President Joe Biden confirmed a minimum of 14 Americans killed in Hamas attacks. Ongoing efforts to find unaccounted Americans in Israel. Joe Biden and Jake Sullivan’s updates on American casualties. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller informed the media that the casualty count of Americans in Israel is anticipated to increase. “Every day we get new … Read more
the US Department of State announced that two Americans had died in the Donbas region of Ukraine. a State Department representative said that they are “in touch with the families and providing all required consular support,” but they did not provide any other details. Out of respect for the families during this difficult time, the … Read more
Mercury met with US State Department officials on Monday in the wake of seven-time WNBA All-Star Brittney Griner’s continued incarceration in Russia, according to US officials. Griner was arrested on Feb. 17 at a Moscow airport after a search of her luggage turned up many cannabis oil vape cartridges. She could be sentenced to up … Read more
KYIV: Moscow cut off gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria on Wednesday, following bombings in a breakaway area of neighbouring Moldova that prompted Kyiv to accuse Moscow of attempting to extend the Ukraine war into Europe. Gazprom, Russia’s largest energy company, said it has halted supplies to Poland and Bulgaria, marking Moscow’s latest deployment of … Read more
Seoul: The US envoy to North Korea will meet with South Korean counterparts next week to discuss the international reaction to the North’s recent ICBM launches, the State Department announced. Pyongyang has so far ignored US Special Representative Sung Kim’s overtures, accusing Washington of pursuing hostile policies such as sanctions and military drills. North Korea … Read more
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM – Amnesty International labelled Israel an ‘apartheid’ state that treats Palestinians as “an inferior racial group,” joining the assessment of other rights groups. “Israel’s cruel policies of segregation, dispossession and exclusion across all territories under its control clearly amount to apartheid,” said Amnesty’s secretary general Agnes Callamard. “Whether they live in Gaza, east … Read more
According to State Department officials, Trump administration is preventing President-elect Joe Biden from accessing a stack of messages from foreign leaders. State Department supports all communications for the President-elect, which is why many countries began sending messages to State over the weekend. Dozens of incoming messages have not been received because Biden is prohibited from … Read more
Pakistan has rejected the U.S. State Department’s Annual Country Report on Terrorism for 2019, and said that the report disappointed the country. According to the details, the report is self-contradictory and selective in its characterization of Pakistan’s efforts for countering terrorism and terrorist financing. The sources said that the Report recognizes that Al Qaeda has … Read more
