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US ‘Deeply Concerned’ About Violence on Syria-Turkey Border

Washington is "deeply concerned" about a recent flare-up of violence along Syria's northern border with Turkey, a State Department spokesman said Monday. "The United States is deeply concerned about recent attacks along Syria’s northern border and urges all parties to maintain ceasefire lines," said spokesman Ned Price, days after increased…

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Biden Administration Responds to Rodman’s Brittney Griner Plan

A State Department spokesperson addressed the Basketball Hall of Famer’s planned trip to Russia on Monday.

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US says ‘encouraged’ by Iranian response to nuclear deal proposal

US State Department says outstanding issues remain, and the Biden administration is still undertaking ‘consultations’.

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EU hopes for quick US response to Iran nuclear deal

Iran last week responded to the EU’s ‘final’ text with ‘additional views and considerations’ on a new nuclear accord.

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U.S. says raised concerns to Saudi Arabia over activist's sentencing

The United States has raised "significant concerns" with Saudi Arabia over a 34-year prison sentence imposed on women's rights activist Salma al-Shehab, the State Department said on Monday.

Reuters

Biden, European allies discuss Iran as US weighs latest proposal

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden spoke Sunday with fellow Western leaders looking to revive a nuclear deal with Iran, as the U.S. weighs a response to Tehran’s position on the latest proposal.

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Blinken reaffirms U.S. commitment to defend South Korea and Japan -State Dept

Secretary of State Antony Blinken reaffirmed the United States' "ironclad commitment" to the defense of South Korea and Japan in a call with South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin on Friday, the State Department said.

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US Says ‘Concerned’ by Israeli Raids on Palestinian Rights Groups

Washington said Thursday it was "concerned" by the Israeli government's forced closure of several Palestinian NGOs operating in the occupied West Bank. The Israeli military announced earlier in the day that it had conducted overnight raids of seven organizations in Ramallah, the West Bank city where the Palestinian Authority's headquarters…

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Long-term proposition for India to reorient foreign policy away from Russia, says U.S.

India has raised oil imports from Russia after the Ukraine war despite criticism from the West and continues to engage with Moscow for business

The Hindu

Syria denies holding US journalist Austin Tice captive

Syria has denied kidnapping or keeping captive US journalist Austin Tice, who disappeared a 10 years ago near Damascus.

Al Jazeera

Syria denies it is holding American journalist Austin Tice

Syria has denied it is holding U.S. journalist Austin Tice or other Americans, a week after President Joe Biden accused the Syrian government of holding him

The Independent UK

US weighs EU plan to revive Iran nuclear deal abandoned by Trump

The Biden administration is weighing Iran’s response to a European Union proposal aimed at reviving the 2015 international nuclear agreement, with officials on both sides of the Atlantic signaling the possibility that a deal could emerge now after more than a year of false starts.

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Donetsk leader calls for 'beneficial' ties with North Korea

The head of Russian proxy forces in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region has sent a message to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un calling for cooperation amid signs the North may send laborers to Russian-occupied regions of Ukraine

The Independent UK

U.S. seeks resolution for naval officer jailed in Japan -State Dept

U.S. officials have been in touch with their Japanese counterparts to seek a resolution in the case of U.S. naval officer Ridge Alkonis, who is serving a three-year prison term in Japan over a deadly car crash, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Tuesday.

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Ship carrying first Ukraine grain cargo docks in Syria's Tartous - shipping source

The first ship to depart Ukraine under a deal to resume grain exports from the country two weeks ago docked in the Syrian port city of Tartous on Tuesday, according to a shipping source and satellite data.

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Iran Submits a ‘Written Response’ in Nuclear Deal Talks

Iran said Tuesday it submitted a “written response” to what has been described as a final roadmap to restore its tattered nuclear deal with world powers. Iran's state-run IRNA news agency offered no details on the substance of its response, but suggested that Tehran still wouldn't take the European Union-mediated…

The Independent UK

Iran submits a 'written response' in nuclear deal talks

Iran says it has submitted a “written response” to what has been described as a final roadmap to restore its tattered nuclear deal with world powers

Tribune News Service

Iran sends EU nuclear deal response and signals pact is near

Iran sent the European Union its official response to the bloc’s proposal for reviving the 2015 nuclear accord after signaling it may be nearer a deal with the U.S. that could restore Iranian oil exports to global markets.

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EXPLAINER: Why US lawmakers' Taiwan trips keep riling China

Taiwan is high on the summer travel list for U.S. members of Congress on their August recess this year

Al Jazeera

US ‘directly engaged’ with Syrian officials on Austin Tice case

State Department spokesman renews pledge to secure return of US journalist believed to be held by Syrian government.

Reuters

Iran must abandon 'extraneous' demands in nuclear talks -U.S

The only way to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal is for Tehran to abandon its extraneous demands, the U.S. State Department said on Monday, saying Washington believes everything that can be negotiated already has been.

Reuters

Blinken urged transparency from Cambodia PM about Chinese base activity - U.S. statement

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday urged Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen to be fully transparent about Chinese military activities at its Ream naval base, a State Department spokesperson said.

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Tehran Insists on Keeping Nuclear Talks, Washington Ready for All Scenarios

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian is insisting on Tehran’s demand to maintain the talks aimed at reviving the 2015 nuclear agreement, while the United States questioned the Iranian authorities’ will to accept a draft agreement recently amended by European Union Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell, who has been leading…

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Bobby Ghosh: Tunisia’s democracy is collapsing. Biden shouldn’t just stand by

On the day Tunisia’s democracy died, it fell to a State Department spokesperson to deliver the Biden administration’s mealy-mouthed pieties. Asked about the July 25 constitutional referendum that allowed President Kais Saied to institutionalize one-man rule in the North African nation, Ned Price offered the following observations:

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Slain Journalist’s Family: No Help from US for a Full Probe

A relative of slain Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh said Wednesday that the Biden administration's top diplomat refused her face-to-face appeal to push for a full US investigation into the killing of the veteran television correspondent. Niece Lina Abu Akleh also said Secretary of State Antony Blinken and US officials…

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