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Ex-Obama aid arrested after Islamophobic rants at New York food vendor

A former US State Department official was arrested after videos of his multiple Islamophobic tirades went viral.

Evening Standard · Nov 23, 2023

State Department issues ‘worldwide’ travel warning for Americans

The last time a ‘worldwide’ advisory was issued was August 2022

The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2023

State Department: Don't say "cease-fire"

Diplomats told not to say "end to violence/bloodshed" and "restoring calm"

Salon · Oct 16, 2023

Senators Demand US Admin Reverse ‘antisemitic Israel Boycott’

Senators Call on Biden Administration to Rescind its discriminatory halt on cooperation with  Israeli entities

Zenger · Jul 12, 2023

US State Department condemns Roger Waters' "long track record of using antisemitic tropes"

The fallout from Roger Waters' recent show in Berlin shows no sign of abating

Louder · Jun 8, 2023

One of last remaining fugitives wanted for Rwandan genocide arrested

Fulgence Kayishema, who is accused of participating in the killing of some 2,000 Tutsi refugees during the 1994 Rwandan genocide, has been arrested in South Africa. He is one of four remaining fugitives sought by the United Nations tribunal for war crimes committed in Rwanda.

Radio France Internationale · May 25, 2023

US State Department's top China policy official to step down

The U.S. State Department's top China policy official Rick Waters is set to step down at a time of fraught relations between Washington and Beijing.

Reuters · May 24, 2023

Predictable counter: On India’s reaction to U.S. reportage on religious persecution

The Indian government must find more comprehensive ways to repudiate any unfounded and incorrect challenges to India’s reputation, especially in the area of religious freedom

The Hindu · May 17, 2023

Sudan fighting in its 28th day: A list of key events

Sudan’s warring military factions sign a commitment to respect humanitarian principles in their spiralling conflict.

Al Jazeera · May 12, 2023

Washington Renews Rejection of ‘Normalization’ with Damascus

The US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, Barbara Leaf, stressed that no normalization would take place with the Syrian regime “in the absence of permanent political change." The US State Department announced, in a tweet, that Leaf met with a delegation of the opposition Syrian National Coalition…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 27, 2023