During Eid celebrations marking the end of Ramadan, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani offered to extend the Afghan government's June 11 ceasefire and start peace talks. The United States supports such talks, said Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. As Presid...
U.S. Withdraws from Human Rights Council For the last year, the United States has been working to reform the United Nations Human Rights Council into a serious advocate for human rights. Regrettably, said U.S. Permanent Representative to the United N...
Lawyer for Executed Iranian Dervish Arrested Iran has reportedly arrested another human rights lawyer the second this month. According to human rights monitors, Zeynab Taheri, defense attorney for the recently executed Sufi bus driver Mohammad Salas,...
Russia, Release Political and Religious Prisoners The United States has called on the Russian Government to immediately release all political and religious prisoners. In a written statement, State Department Spokesperson Heather Nauert said the Unite...
Mattis at NATO Defense Ministerial At the recent NATO Defense Ministerial, Secretary of Defense James Mattis observed that threats to our collective security have not waned, whether terrorism to the south or Russia's aggression and hybrid threats to...
Following the historic summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean Chairman Kim Jong-un, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with the foreign ministers of South Korea, Japan, and later China to brief them on the way forward with North Korea...
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Senior Director for Asian Affairs at the White House National Security Council Matt Pottinger, visited Myanmar June 14-16 to meet with senior government leaders and civil society to discuss and strengthen U.S.-Myanmar bilateral relationship. The Unit...
The United States has expressed deep concern over the arrest once again -- of renowned human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh. State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert said in a written statement that Ms. Sotoudeh was reportedly arrested at her home...
President Donald Trump and Chairman Kim Jong Un of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, or DPRK, held a historic summit in Singapore on June 12. Both leaders discussed how to build a lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula. In a joint statement,...
Russia Must Fix Crisis it Caused in Ukraine On February 27th, 2014, Russian military forces, wearing masks and no military insignia, infiltrated Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula, took over the Supreme Council of Crimea and proceeded to capture strategic s...
Ghana and Nepal Eliminate Trachoma Trachoma is a disease of the poor. And it is a misery to endure. It is a painful malady of the eyes, caused by frequent and repeated eye infections that scar the inside of the eyelids so the eyelashes rotate inwards...
New Sanctions Imposed on Russians for Cyber Intrusions The U.S. Treasury Department has announced new sanctions against three Russian individuals and five entities. They were designated under Executive Order 13694, Blocking the Property of Certain Pe...
U.S. Restricts Visa of Nicaraguan Rights Abusers The United States recently imposed visa restrictions that will be applied to Nicaraguan police and other officials linked to violence that has left more than 140 people dead. The Nicaraguan government...
In the wake of the United States' withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal and the renewed imposition by the U.S of nuclear-related sanctions on Iran, many companies are ending their business involvement with Iran because they do not want to run afoul o...
