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Secretary Blinken and State Department leadership maintain focus on key initiatives despite recent political developments.

Alsu Kurmasheva convicted after secret trial for spreading ‘false information’ about armed forces

U.S. Secretary of State warns of Iran's nuclear progress and criticism over Iraq-Iran energy transactions.

Questions from Ohio senator held up nominations for months

For a year and a half, GOP lawmakers have been stealthily adding amendements to government appropriations bills, which are key to funding major government departments, to ban any federal money being used for gender transition procedures. This will dramatically curtail trans people’s access to medical care — just like the…

State Department rejects characterization of United Nations human rights watchdog

Chicago woman missing in Bahamas, family seeks US government help in investigation.

The surveillance company mSpy just suffered its third data breach in a decade, exposing government officials snooping for both official and unofficial reasons.

The rise of the radical far right in Europe poses a threat not only to the continent but also to Americans at home and abroad.

The report highlights sex trafficking in Nicaragua, the migration crisis in Venezuela, and Cuba's foreign medical missions.

The United States offered rare criticism of close partner India in a report published Wednesday on religious freedom, while also voicing alarm over rising bigotry worldwide against both Jews and Muslims.