All news on the topic: State Department

04 Apr 2026 646

US detains Soleimani’s kin as war rhetoric escalates and immigration crackdown widens

State department said niece and grandniece of Qassem Soleimani, killed in 2020 US drone strike, celebrated attacks against US soldiers.

World

16 Oct 2025 806

Top U.S.–India expert Ashley Tellis arrested over classified document scandal and alleged ties to Chinese officials

Foreign policy scholar Ashley Tellis, one of Washington’s leading experts on India and U.S.–India relations, has been arrested and charged with unlawful retention of national defense information after FBI agents uncovered over 1,000 pages of classified material at his Virginia home — including documents marked Top Secret.

World

06 Oct 2025 686

Venezuela warns the US of possible “false flag” operation near its embassy in Caracas

Venezuela’s National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez stated on Sunday that Washington had been cautioned about a "false flag operation" by "extremist sectors of the local Venezuelan right" intended to plant explosives at the U.S. Embassy in Caracas.

World

26 Feb 2025 868

United States threatens permanent visa bans on transgender athletes based on sex markers

State department memo instructs officers to deny those considered to misrepresent birth sex on applications.

World

24 Feb 2025 734

US labels six Latin American drug cartels as terror groups

The U.S. classifies eight Latin American crime groups as terrorist organizations, citing security threats, but Mexico disputes this.

World

23 Feb 2025 742

Document work or resign: Elon Musk issues ultimatum to hundreds of thousands of U.S. federal employees

Elon Musk has given an ultimatum to hundreds of thousands of US federal workers, allowing them 48 hours to explain what they achieved last week or face the risk of losing their jobs.

World

28 Jan 2024 635

Biden's 3 options after troops killed as he's warned of disastrous consequences

Warnings that the West is ''increasingly being seen as the world’s pariah states when it comes to breaking International Law'' are issued as the world awaits Biden's response to the first US casualties in the escalating conflict in the Middle East.

Crime

11 Dec 2023 661

'Hero' mum gunned down in Austin rampage shielded 18-month-old son from bullets

Sabrina Rahman, 24, was killed while out for a walk with her young son in their Austin, Texas, neighborhood on Tuesday morning, just a day after they had moved into their new home

Crime

21 Jul 2023 805

Ex-State Department worker under Donald Trump attacked police in January 6 riot

Frederico Klein was convicted of assault charges and other felony offences relating to the riot at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, in an attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 election

News

07 Jul 2023 1171

Urgent passport warning for people heading abroad this year issued by government

Americans planning international travel this year are being urgently warned by the State Department to apply for passports at least six months in advance due to a significant backlog

News

03 Jul 2023 1030

Delays for US passports prove unbearable for summer and holiday travellers

If you're waiting for a US passport and hoping it'll come on time for your summer travels and holidays - think again, as the office is overloaded with applications and major staffing shortages

World

07 Jun 2023 1384

Hundreds of US citizens stranded in rural Siberian town after emergency landing

The fed-up passengers claim they're being forced to sleep on thin mattresses in local classrooms after their Air India flight made the emergency landing in the far eastern town of Magadan

World

10 Feb 2023 801

Chinese spy balloons have likely spied on UK and 'would have been shot down too'

UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace confirmed it's highly likely that Chinese high-altitude spy balloons - like the one shot down off the coast of North Carolina last week - have soared over Britain and collected intelligence signals from below

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