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State Department relents, will allow Congress to review Afghanistan ‘dissent cable’

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Amid intensifying pressure from House Republicans, the State Department said Wednesday it will...

New US report alleges religious freedom violations in China, Iran, India

Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The State Department's latest survey of religious freedom around the...

What’s likely behind mysterious ‘Havana syndrome’ that plagued US diplomats

Graeme Jennings - Pool/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A review of 'Havana syndrome" by the U.S. intelligence community...

Blinken describes confronting China about spy balloon, warns against military support for Russia

ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Over an hourlong conversation this weekend, the top diplomats from China and the...

Chinese surveillance balloon may trigger US ‘action’ against Beijing: Official

Matt Anderson Photography/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A State Department official said Thursday that the Biden administration is...

Ukraine investigating whether its soldiers committed war crime amid international concern over video

Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Following the emergence of video suggesting Ukrainian fighters may have committed...

US sanctions Iranian officials for crackdown on protests

Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz(WASHINGTON) -- While Iran's brutal attempts to put down nationwide...

Biden slaps new sanctions on Russia after Putin annexes parts of Ukraine

omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- For months, the U.S. has warned that the Kremlin would move to annex...

New nuclear threats raise risk from a ‘cornered Putin’: Experts

ILYA PITALEV/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Even before Russian troops invaded Ukraine, U.S. officials warned...

US now urges away outside help while negotiating for Griner, Whelan’s release from Russia

belterz/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- As a onetime ambassador to the U.N. and an international hostage negotiator, Bill...