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Solomon Islands becomes unlikely epicenter of U.S.-China competition

The islands' planned security deal with China has U.S. officials worried.

Axios

China, Solomon Islands pact would set 'concerning precedent', United States warns

The United States says a proposed security pact between Solomon Islands and China could destabilise the Pacific Island nation and set a "concerning precedent" for the region.

ABC News

Exclusive-U.S., Cuba to hold high-level migration talks in Washington

American and Cuban officials are due to meet in Washington on Thursday to discuss migration concerns, people familiar with the matter said, in the highest-level formal U.S. talks with Havana since President Joe Biden took office last year.

Reuters

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U.S. officials engaged with Israelis, Palestinians, Arab countries over tensions in Jerusalem

A number of U.S. officials engaged in phone calls with Israelis, Palestinians and Arab representatives in the region over the weekend to see to it that tensions in Jerusalem do not escalate, State Department spokesperson Ned Price told reporters on Monday.

Reuters

Senior U.S. officials to visit the Solomon Islands amid China security concerns

White House Indo-Pacific coordinator Kurt Campbell and the State Department's top official for Asia will travel this week to the Solomon Islands, the White House said on Monday, amid concerns that the Pacific Island country is making a security pact with China.

Reuters

US: 'Deeply Concerned' over Jerusalem Clashes

The United States said Friday it was "deeply concerned" after more than 150 people were wounded in clashes between Palestinian demonstrators and Israeli police in Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound. The clashes come after three weeks of deadly violence in Israel and the occupied West Bank, and as the Jewish festival…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Murder, motive and mystery: Why the US is trying to find answers to a Haitian assassination

Haitian investigations into the killing of president Jovenel Moise have so far hit dead ends – but in America, efforts are moving forward, reports Widlore Merancourt

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United States urges restraint after Jerusalem violence

The United States is deeply concerned by violence in Jerusalem, where at least 152 Palestinians were injured in clashes with Israeli riot police, the State Department said on Friday.

Reuters

Top U.S. officials to discuss migration in Panama next week

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas will travel with a delegation to Panama next week for a ministerial conference on migration with the Central American country's government, the State Department said on Friday.

Reuters

U.S. special representative for N.Korea to visit Seoul to discuss missile launches

The U.S. envoy for North Korea will visit Seoul next week for meetings with South Korean counterparts to discuss the international response to the North's recent intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) launches, the State Department said.

Reuters

State Department warns of ‘systemic and violent repression’ in Cuba in latest report

The U.S. State Department said it has received credible evidence of unlawful killings, forced disappearances and torture of political activists in a scorching assessment of the Cuban government’s record, released this week as part of the agency’s annual report on human rights practices.

Miami Herald

The Feds Wasted 66,000 Green Cards in the Middle of a Worker Shortage

The immigration bureaucracy is worsening one of the tightest labor markets in recent American history.

Reason

UN watchdog installs new cameras at Iran centrifuge workshop

The United Nations atomic watchdog says it has installed surveillance cameras to monitor a new centrifuge workshop at Iran’s Natanz site after a request from Tehran

The Independent UK

UN Watchdog Installs New Cameras at Iran Centrifuge Workshop

The United Nations atomic watchdog said Thursday it installed surveillance cameras to monitor a new centrifuge workshop at Iran's underground Natanz site after a request from Tehran, even as diplomatic efforts to restore its tattered nuclear deal appear stalled. The start of work at the new workshop comes after Iran's…

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Axios

Blinken apologized to UAE crown prince for delayed response to Houthi attacks

The Emiratis were disappointed by what they saw as a weak and slow U.S. response.

The Hindu

U.S. State Department’s human rights report on India flags curbs on free speech, civil society

Annual human rights report notes ‘lack of accountability for official misconduct persisted at all levels of government’

Asharq Al-Awsat

Reports: US Special Envoy for Horn of Africa to Step Down Soon

US Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa David Satterfield will step down from his role before summer, sources familiar with the matter said on Tuesday, after less than six months on the job and at a time of persistent political turmoil in the region. Deputy Special Envoy Payton Knopf…

Los Angeles Times

As Russia menaces Ukraine’s east, Putin says peace talks hit ‘dead end’

KYIV, Ukraine — As Russian forces pressed ahead Tuesday in their drive to seize the strategic southern port of Mariupol and encircle Ukrainian defenders in the country’s east, Russian President Vladimir Putin defended his invasion as a noble cause.

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Miami Herald

Biden’s team is divided over new talks about oil with Maduro in Venezuela

WASHINGTON — Divisions within the Biden administration over whether to continue talks with President Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela have deepened since a senior U.S. delegation met with him in Caracas last month, U.S. and Venezuelan opposition sources familiar with the discussions told McClatchy and the Miami Herald this week.

Tribune News Service

US sees Russia as a prime offender as human rights decline

An annual human rights report by the U.S. State Department contends that authoritarianism around the world is threatening human rights and democracy, most strikingly as Russia continues its attack on Ukraine.

Benzinga

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US Asks All Non-Emergency Government Staff In Shanghai To Leave As COVID Surges: CNBC

The U.S. State Department has ordered all non-emergency government staff and their family members in Shanghai to leave following a surge in COVID-19 cases, CNBC reported. "Reconsider travel to the People's Republic of China (PRC) due to arbitrary enforcement of local laws and COVID-19-related restrictions," the report quoted the State Department.…

Axios

Former Xinjiang prisoner arrives in U.S. as key witness to abuses

Ovalbek Turdakun will provide evidence for a case submitted to the International Criminal Court.

The Independent UK

Shanghai eases 2-week shutdown, letting some residents out

Some residents of Shanghai have been allowed out of their homes as the city of 25 million eases a two-week-old shutdown

Salon

State Dept.: Trump gift records missing

The only reason to conceal gift records is "because you intend to violate the law," former U.S. attorney says

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