Tag: U.S. State Department
US hostage envoy: ‘100% focused on returning people home’
American policy is "100% focused on returning people home," Adam Boehler, the U.S. presidential envoy for hostage affairs, said during a U.S. hostage and wrongful detainee flag-raising ceremony at the U.S. State Department on...
Rubio to visit Middle East in wake of Trump relocation proposal
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will visit Israel and Arab states, including the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, from February 13-18, a State Department official said.
His visit comes following the proposal by...
At fiery farewell press conference, Blinken calls ceasefire delay temporary ‘loose end’
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken described the delay in reaching agreement over the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal a “loose end” on Thursday that he expected to be resolved.
“I am confident, and I fully expect,...
‘Illegitimate’ power grab, US says as Maduro sworn in as Venezuelan president
Nicolás Maduro held an “illegitimate presidential inauguration in Venezuela in a desperate attempt to seize power,” U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated on Friday, as the Venezuelan leader began his third term amid...
State Dept. warned Trump team of Gaza ‘catastrophe’ over UNRWA ban
U.S. State Department officials reportedly warned President-elect Donald Trump's transition team of a possible humanitarian "catastrophe" in Gaza when new Israeli laws go into effect at the end of the month barring the operations of the U.N....
‘Well-developed’ Biden admin anti-Israel ‘January surprise’ planned at UN, former US official says
The Biden administration is planning a “January surprise” that is “modeled directly on the January surprise of the Obama administration in 2016—that is U.N. Resolution 2334, which basically, to put it a little bit...
Palestinians sue State Department over aid to Israel
A lawsuit filed Tuesday by Palestinians from Gaza and their U.S. relatives accuses the State Department of circumventing a law that prohibits U.S. military aid to foreign forces implicated in gross human rights abuses...
State Department: US hasn’t determined if Israel violated Lebanon ceasefire
The U.S. State Department said on Monday that the Israeli-Hezbollah ceasefire, which went into effect last Wednesday, is thus far “successful, broadly speaking,” with no determination yet made of accusations of Israeli violations.
Despite ongoing...
US offers $5m for info on Hezbollah-linked 1994 plane bombing
The United States is offering a $5 million award for information leading to the arrest of any individual who abetted the 1994 bombing of a commercial flight in Panama believed to have been carried...
Blinken touches down in Israel for 11th time since Oct. 7
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken touched down at Ben-Gurion International Airport on Tuesday morning, marking the diplomat's 11th visit since the Hamas terrorist attacks in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.
Blinken met with...