Diplomacy
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Witkoff says Iran negotiators started talks by claiming to have materials to make 11 nuclear bombs
"They were proud that they had evaded all sorts of oversight protocols to get to a place where they could deliver 11 nuclear bombs," Steve Witkoff said
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Melania Trump presides over UN Security Council meeting on education, world peace
The meeting in is specifically about education's role in "advancing tolerance and world peace," a White House official said
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US ambassador Tom Barrack says detained fighters exchanged in Syria
"With the valued assistance of the ICRC, 25 government fighters and 61 Druze fighters were exchanged yesterday in a smooth and orderly process," U.S. Ambassador Tom Barrack said
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United States brokers breakthrough economic deal between Serbia and Kosovo
The deal notably features new facets of both countries' relationship with Israel
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U.S.-Israeli delegation flies to United Arab Emirates as key step in historic normalization deal
National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien is also part of of the delegation to the Gulf nation.
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U.S. signs military cooperation agreement with Poland
Accord will expand defensive operations, share logistical costs.
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U.S. envoy to Israel hints UAE deal may be first of several: 'Other dominoes are likely to fall'
U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman says the normalization of relations between Israel and another Arab neighbor is "a wake up call to the Palestinians that if they want to engage, now's the time."
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Acting State Department inspector general resigns
Acting inspector general Stephen Akard resigned about two months after Stephen Linick was removed from the post
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U.S. diplomats pack up consulate in Chengdu, China, striving to meet closure deadline
The Chinese government ordered the U.S. to close the consulate in retaliation for shuttering China's consulate in Houston
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Feds take over Chinese consulate in Houston after Trump closes compound over espionage concerns
In response to the eviction, the ruling Chinese Communist Party has ordered the U.S. to close its consulate in Chengdu
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China orders U.S. to close consulate in Chengdu in response to shuttering of Houston consulate
Earlier this week, amid accusations of espionage, the United States ordered China to shut down their consulate in Houston
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Watch: Pompeo makes speech about China
The Secretary of State delivers speech about China at the Richard Nixon Library in Calif.
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Trump administration orders China to close Houston consulate
The Chinese foreign ministry reportedly called the move 'an outrageous and unjustified move that will sabotage relations between the two countries'