Topic: Victoria Nuland

Washington supports statements from a rebel movement in northern Algeria that it was ready to engage in talks with the central government in Bamako.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's plans to return to private life haven't changed as President Obama readies for a second term, an official said.

Fifteen Somalis were convicted of piracy and sentenced to 18-year jail terms in the Indian Ocean nation of Seychelles.

The upper house of the Russian Parliament passed a draft law Wednesday that would tighten penalties for the illegal use of state secrets.

The Algerian government is moving closer to supporting an African-led intervention in Mali to wipe out extremist influence, a U.S. official said.

Scores of people were reported killed Friday on the first day of an Eid al-Ahda truce in Syria, in violence that included a deadly car bombing in Damascus.

The U.S. government is providing logistical support for the delivery of weapons to anti-government forces in Syria, a Kremlin official said.

The U.S. government is concerned about reports Russian opposition supporter Leonid Razvozzhayev was subjected to torture, a spokeswoman said.

The United States supports a process in Lebanon that would lead to the formation of a new government responsive to its people, a spokeswoman said.

The U.S. government is considering how it can support the development of a peacekeeping force as well as political transition in Mali, an official said.