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Washington Hopes Iran’s Lead Negotiator Returns to Vienna Talks with ‘Positive View’

Negotiators have made significant progress in the last week on reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal but very tough issues remain, a senior US State Department official said on Friday. The US official said he hoped Iran’s lead negotiator would return in the coming days to Vienna, where the talks…

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Biden Approves $350 Million in Military Aid for Ukraine

President Joe Biden instructed the US State Department to release up to an additional $350 million worth of weapons from US stocks to Ukraine on Friday as it struggles to repulse a Russian invasion. In a memorandum to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Biden directed that $350 million allocated through…

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US Says Will Continue to Engage with Russia over Iran

The United States will continue to engage with Russia over efforts to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons, even though Moscow's invasion of Ukraine had made it a "pariah on the world stage," State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Friday. Price said US officials would now only engage with…

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Russia's offer for talks with Ukraine is diplomacy 'at the barrel of a gun' -U.S. State Dept

Russia's offer for talks with Ukraine was an attempt to conduct diplomacy "at the barrel of a gun," State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Friday, saying Russia must stop its bombing in Ukraine if it is serious about diplomacy.

Reuters

Blinken condemns reports of mounting civilian deaths in Ukraine

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke on Friday with his Ukrainian counterpart and condemned reports of mounting civilian deaths, including those of Ukrainian children, due to attacks around Kyiv, a State Department spokesperson said.

Reuters

Latest Russia-Ukraine updates: US to impose sanctions on Putin

Ukraine news from February 25: Biden plans move to freeze assets of Putin and Russian foreign minister.

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U.S. expelling Russian diplomat in tit-for-tat move -State Dept

The United States is expelling the No. 2 diplomat at the Russian Embassy in Washington in response to Russia's recent expulsion of the U.S. deputy chief of mission in Moscow, a senior State Department spokesperson said on Thursday.

Reuters

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Core team of U.S. diplomats in Ukraine now 'temporarily' working from Poland, State Dept says

A core team of U.S. personnel who had moved from the Ukrainian capital Kyiv to the western city of Lviv are now 'temporarily' working from Poland, a State Department spokesperson said on Thursday, but did not provide a time frame on when they would return to Ukraine, as Russia launched…

Reuters

Latest Russia-Ukraine updates: Tens of thousands flee their homes

Ukraine invasion news from February 24: UN says several thousand Ukrainians crossing into neighbouring countries.

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‘No words’: State Department left speechless over Trump and Pompeo praise of Putin

‘Putin is now saying, ‘It’s independent,’ a large section of Ukraine. I said, ‘How smart is that?’ gushed former president Donald Trump

The Independent UK

Trump news – live: State Department has ‘no words’ after ex-president praises Putin’s attack on Ukraine

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U.S. restricts importation of some Afghan archaeological, ethnological material

The United States has imposed restrictions on importation of certain categories of Afghan archaeological and ethnological material into the U.S., the State Department said on Tuesday.

Reuters

White House rebukes Brazil's Bolsonaro for 'solidarity' visit to Moscow

The White House on Friday criticized Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's visit this week to Moscow in the midst of the Ukraine crisis, saying the vast majority of the international community oppose a Russian invasion.

Reuters

Russia expels U.S.'s second highest official at embassy in Moscow - U.S. State Department

Russia has expelled the U.S. deputy chief of mission to Russia, Bart Gorman, a State Department spokesperson said on Thursday, warning of a U.S. response amid heightened fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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Satterfield Visits Khartoum to Advance Democratic Transition

US Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa David Satterfield was in Sudan on Thursday on a two-day visit to discuss with military and civilian leaders efforts to put the country back on the transition track following the army’s coup in October 25. The US State Department said Satterfield aims…

Al Jazeera

US and Iranian officials suggest nuclear talks nearing conclusion

Iranian negotiator says deal is ‘closer than ever’ as US State Department stresses that days ahead will be ‘decisive’.

Reuters

U.S. in 'very final stages' of Iran nuclear talks, State Dept. says

The United States is in "the midst of the very final stages" of indirect talks with Iran aimed at salvaging a 2015 deal limiting Tehran's nuclear activities, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

US closes Ukraine embassy and ‘destroys computer equipment’ ahead of expected Russian invasion

Embassy staff relocated to Lviv

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Swastika discovered at U.S. embassy in Bulgaria day after Holocaust Remembrance

The latest swastika was found in a secure part of the embassy.

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Poland opens border to Americans leaving Ukraine

The State Department said on Saturday it encourages U.S. citizens to "depart immediately."

Reuters

Blinken says Ukraine embassy drawdown prudent given high risk of Russian invasion

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Saturday the risk of Russian military action in Ukraine is high and imminent enough to justify the departure of much of the staff at U.S. embassy in Kyiv, which the State Department announced earlier.

France 24

Russia’s ‘key’ security demands unmet during Biden-Putin call on Ukraine, Kremlin says

The ideas that US President Joe Biden shared to address Moscow’s security demands during a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin Saturday did not “touch upon” the demands’ “key elements”, the Kremlin said. Countries from the Netherlands to Saudi Arabia urged their nationals to leave Ukraine as tensions mounted…

Wales Online

US to open embassy in Solomon Islands to counter China’s influence

The State Department said Solomon Islanders cherished their history with Americans on the battlefields of World War II

The Independent UK

US aims to counter China by opening Solomon Islands embassy

The U_S_ says it will open an embassy in the Solomon Islands, laying out in unusually blunt terms a plan to increase its influence in the South Pacific nation before China becomes “strongly embedded.”

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Russian Invasion of Ukraine Could Come at Any Time, Says Blinken

Russia has sent more forces to its border with Ukraine and could launch an invasion at any time, including during the Winter Olympics, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday. He said Washington was continuing to "draw down" its embassy in Ukraine and repeated a State Department call…

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