Tag: U.S. Department of State
AP statement on Israeli attack on building housing AP office
NEW YORK — An Israeli airstrike destroyed a high-rise building in Gaza City that housed offices of The Associated Press and other media outlets...
Blinken heads to Iceland meeting with Russia on his mind
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Antony Blinken is headed to Europe and North Atlantic islands next week to put the Biden administration’s stamp on...
Analysis: Violence upends Biden’s Israel-Palestinian outlook
WASHINGTON — The surge in Israeli-Palestinian violence has flummoxed the Biden administration in its first four months as it attempts to craft a Middle...
Blinken stresses US resolve in call with Russian diplomat
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Antony Blinken told his Russian counterpart on Wednesday that the Biden administration will not waver in responding to aggression...
US hits China and others for repressing religious freedom
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Wednesday took aim at China and a number of other countries for repressing religious freedom as it forges...
US allows diplomats, embassy families to leave Nepal
WASHINGTON — The State Department said Friday it is allowing non-essential diplomats and the families of all American staff at the U.S. Embassy in...
With ambassador picks, Biden faces donor vs. diversity test
President Joe Biden is facing a fresh challenge to his oft-repeated commitment to diversity in his administration: assembling a diplomatic corps that gives...
Blinken brings anti-graft message, old Russia foe to Ukraine
WASHINGTON — When Secretary of State Antony Blinken travels to Ukraine this week he’ll be carrying a tough anti-graft message and strong U.S. backing...
US expresses concern over El Salvador vote to remove judges
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — The United States said Sunday that it is concerned over a vote by El Salvador’s new congress to remove...
Growth in Burkina Faso gold mining fuels human trafficking
SECACO, Burkina Faso — For months, human traffickers beat and drugged Blessing, hauling the 27-year-old from one gold mine encampment to the next, where...
