State Department

WATCH: State Department holds news briefing as fighting in Israel and Palestine continues

By Associated Press

State Department spokesman Ned Price will hold a news briefing on Thursday as Palestinian militants in Gaza launched rockets at southern Israel and Israeli aircraft struck targets in the coastal enclave early Thursday after a gunbattle triggered by an Israeli…

WATCH: State Department holds briefing as Moldova swears in new government

By Associated Press

State Department deputy spokesman Vedant Patel held a news briefing on Thursday as Moldova swore in its new pro-Western government.

WATCH: State Department holds news briefing as Ukraine asks for jets, ammunition

By Associated Press

The State Department is expected to hold a news briefing on Wednesday as Ukraine asks for continued military assistance.

WATCH: State Department holds news briefing as Ukraine lobbies for jet fighters to defend against Russian invasion

By Lorne Cook, Associated Press

Ukraine on Tuesday renewed its appeal to Western countries for fighter jets to help frustrate Moscow’s invasion, as senior defense officials from the United States and its NATO allies said the war with Russia is approaching a critical stage.

WATCH: State Department says U.S. is deeply troubled by Israeli settlement plans

By Associated Press

State Department spokesman Ned Price said the U.S. is deeply troubled by new Israeli plans to build thousands of new homes for Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank.

WATCH: State Department says U.S. will help Turkey, Syria after earthquake

By Emily Wang Fujiyama, Associated Press

The U.S. State Department offered its condolences to the people of Turkey and Syria after a power 7.8 magnitude earthquake killed at least 3,400 people in those two countries.

WATCH: State Department defends ambassador in Hungary amid interference accusations

By Associated Press

The State Department came to the defense of its ambassador in Budapest Thursday after Hungary's foreign minister accused U.S. Ambassador David Pressman of trying to interfere in Hungary’s internal affairs.

WATCH: State Department says U.S. focus is to de-escalate Mideast tensions

By Associated Press

State Department Deputy Spokesman Vedant Patel said the U.S. is "focused on de-escalating the current actions" between the Israeli and Palestinian people.

WATCH: State Department holds briefing after charges filed in plot to kill Iranian dissident

By Lindsay Whitehurst, Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press

State Department spokesman Ned Price held a news briefing after the Justice Department charges three men as part of an Iran-backed plot to kill an Iranian American author and activist who has spoken out against human rights abuses.

WATCH: State Department holds news briefing as Blinken prepares to visit Middle East

By Matthew Lee, Associated Press

Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Egypt, Israel and the West Bank this weekend in his first trip to the Middle East this year, amid an escalation in Israeli-Palestinian violence.