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US Adds Guatemalans Targeting President-elect To Blacklist

The United States on Thursday added a Guatemalan prosecutor and judge targeting president-elect Bernardo Arevalo to a corruption blacklist, making them ineligible for US visas.

International Business Times

A US ambassador working for Cuba? Charges against former diplomat Victor Manuel Rocha spotlight Havana's importance in the world of spying

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Dec. 4, 2023, that Victor Manuel Rocha, a former U.S. government employee, had been arrested and faced federal charges for secretly acting for decades as an agent of the Cuban government. Rocha joined the State Department in 1981 and served for over 20…

The Conversation

US Slams Allegations Of Plotting Violent Attacks Against Cuban Government

"Allegations that the United States is encouraging violent actions against the Cuban government are absurd," An official from the State Department said.

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US to spend $700M on new embassy in Ireland, breaks ground on new embassy in Saudi Arabia

The Biden administration is planning to construct a new U.S. embassy in Ireland

The Independent UK

Kissinger and a forgotten genocide

It's hard to keep track of Kissinger's crimes — but his handling of the Pakistan crisis of 1971 was up there

Salon

UN says the Taliban must embrace and uphold human rights obligations in Afghanistan

The U.N. says the Taliban must embrace and uphold human rights obligations in Afghanistan

The Independent UK

State Department approves sale of tank ammunition to Israel, bypassing Congress

The Biden administration said it has approved the emergency sale of nearly 14,000 rounds of ammunition worth more than $106 million as Israel intensifies its military operations in southern Gaza.

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The State Department approves the sale of tank ammunition to Israel in a deal that bypasses Congress

Going around Congress, the Biden administration says it's approved the emergency sale to Israel of nearly 14,000 rounds of tank ammunition worth more than $106 million as Israel intensifies its military operations in the southern Gaza Strip

The Independent UK

Manuel Rocha, Former U.S. Diplomat Accused of Spying for Cuba, Faces 60 Years in Prison

Rocha has been accused of acting as an illegal agent of a foreign government and of defrauding the nation

Latin Times

US Finds War Crimes And Ethnic Cleansing In Sudan War

The United States said Wednesday that Sudan's rival forces have both committed war crimes in their brutal conflict and alleged a new ethnic cleansing campaign in scarred Darfur.

International Business Times

US finds both sides in Sudan conflict have committed atrocities in Darfur

The Biden administration says it has determined that both sides in the ongoing conflict in Sudan have committed atrocities in the western region of Darfur

The Independent UK

Russia has rejected deal to free detained Americans Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan

‘Significant proposal’ was ‘rejected by the Russians but it does not, it will not deter us from continuing to do everything we can to try and bring both of them home,’ State Department spokesperson says

The Independent UK

US announces visa bans after warning Israel on West Bank settler violence

US has called on Israel to act against violent settler groups in the occupied West Bank.

Al Jazeera

In a rare action against Israel, US says extremist West Bank settlers will be barred from America

In a rare punitive move against Israel, the State Department says it will impose travel bans on extremist Jewish settlers implicated in a rash of attacks on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank

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The Independent UK

Ex-Obama official caught on video racially abusing Muslim man

Stuart Seldowitz is a former member of Barack Obama’s White House national security council

The Independent UK

Ex-Obama official caught on video allegedly racially abusing Muslim man

Stuart Seldowitz is a former member of Barack Obama’s White House national security council

The Independent UK

American arrested in Venezuela just days after Biden administration eases oil sanctions

A California man’s family is pleading for his release after they say he was wrongfully arrested in Venezuela and held for ransom just days after President Joe Biden eased crippling oil sanctions on the socialist-run government

Al Jazeera

US’ Blinken urges Israel to stop settler violence in West Bank

Top US diplomat makes plea amid surge in reports of settler violence since the start of the Israel-Hamas war.

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Salon

US war on terror in Africa: 75,000% rise

The number of terrorist attacks on the continent increased from 9 to 6,756 amid America's Forever Wars

France 24

'A cold cell for being a journalist': Husband of US-Russian national Alsu Kurmasheva calls for her release

Alsu Kurmasheva is a dual US-Russian citizen and journalist who has been detained by Russia since October 18, charged with failing to register as a “foreign agent” despite having travelled to Russia for a family emergency. She faces up to five years in prison if convicted. Her husband has called…

The Independent UK

A Pennsylvania family waited weeks to be evacuated from Gaza. Then they were bombed

Palestinian-Americans say they have been treated like second-class citizens by the US government in their efforts to evacuate from Gaza, Richard Hall writes.

The Independent UK

US changes policy to aid families of Americans trapped in Gaza

The Independent had repeatedly raised questions about the State Department’s policy of assisting only immediate family

The Independent UK

Leaked State Department memo slams ‘unacceptable’ Biden policies in Israel-Hamas war

‘Mutiny’ is reportedly building inside diplomatic corps

Foreign Policy

What Ecuador’s New President Needs from Washington—And Fast

The country’s youngest-ever leader has less than 18 months to govern before the next election.

The Independent UK

Americans are still trapped under the bombs in Gaza, facing impossible choices

One American may be forced to choose between fleeing to safety without her family or staying in danger, write Bel Trew in Tel Aviv and Richard Hall in New York City.

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