The US designated Afghanistan as a "State Sponsor of Wrongful Detention," accusing the Taliban of holding Americans as leverage. Washington has also called for the reassessment of UN aid to Kabul.The ...

The State Department has designated Afghanistan as a sponsor of wrongful detention as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations separately called out the country for engaging in what he said was ...

In the escalating war in Iran, the State Department's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs would ordinarily be at the centre of the geopolitical fray.

President Trump has nominated Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy Sarah Rogers for the role. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio demanded that the Taliban commit to ending its “hostage diplomacy”. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.