December 24, 2019 State Department stops sending explosive-detecting K-9's to Jordan, Egypt over dog deaths The U.S. will temporarily halt its practice of sending bomb detection dogs to Jordan and Egypt over concerns about poor treatment following the recent deaths of two dogs, the State Department said Monday.
December 23, 2019 US recalls ambassador to Zambia after he criticized jailing of gay couple: Report The United States has withdrawn its ambassador to the southern African nation of Zambia after he condemned the sentencing of a local gay couple to 15 years in prison, Reuters reported Monday.
December 23, 2019 Family of US woman who died in Dominican Republic seeks answers after FedEx loses blood test sample For William Cox, this will be the first Christmas he celebrates without his mother Leyla after she died under mysterious circumstances during a June vacation to the Dominican Republic. He attempted to have a blood sample shipped to a U.S. laboratory to hopefully uncover answers, but it was lost by FedEx, which said it has done everything in their power to locate it.
December 23, 2019 State Dept opens massive new training center, complete with fake town, burning simulator The State Department opens Foreign Affairs Security Training Center (FASTC) in Blackstone, Virginia. The massive 1,350-acre compound was approved by Congress and built to provide comprehensive lifesaving security training to Department of State personnel and members of the foreign affairs community.
December 14, 2019 Horowitz report spotlights little-known FBI agent's role in Russia probe, Flynn case A review of Inspector General Michael Horowitz's findings leaves little doubt that an unnamed agent in his blockbuster report is Joe Pientka, who was closely involved in the Michael Flynn case.
December 11, 2019 Tulsi Gabbard accuses White House of defending Saudi kingdom after NAS Pensacola shooting: 'Saudi Arabia is not our ally' Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, on Tuesday slammed the Trump administration, claiming it defended the Saudi kingdom in the wake of last week’s deadly shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida.
December 7, 2019 US graduate student released from Iran highlights cases of Americans detained by Tehran A Chinese-American graduate student is on his way back to the United States after he was released from an Iran prison in exchange for an Iranian scientist who was held by the U.S.
December 5, 2019 US wants info on Iranian planner of 2007 attack that killed 5 US troops, offers $15M The State Department on Thursday offered a $15 million reward for information related to a Yemen-based commander in Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) suspected of plotting attacks against U.S. and coalition forces, including a 2007 offensive left five American troops dead.
December 5, 2019 Iranian forces may have killed more than 1,000 in recent protests, official says More than 1,000 people may have been killed by security forces in Iran amid recent protests a senior state department official said Thursday.
December 4, 2019 US, Sudan to exchange ambassadors, ending 23-year pause, Pompeo says The United States and Sudan have agreed to begin exchanging ambassadors again after more than two decades, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement Wednesday.