Department of State
Trump Administration Asks Top State Department Officials To Leave
Two senior administration officials said Thursday that the Trump administration told four top State Department...
Trump’s Embassy Move To Jerusalem ‘self-Destructive’
Newly inaugurated US President Donald Trump is about to reverse an historical course that has been in the making for...
Here’s Who Benefits From Keystone, Dakota Pipelines
President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that construction would move forward on the Keystone XL and Dakota Access...
U.S. Envoy To Kazakhstan To Attend Syria Talks As An Observer
The U. S. State Department said on Saturday it will not send a delegation from Washington to attend Syrian peace talks...
Yemen; Obama’s Parting Gift To Terror
Barack Obama saved his parting gift to terror, his worst crime, for last, the War on the Yemeni People. Obama’s last...
Trump’s Plan To Quickly Recall Ambassadors Is ‘risky Move’- Experts
A plan by Donald Trump to turf out dozens of ambassadors on the day he takes office risks months of uncertainty in some...
NATO Crisis
Turkish President Recep Erdogan alleged, giving the Obama administration a ‘new-year-surprise’, December 28 that...
Kerry Apologizes For Past Firings of Gay U.S. State Department Staff
U. S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday apologized to hundreds of State Department employees who were fired after...
Hacking Had No Effect On US Elections
Hacking had no effect on the outcome of the US election, President-elect Donald Trump has said after a meeting with...
US Identifies Agents Behind Russian DNC Attack’
The US has identified the Russian agents behind alleged hacking ahead of the presidential election won by Donald Trump...
Joe Biden Tells Trump To ‘grow Up’
US Vice-President Joe Biden has told President-elect Donald Trump to “grow up” and criticised his attacks on the...
Osama Bin Laden Son On Terror Watch List
One of 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden's sons has been placed on a State Department terror watch list after he...
Trump Secretary of State Eyes $180m Payout To Cut Exxon Ties
The former Exxon chairman and chief executive chosen by Donald Trump for US secretary of state will receive $180m to...
US Administration ‘100% Certain’ About Russian Hacking
The US administration is "is 100% certain in the role that Russia played" in election-related hacking, State Department...
High Time All African States Have Left the Eurocentric ICC
Last October Burundi, South Africa and the Gambia declared they were withdrawing from the International Criminal Court...
The Ivory Coast Antagonises The U.S. At A Critical Time
The Ivory Coast government has just thumbed its nose at the efforts by the U. S. to expand its role in assisting in the...
Philippine President Accuses US Ambassadors of Being ‘spies’
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte derided U. S. ambassadors as “spies” on Thursday, responding to a media report...
Trump Joins Fight Against UN Vote
The Israeli government reached out to President-elect Donald Trump for help in pressuring the Obama administration to...
Trump and Putin Seek To Boost Nuclear Capability
President-elect Donald Trump signaled Thursday that he will look to "strengthen and expand" the US's nuclear capability...