Lara Jakes

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South Sudan facing US sanctions during Kerry trip

South Sudan facing US sanctions during Kerry trip

Lara Jakes · April 25, 2014 9:15 pm

Secretary of State John Kerry addresses a gathering of the Export-Import Bank at the Omni-Shoreham Hotel in Washington, Thursday, April 24, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

US unwilling to give up Mideast peace process yet

Lara Jakes · April 24, 2014 10:22 pm

Israeli PM: Palestinians step back from peace

Israeli PM: Palestinians step back from peace

Lara Jakes · April 24, 2014 4:05 pm

UN envoy raises possibility of Somali withdrawal

UN envoy raises possibility of Somali withdrawal

Lara Jakes · April 22, 2014 7:31 pm

These printed copies of a presentation released by the U.S. Department of State on Thursday, April 17, 2014, purport to show Russian involvement in Eastern Ukraine. The 11-page document contains images of soldiers in eastern Ukraine that the State Department says are Russian forces, showing militants wearing similar uniforms and brandishing Russian weapons. There was no way to immediately verify the photographs, which the State Department says were taken from the Internet and social media. (AP Photo)

US: Pictures indicate Russian troops in Ukraine

Lara Jakes · April 21, 2014 9:26 pm

US looking into possible chemical attack in Syria

US looking into possible chemical attack in Syria

Lara Jakes · April 21, 2014 7:43 pm

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Deshchytsia, right, talks with Secretary of State John Kerry and European Union High Representative Catherine Ashton in a hotel hallway behind the scenes to thank them for the results of a quadrilateral meeting on Ukraine that had just ended between representatives of the US, Ukraine, Russia and the European Union, Thursday, April 17, 2014, in Geneva. (AP Photo/Jim Bourg, Pool)

National Security

Time not on side of Russia-Ukraine detente deal

Lara Jakes · April 19, 2014 8:00 am

US: Russia facing diplomacy or new sanctions

National Security

US: Russia facing diplomacy or new sanctions

Lara Jakes · April 16, 2014 8:29 pm

Secretary of State John Kerry testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 8, 2014, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to discuss his budget and the status of diplomatic hot spots. Lawmakers' questions focused on Russia, Ukraine, Iran and Syria. Kerry, a former chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, threatened Russia with tougher economic sanctions if it fails to back down from its chaotic involvement in Ukraine. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

John Kerry raps Israel in faltering Mideast peace

Lara Jakes · April 8, 2014 7:01 pm

Kerry: US strike in Syria wouldn’t be devastating

Kerry: US strike in Syria wouldn’t be devastating

Lara Jakes · April 8, 2014 4:33 pm

US troubled by Iran’s choice of its UN ambassador

US troubled by Iran’s choice of its UN ambassador

Lara Jakes · April 2, 2014 11:43 pm

In this March 30, 2014, photo U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at a news conference in Paris. The United States is talking with Israel about the possibility of releasing convicted spy Jonathan Pollard early from his life sentence as an incentive in the troubled Mideast peace negotiations, a person familiar with the situation said Monday March 31, 2014. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

American spy’s release would be high-stakes gamble

Lara Jakes · April 2, 2014 7:06 am