The Latest Breaking News from The US State Department

The Donald Trump administration’s escalating conflict with American universities has entered a new and troubling phase. This week, the US State Department instructed embassies to pause new student visa interviews as it mulls expanding social media surveillance of applicants – a move widely interpreted as political retribution cloaked in security…

Critics are accusing the Trump administration of trying to dismiss charges against a MS-13 leader to deport him and prevent him from revealing dealings between Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele and the gang

Human rights organisations have expressed alarm at possible US plans to send a group of migrants from Vietnam, Laos and the Philippines to Libya on a military flight. They have pointed to the appalling conditions migrants face there, which the US State Department described as “harsh and life-threatening” in its…

Oman says it brokers truce between Washington and Houthis, says neither side will target the other.

A gang leader revealed to a Salvadoran outlet the agreements reached with President Nayib Bukele to help propel him to power and keep him there

President Donald Trump's top diplomat Marco Rubio on Tuesday unveiled a restructuring of the US State Department that will cut positions and scale back human rights offices, saying the "bloated" organization was ideologically out of sync with the administration.

President Donald Trump's top diplomat Marco Rubio on Tuesday unveiled a restructuring of the US State Department that will cut positions and scale back human rights offices, saying the organization had become "bloated" and ineffective.

The US State Department is expected to propose an unprecedented scaling back of Washington's diplomatic reach, multiple news outlets reported Tuesday, shuttering programs and embassies worldwide to slash the budget by almost 50 percent.

Washington is revoking all visas for South Sudanese passport holders and blocking new arrivals, the US State Department said, accusing the African nation of not accepting its nationals expelled from the United States.