News and reports from the State Department.

News Release: BOISE, Idaho - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today reflected on ten months of Russia’s brutal war against Ukraine and reiterated U.S. support for Ukraine in the months ahead.

News Release: Since protests erupted across Iran in September, the Iranian regime has responded with ruthless crackdowns on peaceful protestors in an effort to suppress the Iranian people’s voices. Iranian authorities have killed hundreds of peaceful protestors, including dozens of children, and arbitrarily detained ...

News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price

Release: Joseph Kennedy III currently serves as the Special Envoy to Northern Ireland for Economic Affairs.

Release: As Russia continues its brutal attacks against critical infrastructure in Ukraine, the United States welcomes President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Washington, D.C. today to underscore our enduring commitment to the people of Ukraine. Over the past three hundred days, the Kremlin has tried and failed to wipe ...

Release: Recently in Honolulu I had the honor of opening the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Informal Senior Officials’ Meeting (ISOM) Symposium. During ISOM, the United States’ first gathering as 2023 APEC host, I joined with my counterparts across APEC’s 21 member economies to reaffirm our shared commitment...

Release: We are committed to imposing additional severe consequences on President Putin and his enablers for Russia’s unconscionable war against Ukraine. In the wake of Russian naval operations against Ukrainian ports, including those that are providing much-needed food and grain to the world, the United States today is imposing sanctions on Russian naval entities.

Release: We are saddened by the tragic loss of life and injuries to sailors in the sinking of HTMS Sukhothai. We extend our sincere condolences to the Royal Thai Navy and to the loved ones of those who lost their lives, and we wish a speedy recovery to those injured. The United States stands ready to assist our Thai allies in the wake of this tragedy.

News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price

The United States and Secretary of State Antony Blinken have welcomed a UN Security Council resolution that sent a message to Burma’s military command to end its repression and brutality against civilians.

News Release: On Dec. 21, 2022, the Department of State provided $1 million to The HALO Trust (HALO) to launch a comprehensive unexploded ordnance (UXO) project in Solomon Islands beginning Jan. 1, 2023. This project will address UXO priorities and enhance explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) capacity with the ...

News Release: The Department of State recognizes the positive impact of travel to the United States by foreign student and temporary work visa holders on the U.S. economy and is committed to facilitating nonimmigrant travel and further reducing visa wait times. We are pleased to announce that the Secretary of State has made a determination extending the authority of consular officers to waive in-person interviews for certain nonimmigrant visa categories through Dec. 31, 2023.

There were five notices published by the State Department in week ending Dec. 17, according to the Federal Register.

U.S. Sec. of State Antony Blinken met earlier this week with Mexico's Foreign Sec. Marcelo Ebrard to discuss the 200-year relationship between the two countries and ways to strengthen cooperation in the future.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the launch of the Office of China Coordination, which draws on expertise from across the State Department to help implement a strategy to compete with the People’s Republic of China.