Jul 21 Tillerson urges Qatar's neighbors to lift land blockade By Associated Press Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is urging Qatar's neighbors to lift a land blockade as a "sign of good faith" in negotiations to resolve the Persian Gulf diplomatic crisis. Continue reading
Jul 21 U.S. to ban Americans from traveling to North Korea, officials report By Matthew Lee, Associated Press The Trump administration will ban American citizens from traveling to North Korea, U.S. officials said Friday, following the death of university student Otto Warmbier who died in June after falling into a coma in a North Korean prison. Continue reading
Jul 20 Treasury Department fines Exxon Mobil $2 million for Russia violations on Rex Tillerson's watch By Josh Lederman and Matthew Lee, Associated Press When Tillerson was CEO, he said Exxon didn't support sanctions generally because it found them usually ineffective. Continue reading
Jul 19 Iran still top state sponsor of terrorism, U.S. report says By Matthew Lee, Associated Press Iran continues to be the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism, the Trump administration said Wednesday in a new report that also noted a decline in the number of terrorist attacks globally between 2015 and 2016. Continue reading
Jul 13 Travel sanctions loom for nations that don't meet new U.S. security criteria By Matthew Lee, Associated Press The clock has started to tick on a 50-day deadline for foreign governments to meet new U.S. standards for passports and sharing information about their citizens. Continue reading
Jul 13 Afghan girls will be allowed into U.S. for robotics contest By Amir Shah and Jill Colvin, Associated Press The third time's the charm for Afghanistan's all girl robotics team, who will be allowed entry into the U.S. to compete in a competition after President Donald Trump personally intervened to reverse a decision twice denying them enter into the… Continue reading
Jul 13 WATCH: State Department announces progress in U.S.-led coalition against ISIS. By Joshua Barajas The department's announcement comes after Mosul was officially declared liberated earlier this week. The Iraqi city had been under ISIS control since 2014. Continue reading
Jul 06 U.S. diplomats say they're without mission and Trump budget would gut State Department By Associated Press WASHINGTON — America's diplomats are struggling to figure out what mission the Trump administration expects them to carry out, and they see the importance of their jobs waning as President Donald Trump seeks drastic cuts to the budgets of the… Continue reading
Jun 29 Who's allowed into the U.S., according to new guidelines for Trump's limited travel ban By Matthew Lee, Associated Press The Trump administration is putting new criteria in place Thursday for visa applicants from six mostly Muslim nations and all refugees, requiring a close family or business tie to the United States. Continue reading
May 16 Watch 2:32 News Wrap: Syria denies U.S. reports that it's incinerating corpses of executed prisoners By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, Syria denied U.S. claims that the regime is using a crematorium to incinerate corpses in order to conceal mass executions of thousands of prisoners. Also, North Korea has become the prime suspect in a global… Continue watching