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The Latest Breaking News from The State Department

Why Some Tourists May Soon Need to Pay a $15,000 Visa Bond

The $15,000 visa bond pilot program goes into effect later this month. Here's what we know so far.

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Pay Up or Stay Out! Outrage as US to Charge 'High-Risk Tourists' Up to $15,000 Just to Enter the Country

The US State Department will require tourists and business visitors from designated 'high-risk' countries to post refundable bonds of $5,000-$15,000 starting September 2025.

International Business Times UK

Some travelers to the US will have to pay $15,000 bonds for visa - money they could lose if they overstay

Trump administration claims to be protecting U.S. from ‘clear national security threat posed by visa overstays and deficient screening and vetting’

The Independent UK

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Nations will try again on plan to confront world's 'spiraling' plastic pollution mess

Nations gather in Geneva Tuesday for what many hope will be the final meeting to craft a landmark treaty to end the plastic pollution crisis that affects every ecosystem and person on the planet

The Independent UK

US to require up to $15,000 bond for some tourists

The pilot programme is intended to be a diplomatic deterrent aimed at countries with high rates of overstays.

Al Jazeera

Some visa applicants could soon be asked to pay up to $15,000 bond to enter the US

The State Department is proposing requiring applicants for business and tourist visas to post a bond of up to $15,000 to apply to enter the United States

The Independent UK

UK Foreign Office advises against all but essential travel to parts of Pakistan after hotel security alert

People have been urged to avoid crowds and stay alert in places frequently visited by tourists and citizens of Western countries

The Independent UK

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US State Department sanctions Palestinian Authority for ‘undermining peace’

The Trump administration has accused the PA of seeking to ‘internationalise’ its conflict with Israel in court.

Al Jazeera

US repatriates a child from sprawling camp in northeastern Syria

The United States has repatriated an American child from a large camp in northeastern Syria

The Independent UK

Calls for US to sanction Israeli settlers after Palestinian activist killed

Trump rolled back sanctions against Israeli settlers, including Yinon Levi, the alleged killer of Awdah Hathaleen.

Al Jazeera

Trump fired him over white supremacist links. Now he’s leading the US Institute of Peace

Darren Beattie was appointed to State Department earlier this year after he was forced out of government by Biden administration

The Independent UK

‘Mind-boggling’: Thanks Trump, your the art of the deal just included letting China take the whole Indo-Pacific

You should keep your experts for a reason.

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US cuts short its Gaza ceasefire talks and accuses Hamas of lacking 'good faith'

The United States is cutting short its Gaza ceasefire talks in Qatar, saying the latest response from Hamas “shows a lack of desire" to reach a deal

The Independent UK

State Department approves $322 million in proposed weapons sales to Ukraine

The State Department has approved $322 million in proposed weapons sales to Ukraine to enhance its air defense capabilities and provide armored combat vehicles

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Harvard under investigation over participation in visa program for foreign students and researchers

The State Department says it's investigating whether Harvard University will remain part of a government program that allows foreign nationals to take part in cultural and education exchange programs

Capital & Main

Broken Promise: How the Trump Administration Dismantled Pathways to Protection for Afghans

Even for those who worked alongside the U.S. military, the Trump administration has taken away ways for Afghans to reach safety — and loved ones — in the U.S.

The Independent UK

The Latest: Trump deflects questions about Epstein files and revives old grievances

President Donald Trump has deflected questions over the Justice Department’s decision to interview Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell, who was convicted of helping the financier sexually abuse underage girls and is now serving a lengthy prison sentence

The Independent UK

US government employee banned from leaving China

The State Department says a U.S. government employee has been banned from leaving China while traveling there in a personal capacity

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Al Jazeera

US to deport Haitian legal permanent residents with alleged gang ties

Move comes after Trump administration labeled Haiti’s Viv Ansanm gang a ‘foreign terrorist organisation’.

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Your national security is on the chopping block – you can thank President Donald Trump for that

The president has been really busy.

The Guardian - US

Trump administration to destroy nearly $10m of contraceptives for women overseas

As part of president’s shuttering of USAID, destruction of the contraceptives will cost US taxpayers $167,000

The Independent UK

US says it destroyed 500 metric tons of expired food aid but it won't affect future distribution

The State Department says its destruction of 500 metric tons of emergency food aid that was stored in a warehouse in the Middle East was required because it had expired

International Business Times

Slashed US Aid Showing Impact, As Congress Codifies Cuts

The United States' destruction of a warehouse worth of emergency food that had spoiled has drawn outrage, but lawmakers and aid workers say it is only one effect of President Donald Trump's abrupt slashing of foreign assistance.

The Independent UK

Trump administration deported ‘monsters’ to tiny African country in deal catching diplomats by surprise

EXCLUSIVE: DHS says the men are so ‘depraved’ they were sent to Eswatini. But the embassy was given no advanced notice of the plan

The Independent UK

ICE can expedite deportations to ‘third countries’ with as little as six hours’ notice, memo says

Immigrants don’t have enough time to challenge their removal to countries where they could face violence, lawyers warn

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