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NEARLY 200 FORMER DIPLOMATS ARE ALARMED AT THE STATE OF AMERICAN DIPLOMACY
The retired ambassadors signed a letter urging the Senate to get Mike Pompeo's commitment to rebuild a State Department drained of many experienced diplomats... READ MORE›
RUSSIA, CHINA NO MILITARY THREAT TO AUSTRALIA
Russia, China no military threat to Australia Foreign Minister Bishop... READ MORE›
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HOMA HOODFAR, CONCORDIA PROFESSOR, RELEASED FROM TEHRAN JAIL
The Iranian-Canadian anthropology professor Hoodfar was arrested while on a personal and research visit to Iran, her family said... READ MORE›
TAIWAN CONTACT SIGNALS TRUMP'S CONTINUING BREAK WITH CONVENTION
President-elect Trump is fully briefed and fully knowledgeable about these issues,'' Conway said on CNN... READ MORE›
DOZENS OF CLINTON EMAILS WERE CLASSIFIED FROM THE START, U.S. RULES SUGGEST
State Department staff, including the secretary of state, receive training on how to classify and handle sensitive information, the department has said... READ MORE›
A FAKE DIPLOMATIC CABLE HAS THE STATE DEPARTMENT FUMING
But perhaps the State Department diplomats could take a lesson from their counterparts in Moscow... READ MORE›
US SCHOLAR: INDIA SHOULD REMEMBER THE HISTORY
US experts have urged Indian troops to withdraw from the intruded Chinese territory and also called the two countries to resolve the issue diplomatically... READ MORE›
DENMARK IS NAMING AN AMBASSADOR WHO WILL JUST DEAL WITH INCREASINGLY POWERFUL TECH COMPANIES
Denmark's Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen, right, speaking to British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson at the Jan. 16 European Union ministers meeting in Brussels... READ MORE›
BP TO PAY A?12BN FOR GULF OIL SPILL
BP has reached an 18.7bn 12bn settlement with the US Department of Justice DoJ following the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill... READ MORE›
'MAYBE THE BRITS ARE JUST HAVING US ON'
'Maybe the Brits are just having us on' the world reacts to Boris Johnson as foreign minister... READ MORE›
A BIG PASSPORT CHANGE IS COMING THAT COULD AFFECT FREQUENT TRAVELERS
The State Department began routinely issuing 52-page passports last fall to anyone applying for a new passport at embassies and consulates around the world... READ MORE›
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION CHOOSING TO REPLACE SEVERAL SENIOR STATE DEPARTMENT DIPLOMATS
Kennedy has overseen a vast array of State Department activity, including budget, personnel and Freedom of Information requests... READ MORE›
INDIAN TROOPS MUST 'BACK OUT' FROM DOKLAM, FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS
Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged Indian troops to back out from Doklam on Monday... READ MORE›
AYATOLLAH KHAMENEI BACKING IRAN NEGOTIATORS DOESNT FAULT NUCLEAR DEAL
Khamenei said referring to the United States and its five negotiating partners... READ MORE›
CONGRESS GETS A SAY BUT OBAMA WIELDS A VETO
Cardin said the Iran review, while proceeding in Congress initially over the White House's objections, probably played to the West's advantage... READ MORE›
HAS TRUMP ALREADY SIDELINED HIS SECRETARY OF STATE?
Of the 44 highest-ranking positions at the State Department, the Trump administration has filled one Tillerson's... READ MORE›
AVOIDING IDLIB 'ATTACK' PROBE WOULD MEAN INTL COMMUNITY NOT LOOKING FOR TRUTH
He also stressedthat any UN Security Council resolution that focused on solely blaming Damascus and not on investigating the Idlib incident would be counterproductive... READ MORE›
RUSSIA RETALIATES FOR SANCTIONS BY ORDERING CUTS TO DIPLOMATIC STAFF
Russia's foreign ministry told Washington to cut its diplomatic staff to 455 by Sept. 1... READ MORE›
MR. OBAMA, YOUR IRAN DEAL WILL FALL APART
If President Obama doesn't treat the Iran agreement with more respect all his arguments today are beside the point... READ MORE›
US OFFERS TO HELPISRAEL BOLSTERITS DEFENSES
The United States has offered Israel an array of defense capabilities in recent years, some of which Israel decided against because of budget constraints... READ MORE›
COURT LACKS MORAL AUTHORITY TO REDEFINE MARRIAGE
Rather, this ruling, like the abortion ruling, all but ensures America will not achieve broad social consensus on same-sex marriage... READ MORE›
DEFYING OBAMALAWMAKERS PRESS TOARM UKRAINE
While the United States has been providing nonlethal assistance, and American military instructors have begun training Ukrainian troops in western Ukraine, President Petro O... READ MORE›
AT LEAST 16 AMERICANS SUFFERED NEGATIVE HEALTH AFFECTS IN CUBAN EMBASSY INCIDENTS
State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert had previously confirmed an incident occurred in 2016, but the number of Americans affected had not been known... READ MORE›
TILLERSON TO VISIT BEIJING, PLAN FOR TRUMP'S TRIP
The first round of the China-US Social and Cultural Dialogue, co-hosted by Vice-Premier Liu Yandong and Tillerson, was set for Washington on Thursday... READ MORE›
U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT'S ENTIRE SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAM JUST RESIGNED
His departure was a surprise to other State Department officials who were working with him... READ MORE›
RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER JOKES ABOUT FORMER FBI DIRECTOR COMEY'S FIRING
When the Russian foreign minister jokes about former FBI director Comey's firing... READ MORE›
OBAMA TELLS CONGRESS US WILL STILL PRESS IRAN WITH DEAL
Biden Jr. ways that the administration could unilaterally address issues around the Iran nuclear accord without renegotiating it... READ MORE›
GUESS THE ONLY THREE COUNTRIES WITHOUT U.S. EMBASSIES
For the past 54 years the United States and Cuba have had no official diplomatic relations... READ MORE›
REFUGEE CRISIS IN EUROPE PROMPTS WESTERN ENGAGEMENT IN SYRIA
To aid refugees fleeing the Central African Republic, for instance, he has to dip into a pot of United Nations money not earmarked for specific crises... READ MORE›
OP-ED A REPUBLICAN CASE FOR OBAMAS CUBA POLICY
Washington I WAS born in Havana in November 1953 about six years before Fidel Castro led a revolution in Cuba... READ MORE›
CANADIAN DIPLOMAT IN CUBA ALSO TREATED FOR HEARING LOSS
US officials attributed the severe hearing loss to an advanced sonic device, according to the Associated Press news agency... READ MORE›
PUTIN BREAKS SILENCE WITH CALL TO OBAMA TOUCHING ON UKRAINE AND ISIS
Moscow supports the government of President Bashar al-Assad, and Mr... READ MORE›