September 15, 2017 Senators to Tillerson: Expel Cuban diplomats, consider US embassy closure over attacks Top Republican senators pressed the Trump administration on Friday to expel Cuban diplomats and consider closing the U.S. embassy in Havana over the mysterious “acoustic” attacks on Americans stationed on the island.
July 6, 2017 US ambassador to Turkey denies US supported failed coup Turkish reports suggesting the United States may have supported the failed coup in Turkey were "categorically untrue," U.S. Ambassador to Turkey John Bass said Monday, adding that "such speculation is harmful to the decades-long friendship between two great nations."
July 6, 2017 China rejects tribunal's ruling on South China Sea land grab A tribunal at The Hague ruled in a sweeping decision Tuesday that China has no legal basis for claiming much of the South China Sea and had aggravated the seething regional dispute with its large-scale land reclamation and construction of artificial islands that destroyed coral reefs and the natural condition of the disputed areas.
July 6, 2017 Iran announces indictments against US citizen, legal resident, 2 others Iran announced indictments Monday against four people including an American with dual citizenship and a U.S. permanent resident, prompting a rebuke from the State Department.
July 6, 2017 US evacuates non-emergency staff from South Sudan as cease-fire fails to hold The United States on Monday announced it would evacuate all non-essential staff from South Sudan as a fifth day of explosions and gun battles in the capital city of Juba raises the specter of a return to civil war.
July 6, 2017 Russian TV shows guard tackling, fighting US diplomat outside embassy A state-owned Russian television station on Thursday broadcast video of what it claimed to be a brawl between a U.S. diplomat and a Russian security guard at an entrance to the American Embassy in Moscow.
July 6, 2017 North Korea: US sanctions amount to 'declaration of a war' North Korea said Friday that new U.S. sanctions against the country amounted to a “declaration of a war” and vowed to take strong retaliatory measures, the AFP reports.
July 6, 2017 Russian harassment of US diplomats reportedly includes break-ins, dog-killing Russian President Vladimir Putin's security agencies allegedly have ramped up their intimidation of American diplomats across Europe in ways that would be illegal in the United States: harassment, breaking and entering, and in at least one case, killing a man's dog.
July 5, 2017 Russian spy ship 'loitering' off Virginia near world's largest naval base, officials say The Russian spy ship Viktor Leonov is currently “loitering” off the coast of Norfolk, Va., home to the largest naval base in the world, two U.S. officials tell ӣƵ.
July 5, 2017 Why Hillary Clinton is on the ropes Hillary Clinton’s own camp finally recognizes just how dangerous this email controversy has become for her.