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The State Department is ordering the families of all American personnel at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv to leave the country and allowing non-essential staff to leave Ukraine

On Tuesday, Vice President Harris’ visit to Vietnam was delayed by a possible case of Havana syndrome, cases of unusual and unexplained health problems afflicting U.S. government workers since 2016.

President Joe Biden and other top U.S. officials have been stunned by the Taliban’s nearly complete takeover of Afghanistan as the planned withdrawal of American forces urgently became a mission to ensure a safe evacuation.

Under Kremlin orders, the U.S. Embassy has stopped employing Russians, forcing the embassy to cut its consular staff by 75% and limit many of its usual services

A passenger aboard a cruise ship quarantined in Japan because of the coronavirus, has accused the U.S. government of “holding me hostage” ahead of a planned evacuation on Sunday.

A San Diego family who was visiting relatives in Wuhan, China now has to deal with the city being under lockdown due to the coronavirus. “I’m sorry, I’m shaking,” through WeChat, NBC 7 chatted with San Diego resident Yanjun Wei in Wuhan. Wei said after 10 years of not seeing her parents she planned a trip to celebrate the Lunar…

Southern California Marines are reinforcing the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, where dozens of Iraqi Shiite militiamen and their supporters broke into the compound Tuesday in one of the worst attacks on the embassy in recent memory, the U.S. Military confirmed.

Security forces shot dead 40 anti-government protesters in over 24 hours amid spiraling violence in the capital and Iraq’s south, security and medical officials said, one day after an Iranian consulate was torched. Iran condemned the burning of its consulate in the holy city of Najaf as violence continued into the night across southern Iraq, where security forces had killed...

David Holmes, a political counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, described a phone conversation he overheard between Ambassador Gordon Sondland and President Donald Trump in which the two men discussed Ukraine and the Bidens.

David Holmes, a political counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, described a phone conversation he overheard between Ambassador Gordon Sondland and President Donald Trump in which the two men discussed Ukraine and the Bidens.

Former White House adviser Fiona Hill and David Holmes, a political counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, testified during Thursday’s impeachment hearing. Watch the key moments from their testimony.

David Holmes, a political counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, testified that congressional inaction on President Donald Trump’s request for Ukraine to investigate the Bidens would set a precedent for future political leaders to request foreign assistance in investigating political opponents.

David Holmes, a political counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, testified that congressional inaction on President Donald Trump’s request for Ukraine to investigate the Bidens would set a precedent for future political leaders to request foreign assistance in investigating political opponents.

David Holmes, a political counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, offers up her opening statement during morning impeachment hearings on Nov. 21, 2019.

David Holmes, a political counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, offers up her opening statement during morning impeachment hearings on Nov. 21, 2019.

Iran announced on Monday its latest violations of the nuclear deal with world powers, saying that it now operates twice as many advanced centrifuges banned by the 2015 accord and is working on a prototype that’s 50 times faster than those allowed by the deal. The announcement came as the country marks the 40th anniversary of the 1979 U.S. Embassy...

Fresh from a recent trip to the Philippines to visit American activist Brandon Lee, seriously injured in a shooting earlier this month, San Francisco Supervisor Matt Haney on Friday called on the U.S. government to help Lee flee the country.

The Dominican Republic resort where a Delaware woman says she was brutally beaten has closed temporarily.

Bay Area friends and family of journalist Brandon Lee were leaning on each other Monday night while the 37-year-old father was recovering from gunshot wounds he suffered in the Philippines.

Ethiopia’s military chief was shot to death by his bodyguard amid a failed coup attempt against a regional government north of the capital, Addis Ababa, the prime minister said Sunday. The abortive coup Saturday in the Amhara region was led by a high-ranking military officer and others in the armed forces, said Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who addressed the nation...