Nicole Duran

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Miguel Moran Diaz of Miami was sentenced to 10 years. (Screenshot/NBC)

Two ISIS sympathizers sent to prison

Nicole Duran · July 29, 2015 1:22 pm

National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden appears on a live video feed broadcast from Moscow at an event sponsored by the ACLU Hawaii in Honolulu on Saturday, Feb. 14, 2015. (AP Photo)Â

White House says no pardon for Snowden

Nicole Duran · July 28, 2015 8:18 pm

Jonathan Pollard could be released from federal prison within months. Pollard becomes eligible for parole in November 2015, on the 30th anniversary of his arrest on charges of selling classified information to Israel. (AP Photo/Karl DeBlaker)

Israeli spy Pollard to be released in November

Nicole Duran · July 28, 2015 6:53 pm

President Obama delivers a speech to the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Tuesday. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene)

Obama’s parting message to Africa: Invest in your children

Nicole Duran · July 28, 2015 4:28 pm

"I'll be honest with you, I'm looking forward to life after being president," President Obama said in remarks to the African Union in Ethiopia on Tuesday. (AP Photo)Â

Obama on a third term: ‘I think if I ran, I could win’

Nicole Duran · July 28, 2015 3:15 pm

U.S. President Obama, left, speaks during a bilateral meeting with African Union Commission Chairperson Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma at the African Union, Tuesday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

African Union head tells Obama multinationals are to blame for corruption

Nicole Duran · July 28, 2015 2:49 pm

In addition to announcing new restrictions on the ivory trade in the U.S. on Saturday, Obama said his administration is trying to write similar bans into trade agreements. (AP Photo)Â

Energy and Environment

Obama tells Kenya the U.S. is cracking down on ivory trade

Nicole Duran · July 28, 2015 4:01 am

The U.S. will contribute $40 million before the fiscal year ends in September to counter violent extremism in East Africa. (AP Photo)Â

Obama pledges millions to Africa for business, anti-violence efforts

Nicole Duran · July 27, 2015 8:10 pm

Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn watches at right as President Barack Obama touches "Lucy," part of several hundred pieces of bone representing 40 percent of a female Australopithecus afarensis who was estimated to have lived 3.2 million years ago in Ethiopia, Monday, July 27, 2015, at the National Palace in Addis Ababa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Obama shown evidence that he and Trump are distant relatives

Nicole Duran · July 27, 2015 6:33 pm

President Obama speaks during a joint news conference with Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, Monday, July 27, 2015, at the National Palace in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. (AP Photo)Â

Obama says South Sudan getting worse, hints at sanctions

Nicole Duran · July 27, 2015 3:51 pm

President Obama speaks during a joint news conference with Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, Monday, at the National Palace in Addis Ababa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Obama says Ethiopia needs to work on human rights

Nicole Duran · July 27, 2015 1:54 pm

Jonathan Pollard, a Jewish American who was jailed for life in 1987 on charges of spying on the United States, was released Friday. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

National Security

White House denies connection between Pollard parole, Iran deal

Nicole Duran, Charles Hoskinson · July 24, 2015 9:20 pm