By Doyinsola Oladipo, Mike Stone3 Min ReadWASHINGTON( Reuters)-U.S. lawmakers have put on hold a

By Daphne Psaledakis, Doyinsola Oladipo3 Min ReadWASHINGTON( Reuters)-Ethiopia and Eritrea should

WASHINGTON( Reuters)-U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday he was launching a" strategic dialogue" between the United States and Indonesia at talks in Washington with Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi. Blinken told reporters while meeting Marsudi at the State Department the dialogue was agreed upon between the two countries some years ago but was now actually being initiated at their meeting in Washington." Indonesia is a strong democratic partner to the United States; w

At least 12 aid workers have been killed. Last week, an Ethiopian military airstrike on a crowded market killed at least 64 people and wounded 180 others.... Doctors said women and children were among the dead and wounded and that Ethiopian troops prevented ambulances from reaching the scene for more than a day.... The military said all the victims were combatants.“ The administration is in full agreement that horrifying atrocities are being committed in Tigray, ” Godec said....

The bipartisan bill, which passed with a vote of 407 to 16, will now be considered by the Senate.... It also aims to speed up the processing of the visas.... Representative Jason Crow, a Democrat who led the group that sponsored the bill, said the additional visas would cover all potentially eligible applicants in the pipeline....

( Reuters)-The United States is gravely concerned about reports of hostilities in Ethiopia's Tigray and condemns any retaliatory attacks against civilians in the region, a State Department spokesman said on Monday. The spokesman, Ned Price, told reporters the United States continues to call for a negotiated ceasefire to the conflict that has forced nearly 2 million people to flee their homes and forced around 400, 000 people into famine conditions." We strongly condemn any retaliatory attacks th

WASHINGTON( Reuters)-The United States is evaluating the threat environment around its embassy in Kabul on a daily basis, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Tuesday, when asked about a potential further drawdown from the mission amid a Taliban takeover of seven regional capitals in Afghanistan." Obviously it is a challenging security environment.... " The embassy is in regular contact with Washington, with the most senior people in this building, who in turn are in regular contact

WASHINGTON( Reuters)-The head of the U.S. Agency for International Development said on Wednesday she was looking at aid to Haiti in the hope of better results than billions of dollars in previous assistance that did little to ease the country's deep problems." We see the chaos, we see what isn't working," USAID Administrator Samantha Power told a congressional hearing on the agency's budget request, a week after Haitian President Jovenel Moise was gunned down in his home, worsening insecurity in

The statement also was tweeted by the British embassy.... " These murders could constitute war crimes; they must be investigated those Taliban fighters or commanders responsible held accountable," the U.S. embassy tweeted.... The insurgents gained control last month of the strategic area of Spin Boldak, which lies at a border and trade crossing with Pakistan, and heavy fighting has taken place since as Afghan forces try to recapture the area....

WASHINGTON( Reuters)-The United States on Thursday added Turkey to a list of countries that are implicated in the use of child soldiers over the past year, placing a NATO ally for the first time in such a list, in a move that is likely to further complicate the already fraught ties between Ankara and Washington. The U.S. State Department determined in its 2021 Trafficking in Persons( TIP) that Turkey was providing" tangible support" to the Sultan Murad division in Syria, a faction of Syrian oppo