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Secretary of State Blinken offers big aid package on unannounced visit to Ukraine

Antony Blinken is on a trip to Kyiv, where he visited a children's hospital and met with U.S. Embassy staff. The U.S. announced nearly $3 billion in aid and weapons for Ukraine and other countries.

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Blinken visits Ukraine to offer new US military aid for counteroffensive

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Kyiv on Thursday to pledge $2 billion in fresh security aid, including support the Biden administration hopes will bolster a Ukrainian counteroffensive aimed at pushing back Russian forces in the south and east.

Reuters

Mossad Chief Kicks Off Meetings in Washington to Discuss Nuclear Deal

Israeli Mossad chief David Barnea arrived in Washington for a series of meetings with US officials. Upon arrival at Andrews Air Force Base near Washington on Tuesday evening, Barnea met with senior officials of the White House, the US State Department, and the Pentagon. He also met with the Director…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Cuba says US is acting immorally by keeping it on blacklist

Cuba’s deputy foreign minister is accusing the Biden administration of acting immorally and unfairly by keeping Cuba on the list of state sponsors of terrorism

The Independent UK

Israeli PM rejects calls to change army rules of engagement

Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid says no one will “dictate our open-fire policies,” appearing to reject U.S. calls for Israel to review its rules of engagement following the shooting death of a prominent journalist

The Independent UK

Vedant Patel becomes first Indian-American to hold daily U.S. State Dept. press conference

During his briefing, Vedant Patel covered topics ranging from Russia’s unlawful invasion of Ukraine, negotiations around the JCPOA and Liz Truss becoming the PM of U.K.

The Hindu

‘Tired’ Hillary Clinton explains why her email controversy is not as bad as Trump’s secret papers scandal

‘I’m more tired of talking about this than anyone, but here we are’

The Independent UK

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Clinton rips Trump's false equivalency

"The fact is that I had zero emails that were classified," wrote Clinton. "Trump has hundreds of documents"

Salon

U.S. says it will press Israel on rules of engagement after Al Jazeera journalist's killing

Washington will press Israel to review its policies and practices on rules of engagement after the Israel Defense Forces concluded that Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was likely shot by an Israeli soldier, State Department deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel said on Tuesday.

Reuters

China lashes out as US agrees $1.1 billion arms deal with Taiwan

It comes days after Taiwan shot down a drone hovering over one of its islands just off the Chinese coast

Evening Standard

Russia says no U.S. visas yet for Lavrov visit to United Nations

Russia has asked for 56 visas from the United States to allow Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his delegation to travel to New York for the annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations this month, but so far has received none.

Reuters

U.S. ambassador to Russia will attend Gorbachev funeral - State Dept

U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan will attend the funeral of the last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in Moscow on Saturday, a State Department spokesperson said on Friday.

Reuters

UN Envoy Encourages Kurdish Parties in Syria to Engage in Dialogue

US State Department Special Envoy to Syria Nicholas Granger is urging Kurdish parties to return to intra-Kurdish talks and resolve outstanding contentious issues between them. Granger held meetings with leaders of the opposition Kurdish National Council and officials of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria. In a meeting…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran sends nuclear talks response; US casts doubt on offer

Iran has sent a written response in negotiations over a final draft of a roadmap for parties to return to its tattered nuclear deal with world powers

The Independent UK

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US calls Iran’s response to nuclear talks ‘not constructive’

WASHINGTON — The U.S. considers Iran’s response in the talks to revive the 2015 nuclear accord to be “not constructive,” the State Department said Thursday night.

Reuters

U.S.-Russia nuclear weapons inspections must resume before new arms talks, says U.S

U.S. President Joe Biden's administration said on Thursday it cannot hold talks with Moscow on a treaty to replace the last U.S.-Russian pact limiting strategic nuclear arms until inspections of the two countries' nuclear weapons sites, which are currently paused, resume.

Miami Herald

Cuba quietly releases from prison a Cuban American teacher convicted of espionage

The Cuban government has quietly commuted the sentence of Alina López Miyares, a Cuban American teacher in Miami who was sent to prison after she was accused of espionage in 2017, in an unusual gesture that might signal Havana’s willingness to remove a diplomatic roadblock to further engagement with the…

Los Angeles Times

Sandy Banks: From South Los Angeles to the State Department, fighting for social justice

Growing up in working-class Black Los Angeles, Desiree Cormier Smith was the brainy Catholic school kid who knew she wanted a career in public service, "but I didn't know what was possible," she said.

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France 24

EU tightens travel rules for Russians, falls short of visa ban

European Union foreign ministers agreed on Wednesday to fully suspend a visa facilitation agreement with Russia, making it harder for Russian citizens to enter the EU but falling short of an outright visa ban. The move comes as a team of IAEA nuclear inspectors arrived in the southern Ukrainian city…

The Independent UK

LA man jailed in Venezuela pleas for Biden not to forget him

A Los Angeles attorney detained for five months in Venezuela is pleading for help from the Biden administration

The Orange County Register

'Beyond grateful and happy': Those evacuated after US withdrawal from Afghanistan reflect on past year

SANTA ANA, Calif. — A year ago, Farkhunda “Wajmah” Koshani and Ziba Zahiri didn’t know if they would make it out of Kabul airport, where thousands of American civilians and Afghan allies were frantically fleeing the advance of Taliban forces.

Reuters

U.S. expects Russia to prepare sham referenda in Ukraine -State Dept

The U.S. government has assessed that Moscow is preparing to stage sham referenda in areas of Ukraine under its control to manipulate the results to claim that the Ukrainian people want to join Russia, the State Department said on Tuesday.

Tribune News Service

Biden administration readies $1.1 billion arms sale to Taiwan

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is preparing to sell $1.1 billion in missiles and radar support to Taiwan, according to an official familiar with the matter.

The Independent UK

US attacks Russia’s ‘cynical obstructionism’ for blocking UN nuclear treaty

‘After weeks of intensive but productive negotiations, the Russian Federation alone decided to block consensus on a final document’

The Independent UK

Dutch commando dies after three off-duty soldiers wounded in shooting outside Indianapolis hotel

Unidentified soldier surrounded by ‘family and colleagues’ as he passed away at Indiana hospital

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