The Latest Breaking News from State Department

Washington is monitoring the situation following a shelling that killed civilians in northern Iraq on Wednesday, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said, declining to comment in detail while information emerges on the strike.

Thousands of at-risk Afghans continue to wait for their humanitarian parole and visa applications to progress.

President Biden has issued an executive order to try to improve efforts to free American hostages and detainees, senior administration officials told reporters.

A senior Biden administration official says the order ‘is once again demonstrating that [Mr Biden’s] commitment to bring home US Nationals held hostage and wrongfully detained abroad’

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected to point to Russia's invasion of Ukraine as an urgent reason for governments to cooperate more closely on the international supply chain, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday citing State Department officials.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday thanked Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for mediating talks on the export of grain from Ukraine, saying there was some progress. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told Putin that Tehran and Moscow need to stay vigilant against "Western deception", calling for long-term cooperation…

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The U.S. State Department on Monday said it has seen "no indication at this point" that the detention of an American in the United Arab Emirates is linked to his ties to slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

UAE state media reported that Asim Ghafoor was convicted of tax evasion and money laundering