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US Bans Entry to Syria Security Agent over Killings on Video

The US State Department on Monday banned entry into the US of a Syrian intelligence member who appeared in a video leaked last year showing him fatally shooting people during the country’s 12-year conflict. The ban against Amjad Yousef, a member of Syria’s notorious Military Intelligence Branch 227, includes his…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Unraveling my family's Cold War mystery

My great-uncle Abe Feller was committed to the United Nations. Did Roy Cohn and Joe McCarthy break him?

Salon

Cuba blasts U.S. for years of disregarding evidence on 'Havana Syndrome'

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US issues more Iran sanctions amid stalled diplomacy

New measures target Iranian oil and petrochemical sales, as US says it is committed to reducing Iran’s energy exports.

Al Jazeera

US Slams Israeli Minister’s Call to ‘Erase’ Palestinian Village as ‘Disgusting'

State Department spokesperson Ned Price told reporters that Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich's comments that called for a Palestinian village to be "erased" "were irresponsible. "They were repugnant.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Amid controversy, Biden administration shortens visit by Cuban Border Guard officials

MIAMI — A planned visit this week by Cuban Border Guard officials to U.S. Coast Guard headquarters in Washington has been canceled after complaints from Republican members of Congress.

Miami Herald

‘Repugnant’: US rebukes Israeli remark on Palestinian village

US State Department condemns Israeli minister’s call for Huwara to be ‘wiped out’, calling it a ‘disgusting’ incitement.

Al Jazeera

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U.S. and others express concern at conflict in Somalia breakaway region

Representatives from the United States, Britain, Qatar, Somalia, the United Arab Emirates and Turkey met on Tuesday and expressed concern at the conflict in and around Laascaanood, a disputed town in Somalia's northern breakaway region of Somaliland, according to a statement released by the State Department.

Reuters

Mexico’s president hits out at implicit criticism from US

‘There’s currently more democracy in Mexico than in the United States,’ Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says.

Al Jazeera

Matt Gaetz awkwardly caught citing Chinese propaganda to justify Ukraine aid cuts

China’s Global Times was designated as a foreign mission by the US State Department under the Trump administration

The Independent UK

Congress turns attention to oversight of Ukraine aid - Roll Call

House and Senate defense and spending panels will hold the first open hearings on Ukraine aid oversight since the war’s start.

Roll Call

Commentary: Did Putin just inch Russia and the US closer to nuclear war?

On Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Moscow will suspend implementation of New START, the last remaining treaty between Russia and the United States limiting deployed nuclear weapons.

Los Angeles Times

Blinken will try to show U.S. is a reliable partner on visit to Central Asia - official

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will attempt to show that Washington can be a reliable partner to countries in Central Asia on a visit to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan next week, the to State Department official for South and Central Asia, Donald Lu, told reporters on Friday.

Reuters

Five key ways the US has supported Ukraine’s war effort

Al Jazeera examines Washington’s notable moves to help Kyiv fight against Moscow’s invasion over the past year.

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The Independent UK

Blinken heads to Asia, with China, Russia tensions soaring

Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Central and South Asia next week for international talks that will put him in the same room as his Chinese and Russian counterparts

Miami Herald

Biden official on Haiti: 'Incredibly complex, challenging.' Still no respite in sight

The Biden administration is defending the slow pace of financial sanctions against Haitian politicians and business leaders, saying that the United States’ evidentiary standard is much stricter than that of most countries and any decision needs to be corroborated by evidence.

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Deeply Concerned About Violence in Israel, West Bank

The State Department said Wednesday that the US is highly concerned by the levels of violence in Israel and the West Bank and feared that the impact of the recent Israeli raid in the West Bank could set back efforts to restore calm. State Department spokesman Ned Price said in…

Reuters

Exclusive-U.S. to vet human rights more closely before approving arms deals - officials

U.S. President Joe Biden's administration will unveil on Thursday a long-awaited overhaul of arms export policy with increased emphasis on human rights, three State Department officials familiar with the new Conventional Arms Transfer (CAT) policy told Reuters.

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U.S. extremely concerned by levels of violence in Israel and West Bank

The United States is extremely concerned by the levels of violence in Israel and the West Bank and is concerned that a raid by Israeli forces there could set back efforts at restoring calm, the State Department said on Wednesday.

The Conversation

Globetrotting Black nutritionist Flemmie P. Kittrell revolutionized early childhood education and illuminated 'hidden hunger'

Nutrition is among the most critical issues of our time. Diet-related illnesses are shortening life spans and the lack of conveniently located and affordable nutritious food makes it hard for many Americans to enjoy good health.

Tribune News Service

Peru says US has granted extradition of former President Alejandro Toledo

LIMA, Peru — Peru’s attorney general’s office on Tuesday said that the U.S. State Department had granted the extradition of former President Alejandro Toledo, to be tried in Lima over graft allegations.

Tribune News Service

South Florida mayors back bid to dissolve travel visa backlog

More than a half dozen South and Central Florida mayors have hopped aboard a national travel industry campaign to persuade the U.S. State Department to speed up visa application interviews abroad for international travelers.

The Independent UK

New START: last US-Russia arms control treaty in jeopardy

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s announcement that Moscow is suspending its participation in the last remaining U.S.-Russia arms control treaty will have an immediate impact on U.S. visibility into Russian nuclear activities

Tribune News Service

Putin halts nuclear pact with US, vows to push war in Ukraine

President Vladimir Putin said Russia will suspend its observation of the New START treaty with the U.S., dealing a blow to the last accord limiting their nuclear arsenals, as he vowed to press on with his faltering invasion of Ukraine.

Tribune News Service

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