All news on the topic: United States Department of State

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Son of Israeli diplomat who 'ran over cop' beaten in jail over sausage debate
Avraham Gil argued he should be granted diplomatic immunity due to his father's position after allegedly hitting the cop.
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Mum of woman raped with friend in Bahamas knew ‘something wasn’t right’
The mother of one of the two women who were allegedly drugged and raped in the Bahamas earlier this month detailed the moment she knew 'something wasn't quite right' with them
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Two women claim they were drugged and raped by staff at Bahamas resort
Two women from Kentucky have hit out at a cruise company for failing to warn them about dangers in the Bahamas after they claim they were drugged and raped
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Crying Israeli diplomat's son, 19, 'intentionally' ran over cop with motorcycle
Avraham Gil, 19-year-old diplomat's son, will have to appear in court at the end of February after being accused of 'deliberately' driving his motorbike into a police officer in Florida
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Donald Trump storms to victory in Iowa in first battle for Republican nominee
Donald Trump won the Iowa Caucus by a massive 30-point margin, destroying second-place finisher Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and forcing fourth-place vote-getter entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy to drop out of the race
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US expands by 386,000 sq miles overnight in quiet government announcement
The US Department of State (DOS) said the United States' has shifted the geographical coordinates of its continental shelf, in areas further than 200 nautical miles (370 km) from the coast
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Man shot at 16 times by Mexican gangs when GPS took him to dangerous border post
Craig Ricketts was travelling in a dangerous area of Mexico to visit his son when he was caught in the crossfire of a gun battle between rival gangs. Despite being shot at 16 times, the property developer survived
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US urges Israel to 'put a premium' on protecting innocent lives in Gaza
US State Department spokesman Nathaniel Tek called on Israel to concentrate on the protection of human life and the ability of aid organisations to access civilians
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Lockerbie as it happened - panic, icy darkness and victims who landed alive
Channel 5’s Return to Lockerbie looks at one of the most horrifying acts of mass murder in British history, but what exactly happened on flight Pan Am 103?
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Major airlines suspend flights to Israel as violence and war erupt in region
American Airlines, United Airlines and Delta Air Lines have suspended flights to Israel after a surprise attack from Hamas forces sparked days of violence, kidnapping and deaths
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Nurse tells kidnappers who held her for 13 days she 'hopes to hug' them
A nurse who was kidnapped for two weeks with her daughter has been released, and has now told her captors she would willingly treat them if they needed - and even that she wants to hug them in heaven
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Moscow high-rise hit by drone in Ukraine's latest kamikaze attack on the capital
The drone attack saw a military UAV rip through the tenth floor of the new One Tower in Moscow - marking the sixth consecutive day Ukraine has targeted the Russian capital
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Witness describes terrifying moment armed men kidnapped nurse and young daughter
A woman who witnessed the kidnapping of an American nurse Alix Dorsainvil and her daughter has described the moment armed men burst into the clinic on the school campus where they worked
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Prince Harry's visa application will not be made public despite his drug use
Prince Harry has openly admitted to using a variety of drugs in the past, including marijuana, cocaine and magic mushrooms - shared in his memoir Spare
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Scientists 'creating world's most deadly coronaviruses' weeks before pandemic
A trove of intercepted communications, the full details of which are being held as top-secret, has revealed that scientists in China were experimenting with deadly viruses, which ended up getting out of the Wuhan Institute of Virology and laying the world to waste
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Rock star and ex-paratrooper detained by Moscow for 'drug trafficking'
Michael Travis Leake has been detained by Russian authorities on suspicion of selling mephedrone and faces charges which carry a sentence of up to 20 years in prison - there is suspicion Russia is arresting Americans under any pretext amid the Ukraine war
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Toddler, 2, 'jailed for life' after parents caught with a Bible in North Korea
A two-year-old is set to spend his entire life in a prison camp after his Christian parents were found with a Bible in their homes, according to a report by the US State Department
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Liz Truss told family of British hostage in Iran he was not her 'problem'
Blunders made by both Boris Johnson and Liz Truss were highlighted by the Commons foreign affairs committee in their report on hostages such as Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Morad Tahbaz
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Pilot who served with British forces and fled to UK in boat facing deportation
An Afghan pilot who flew 30 combat missions fighting against the Taliban with British forces had no option but to travel to the UK via small boat and now faces deportation
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Campaigners demand to know if Prince Harry admitted drug use for his US visa
The conservative think tank America's Heritage Foundation is now calling for Harry's visa application to be released so the US taxpayer can understand whether the royal declared his drug use
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'My son's last words were "don't worry mum, I'll be back" - but he never was'
Ben Hyde was among six Redcap military policemen killed at a police station near Basra. At the time it was the British forces’ biggest single loss of life since the Falklands
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Four people kidnapped at gunpoint from minivan in Mexican cartel territory
The four US citizens had crossed into Mexico on Friday in a white minivan, but soon came under fire before a gang of suspected cartel gunmen dragged them into a pick up and drove them away from the scene in Matamoros
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Al-Qaeda's new leader among FBI's 'most wanted' for up to $10million bounty
Saif Al-Adel, who is based in Iran, has taken over al-Qaeda's leadership, succeeding Ayman al-Zawahiri, who was believed to have been killed in a US missile strike, a UN report has confirmed
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All you need to know about spy balloons being shot down over US and Canada
Dr Patrick Bury, Senior Lecturer in Security at the University of Bath, and a former NATO analyst and Captain in the Royal Irish Regiment, answers the key questions on the escalating situation
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Prince Harry could lose US visa after cocaine and magic mushrooms admission
The Duke of Sussex's shock revelation in his Spare memoir could see him miss out on extending his visa