June 2, 2017 Trump administration to start social media vetting for visa applicants The Trump administration has approved a new questionnaire for U.S. visa applicants that asks for social media handles and accounts used during the last five years and travel history, including the source of funding for trips, over the last 15 years for more “rigorous” vetting.
May 24, 2017 Watchdog says DEA botched deadly Honduras raids The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration misled the public, Congress and Justice Department officials about an aggressive yet poorly planned strategy that led to a series of deadly confrontations involving agents in Honduras, government watchdogs wrote in a scathing report released Wednesday.
May 24, 2017 Syrian regime using crematorium to 'cover up' mass murders, State Department says The Syrian regime is using a site outside Damascus to cremate the bodies of thousands of prisoners it has abducted, jailed and murdered during the country’s long-running civil war, the U.S. State Department alleged Monday.
May 24, 2017 State Department announces 'extreme vetting' proposals for visa applicants Following through on President Trump’s campaign promise to put immigrants to the U.S. through “extreme vetting, the State Department announced new proposals Thursday to increase the screening of certain applicants, including requesting social media handles.
May 24, 2017 UN agency helps North Korea with patent application for banned nerve gas chemical For more than a year, a United Nations agency in Geneva has been helping North Korea prepare an international patent application for production of sodium cyanide -- a chemical used to make the nerve gas Tabun.
May 24, 2017 State Dept. summons Turkey envoy after violence against anti-Erdogan protesters The Trump administration faced growing calls Thursday for a forceful response to violence by Turkish presidential guards on American soil, who were briefly detained this week but then set free.
May 23, 2017 Top General: Slashing the State Department makes us less safe In a world where we face more, not fewer global crises that threaten our national interests and security, now is not the time for America to pull back from its global influence and engagement.
May 22, 2017 Turkey tries to shift blame to US over DC brawl, summons ambassador Nevermind the videos of Turkish security officers in Washington stomping protesters. The country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs now says the real problem with last week's shocking brawl outside the Turkish Embassy was U.S. law enforcement's intervention.
May 16, 2017 US hits Syria with new sanctions WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Trump administration has hit a new group of Syrian people and companies with sanctions over human rights abuses.
May 12, 2017 Russian fighter jet flies close to US Navy aircraft, official says A Russian fighter jet flew alarmingly close to a U.S. Navy reconnaissance aircraft flying in the Black Sea on Tuesday -- just one day before Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov visited Washington.