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Mystery remains around Brittney Griner’s case in Russia

As extraordinary as her circumstances are, the details surrounding Griner’s case remain mostly unknown as a crucial court date approaches next month. Russian prosecutors have offered little clarity and the U.S. government has made only measured statements.

Chicago Sun-Times

Democrats Warn Biden Administration Against Lifting Iran Sanctions

Democratic lawmakers are increasingly growing their opposition to the ongoing negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program after an apparent reluctance to publicly criticize the US administration during the negotiations that began more than a year ago. US Senator Joe Manchin detailed his concerns with the ongoing negotiations between the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

2 months after Griner's arrest, mystery surrounds her case

WNBA All-Star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner is easily the most prominent American citizen known to be jailed by a foreign government

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Ukraine fuels massive arms gold rush

Putin's war is a tragedy for the world, but it already has big winners: Weapons firms and the Pentagon budget

Salon

Summit of the Americas to tackle migration and threats to democracy, Miami adviser says

MIAMI — The Biden administration will use the upcoming Summit of the Americas to address some of the most pressing challenges in the region, including migration, threats to democracy and economic recovery from the pandemic, said Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, one of two former members of Congress tapped by the White House…

Miami Herald

Lawmakers call on State Department to expand privileges for LGBT+ diplomats and spouses

Homosexuality remains illegal in almost 70 countries

The Independent UK

U.S. officials to make emergency trip to calm tensions in Jerusalem

The U.S. fears of reprisal of the 2021 fighting between Israel and Hamas

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Should the U.S. Military Intervene in Taiwan? A Soho Forum Debate

Brookings Institution senior fellow William Galston debates former State Department diplomat Peter Van Buren

Reason

U.S. Blinken stresses importance of status quo at Jerusalem holy sites -statement

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed recent violence in Israel and the West Bank with his Jordanian counterpart and stressed the importance of maintaining the status quo at Jerusalem holy sites, the State Department said in a statement on Tuesday.

Reuters

US Firm on Nuclear Accord

The United States on Monday appeared to dismiss a key Iranian demand to salvage a nuclear accord as Tehran blamed Washington for the prolonged impasse. Iran and the United States have been negotiating indirectly in Vienna for a year to restore the 2015 agreement, known formally as the Joint Comprehensive…

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Solomon Islands becomes unlikely epicenter of U.S.-China competition

The islands' planned security deal with China has U.S. officials worried.

Axios

China, Solomon Islands pact would set 'concerning precedent', United States warns

The United States says a proposed security pact between Solomon Islands and China could destabilise the Pacific Island nation and set a "concerning precedent" for the region.

ABC News

Exclusive-U.S., Cuba to hold high-level migration talks in Washington

American and Cuban officials are due to meet in Washington on Thursday to discuss migration concerns, people familiar with the matter said, in the highest-level formal U.S. talks with Havana since President Joe Biden took office last year.

Reuters

U.S. officials engaged with Israelis, Palestinians, Arab countries over tensions in Jerusalem

A number of U.S. officials engaged in phone calls with Israelis, Palestinians and Arab representatives in the region over the weekend to see to it that tensions in Jerusalem do not escalate, State Department spokesperson Ned Price told reporters on Monday.

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Senior U.S. officials to visit the Solomon Islands amid China security concerns

White House Indo-Pacific coordinator Kurt Campbell and the State Department's top official for Asia will travel this week to the Solomon Islands, the White House said on Monday, amid concerns that the Pacific Island country is making a security pact with China.

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US: 'Deeply Concerned' over Jerusalem Clashes

The United States said Friday it was "deeply concerned" after more than 150 people were wounded in clashes between Palestinian demonstrators and Israeli police in Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound. The clashes come after three weeks of deadly violence in Israel and the occupied West Bank, and as the Jewish festival…

The Independent UK

Murder, motive and mystery: Why the US is trying to find answers to a Haitian assassination

Haitian investigations into the killing of president Jovenel Moise have so far hit dead ends – but in America, efforts are moving forward, reports Widlore Merancourt

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United States urges restraint after Jerusalem violence

The United States is deeply concerned by violence in Jerusalem, where at least 152 Palestinians were injured in clashes with Israeli riot police, the State Department said on Friday.

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Top U.S. officials to discuss migration in Panama next week

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas will travel with a delegation to Panama next week for a ministerial conference on migration with the Central American country's government, the State Department said on Friday.

Reuters

U.S. special representative for N.Korea to visit Seoul to discuss missile launches

The U.S. envoy for North Korea will visit Seoul next week for meetings with South Korean counterparts to discuss the international response to the North's recent intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) launches, the State Department said.

Miami Herald

State Department warns of ‘systemic and violent repression’ in Cuba in latest report

The U.S. State Department said it has received credible evidence of unlawful killings, forced disappearances and torture of political activists in a scorching assessment of the Cuban government’s record, released this week as part of the agency’s annual report on human rights practices.

Reason

The Feds Wasted 66,000 Green Cards in the Middle of a Worker Shortage

The immigration bureaucracy is worsening one of the tightest labor markets in recent American history.

The Independent UK

UN watchdog installs new cameras at Iran centrifuge workshop

The United Nations atomic watchdog says it has installed surveillance cameras to monitor a new centrifuge workshop at Iran’s Natanz site after a request from Tehran

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Watchdog Installs New Cameras at Iran Centrifuge Workshop

The United Nations atomic watchdog said Thursday it installed surveillance cameras to monitor a new centrifuge workshop at Iran's underground Natanz site after a request from Tehran, even as diplomatic efforts to restore its tattered nuclear deal appear stalled. The start of work at the new workshop comes after Iran's…

Axios

Blinken apologized to UAE crown prince for delayed response to Houthi attacks

The Emiratis were disappointed by what they saw as a weak and slow U.S. response.

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