Ernest Moniz

U.S. lawmakers skeptical about the nuclear deal with Iran promised to press senior Obama administration officials to make more information about it public at a Senate hearing on July 23 as Congress begins its two-month review of the agreement.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told skeptical Republicans and Democrats on April 13 that the U.S. Congress should give him another two and a half months to secure a final nuclear deal with Iran. 

Barack Obama became the first sitting U.S. president to set foot in Jamaica since 1982 on April 8 -- and made some time for the late reggae legend Bob Marley.

On arrival, Obama descended from Air Force One to greet a long line of people including Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller, whom he embraced.

Iran and six world powers suspended negotiations on a historic nuclear deal and were set to convene again later next week to break a deadlock over sensitive atomic research and lifting of sanctions, Western officials said on March 20.

US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Iranian counterpart reported "progress" in talks on Tehran's contested nuclear programme but with still much left to achieve ahead of an March 31 deadline.
      

 A senior Iranian official in talks on the country's disputed nuclear programme has said differences remain on key questions at the ongoing negotiations in Geneva, state media reported on Feb. 23.
      

US Secretary of State John Kerry was set to arrive in Geneva Feb. 22 for renewed talks with his Iranian counterpart on Tehran's nuclear programme, after warning "significant gaps" remain ahead of a key deadline.
      

The United States and Turkey have a shared interest in defeating the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and the two countries will keep together to crack down on ISIL’s oil smuggling, said U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz.

The United States and Turkey have a shared interest in defeating the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and the two countries will keep together to crack down on ISIL’s oil smuggling, said U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz.

Turkey and the United States sign a memorandum of understanding to improve clean wind energy, also signaling more cooperation on nuclear energy Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yıldız and U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz signed a memorandum of understanding on improving clean wind energy between Turkey and the U.S. on Nov. 20.