State Department

Some officials raise concerns about retaliation against American travelers

A U.S. citizen was taken hostage by gunmen in Niger early Tuesday morning. 

Last August, the now 29-year-old Texas native was arrested amid a night out in the Russian capital and was later charged with “assaulting and endangering the lives of the two police officers."

A third ceasefire agreement has been reached in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, as Armenia and Azerbaijan both agreed Sunday to stop the deadly fighting that’s continued for four weeks.

President Trump's Middle East peace deals, including the latest Friday between Israel and Sudan, are "unprecedented" for the region, State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said.

Plagued by a global pandemic, postal stoppages, state law changes, and confusion – many of the 9 million U.S. citizens eligible to vote from outside the country worry they won’t get their say in the 2020 Presidential election.

Less than two weeks before the 2020 presidential election, with foreign policy a focal point of the final Trump/Biden debate Thursday, the commander-in-chief is set to highlight long-held promises and accomplishments during his first term. 

Four years ago, dozens of American officials stationed in Cuba started to hear odd cracks and humming in their ears – punctured by rushes of nausea, headaches, muddy vision, memory loss, disequilibrium, and lethargy – all key indicators of mild traumatic brain injury (TBI).

A group of 45 Democratic lawmakers Wednesday called on Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to withdraw the U.S. from the G20 summit next month in Saudi Arabia unless the kingdom promises reforms on a long list of human rights abuses.

The Trump administration has approved more than $1 billion in arms sales to Taiwan in a move likely to further ratchet up tensions between Beijing and Washington.