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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged NATO on Tuesday to prepare for the possible use of chemical weapons by Syria on the same day that a senior Israeli military intelligence official said Syrian President Bashar Assad had used such weapons last month in his battle against insurgents.

A Dutch court sentenced a diplomat to 12 years in prison Tuesday for delivering confidential NATO and European Union documents to Russian agents. The case, one of the worst spying affairs in the Netherlands in memory, is linked to that of a couple on trial in Germany on similar charges.

Myanmar on Tuesday hailed a European Union decision lifting political and economic sanctions against the former pariah state, pledging to continue its reforms and march toward democracy.

By Robin Emmott and David Ljunggren BRUSSELS/OTTAWA | Mon Apr 22, 2013 10:14am EDT BRUSSELS/OTTAWA (Reuters) - Talks to wrap up a multi-billion-dollar free trade deal between Canada and Europe have ...

Istanbul (CNN) -- The United States doubled its nonlethal aid to the Syrian opposition on Saturday, as the opposition and its main foreign backers struggled to overcome deep divisions and present a ...

The new US defence secretary, Chuck Hagel, is due to make his first visit to Israel on Sunday amid fresh warnings from the country s leaders that time is running out to deal with the Iranian nuclear threat. Here, in a provocative article based on his controversial new book, Peter Oborne shows how the West turned down a precious opportunity to resolve the Iranian nuclear crisis eight years ago, and argues that it is western rather than Iranian intransigence that prevents a deal being struck today.

Vietnamese authorities seeking to stop a well-known democracy activist from meeting an American diplomat last weekend deployed an unusual weapon - a group of elderly ladies.

Funeral services will be held in suburban Chicago for the young U.S. diplomat killed while delivering textbooks in southern Afghanistan.

Funeral services will be held in suburban Chicago for the young U.S. diplomat killed while delivering textbooks in southern Afghanistan.

By Ben Blanchard BEIJING | Tue Apr 16, 2013 1:46am EDT BEIJING (Reuters) - China's defense ministry made a thinly veiled attack on the United States on Tuesday for increasing tensions in the ...