more than 80 countries will get access to cutting-edge scientific equipment, training and support over the next five years thanks to a publi...
The top U.S. envoy to Africa says the French and African military intervention in Mali has created a valuable opportunity to bring about political stabili...
In their first meeting since John Kerry became secretary of state, Kerry and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon discuss a range of foreign policy areas, i...
Preserving crops until they reach consumers is the focus of a February 19 State Department forum for diplomats from countries in Africa, Latin America and...
The election of Jordan's new House of Deputies on January 23 is "an important milestone" in the country's political reform process, says Secretary of Stat...
In his State of the Union address, President Obama announces plans for a comprehensive trade deal between the United States and the European Union aimed a...
Taking a break from catching drug dealers, Captain Maria Tejada-Quintana graduates with 278 fellow students from the Inter-American Squadron Officer Schoo...
President Obama tells the nation that he will gradually withdraw 34,000 troops from Afghanistan over the next year, further reduce the U.S. nuclear arsena...
Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson says the international community has a “moral imperative” to help end the immense sufferin...
The U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development will be working with the Aga Khan Foundation to establish the first investm...
A rocket carries a new satellite into orbit February 11 to continue a 40-year legacy of data collection about the state of our planet. The Landsat program...
U.N. “aid workers are performing heroically to help the Syrian people,” Assistant Secretary Anne Richard of the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migrat...
Anne C. Richard, assistant secretary of state for population, refugees and migration, talks about her visit to the home of Om Faisal, a Syrian refugee in ...
All parties to the conflict in Syria must ensure that "humanitarian assistance can reach those who need it most in their time of need," Nancy Lindborg, as...
Science is entering a new frontier on planet Earth — the lake system beneath the massive ice sheet that covers Antarctica. Early results indicate scientis...
To combat deforestation in the Andean Amazon, USAID is providing funding to four U.S. universities to partner with South American counterparts on local bi...
Antiretroviral therapy can save the lives of people living with HIV/AIDS, if they take it. But keeping a patient on a rigid drug routine is harder than yo...
Increased regional cooperation is crucial for addressing the irregular security threats facing Eastern Africa, senior officials from the United States and...
Under President Obama's five-year leasing program, the central Gulf of Mexico and other areas off U.S. shores are available for exploration and developmen...
An asteroid the size of a building is on a path to zoom by Earth February 15. Experts rule out a collision but say Europeans, Asians and Australians can g...