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WATCH: State Department holds daily briefing following French and Iranian elections

By Jon Gambrell, Amir Vahdat, Associated Press

The U.S. State Department called the Iranian election “not free or fair" and noted that “a significant number of Iranians chose not to participate at all.”…

WATCH: Blinken releases 2024 State Department report on human trafficking

By Kenichi Serino

The report is an annual event produced by the State Department to assess human trafficking across the globe and highlight efforts to combat it.

Ex-State Department official explains resigning over U.S. policy in Gaza

By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn

Another U.S. government official resigned to protest the Biden administration’s policy toward Israel. At least half a dozen officials in the State, Defense, Education and Interior have done so since the war in Gaza began. The latest is Stacy Gilbert,…

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State Department removes Cuba from short list of countries deemed uncooperative on counterterrorism

By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press

The State Department said that Cuban and U.S. law enforcement were again working together on counterterrorism and other efforts. The State Department had cited Cuba as a "not fully cooperating country" in 2022.

Blinken says U.S. arms are helping Ukraine as nation faces a new Russian offensive

By Matthew Lee, Associated Press

Analysts have called this moment one of the most dangerous for Ukraine since Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022.

WATCH: State Dept. holds briefing after U.S. sanctions Russian entities accused of enabling digital currency sanctions evasion

By Fatima Hussein, Associated Press

State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said Monday's action “reaffirms the G7 commitment to curtail Russia’s use of the international financial system to further its war against Ukraine.

WATCH: State Department holds briefing after a Russian court extends the pretrial detention for an American reporter

By Associated Press

A court in the Russian capital has ruled to keep Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich in custody pending his trial on espionage charges that he denies.

U.S. finds both sides in Sudan conflict have committed atrocities in Darfur

By Matthew Lee, Associated Press

The State Department said Wednesday that the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese military are responsible for either war crimes, crimes against humanity, or both.

WATCH: U.S. announces extremist West Bank settlers will be barred from America

By Matthew Lee, Associated Press

In a rare punitive move against Israel, the State Department says it will impose travel bans on extremist Jewish settlers implicated in a rash of attacks on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.