The Latest Breaking News from US State Department

GARDEN GROVE, Calif. — Mexico was supposed to be their “happy place,” where Orange County lawyer Elliot Blair and his wife, Kim Williams, went to celebrate their love on their one-year anniversary. Now his death and her pursuit of answers — and, perhaps, justice — are at the center of…

Mega-influencer Andrew Tate is once again back in the news as he battles charges of organised crime and human trafficking in Romania.

The United States is deeply concerned about Russia's supply of military equipment to Myanmar's junta and will continue to seek ways to limit such cooperation between the two countries, a senior U.S. State Department official said on Wednesday.

Exclusive: British travellers have been told overnight the ban applies only for visits from January 2021

Blinken blasted the recent loss of civilian life in violent attacks as ‘deeply disturbing’

The U.S. State Department on Monday said Finland and Sweden are ready to join the NATO alliance, after Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said Sweden should not expect Turkey's support for its membership after a protest near the Turkish embassy in Stockholm at the weekend including the burning of a copy…

John Williams Ntwali, one of Rwanda's few journalists who published stories critical of the government, has died, his newspaper The Chronicles reported.

US State Department spokesman Ned Price described Iran as "the world's leading sponsor of terrorism." During a press briefing in Washington, Price commented on the European Parliament's resolution to declare the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) a foreign terrorist organization. He confirmed that this is a recognition by European partners…

The Algerian government announced a new draft law on "human trafficking," which included penalties of up to 20 years imprisonment. The new law came in response to observations in annual reports of the US State Department on human trafficking, which criticized Algeria. It calls for a national strategy to prevent…