US Republican Senator John McCain said Russia is a key player in the Syrian peace process after it invited the United States to talks in Astana, in an interview with MSNBC. Russia, Turkey and Iran brokered the Astana talks and agreed to act as guarantors of a nationwide Syrian ceasefire. ...
US President Barack Obama commuted the vast majority of former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning’s 35-year prison sentence for leaking classified documents, the White House announced Tuesday. The White House said that Manning is one of 209 inmates whose sentences Obama is shortening. Obama is also pardoning 64 people, including ...
