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Politics Sep 27
Trump administration defends new refugee cap of 45,000 in coming yearLowering the cap reflects President Donald Trump's opposition to accepting refugees and other immigrants into the U.S., an approach that has already driven down refugee admissions.
World Sep 26
New U.S. sanctions target 8 North Korean banks, 26 individualsThe eight banks are all in North Korea. The Treasury Department said the 26 individuals are North Korean nationals employed by those banks.
World Sep 20
U.S. to give $32 million for Myanmar’s Rohingya refugeesNEW YORK — The United States will contribute nearly $32 million in humanitarian aid to help Rohingya Muslim refugees, the State Department said Wednesday, in the Trump administration's first major response to the mass exodus from Myanmar.
Politics Sep 18
After violence at embassy, U.S. withdraws proposal to let Turkish security guards buy gunsThe Trump administration has withdrawn a proposal to let Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's security guards buy $1.2 million in U.S.-made weapons, a congressional official said Monday, following violence against protesters during Erdogan's visit to Washington this spring.
Politics Sep 17
Top U.S. diplomat says closing Embassy in Cuba ‘under review’The Trump administration is considering closing down the recently reopened U.S. Embassy in Havana following a string of unexplained incidents harming the health of American diplomats in Cuba.
World Sep 14
In Cuba, mystery deepens over attacks on U.S. diplomatsSuspicion initially focused on a sonic weapon, and on the Cubans. Yet the diagnosis of mild brain injury, considered unlikely to result from sound, has confounded the FBI, the State Department and U.S. intelligence agencies involved in the investigation.
Nation Sep 03
U.S. seizes control of Russian posts in San Francisco, D.C., NYMoscow has accused the U.S. of violating international law by shuttering the facilities, a charge the U.S. disputes.
World Sep 01
Russia lashes out after Trump orders diplomatic posts closedRussia accused the United States on Friday of a "gross violation of international law" after the Trump administration gave Moscow two days to shutter diplomatic outposts in San Francisco and other American cities.
World Sep 01
U.S. diplomats union: Attacks in Cuba caused mild brain injuryAmerican diplomats who served in Cuba have been diagnosed with mild traumatic brain injury following mysterious, unexplained attacks on their health, the union that represents U.S. diplomats said Friday.
Nation Sep 01
U.S. ban on travel North Korea kicks in, with few exceptionsThe ban makes U.S. passports invalid for travel to North Korea and allows the State Department to revoke the passport of anyone who flouts the ban.
