Laos, a small and secretive communist country in Southeast Asia, hosts the region’s security and diplomatic summits. President Barack Obama is the first standing U.S. leader to visit the country ...

It was only in 1997 that the U.S. government admitted its involvement in the war. From 1975 till the fall of the Soviet Union, the only foreigners who had easy access to Laos were Soviet citizens.

Vientiane might have held back because of worries about international reprisals, observers say Worries about potential international reprisals and censure, on top of being exposed by Kyiv, may have ...

The lobby of the CIA headquarters Building in Langley, Virginia. The lobby of the CIA headquarters Building in Langley, Virginia. Reuters Back in 1961, the rumbles of war could be heard in Laos, a ...

VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) — The Latest on President Barack Obama’s historic visit to Laos (all times local): 5:05 p.m. President Barack Obama says a determination to defeat communism in Sout… ...