Michele Kelemen
Stories
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National
U.S. highlighted North Korea's human rights violations in Security Council meeting
North Korea is likely to be a major topic when President Biden hosts his Japanese and South Korean counterparts at Camp David Friday. The U.S. put a spotlight on North Korea's human rights violations.
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National
Remembering the impact of Al Qaeda's bombings of U.S. embassies, 25 years later
Twenty-five years after Al Qaeda bombed the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, State Department officials past and present remember the victims and talk about security at embassies today.
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Politics
How Secretary Blinken is tackling the China relationship (and others in the region)
Much of the Biden administration's approach to the world focuses on the U.S. competition with China.
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Politics
The state department isn't expecting diplomatic breakthroughs on Blinken's China trip
Secretary of State Antony Blinken is heading to China this weekend for some high stakes diplomacy. But Washington says it doesn't expect major breakthroughs from this trip.
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Politics
Secretary of State Antony Blinken wants Saudi Arabia to normalize ties with Israel
Secretary of State Antony Blinken goes to Saudi Arabia to work on ending the war in Yemen and encouraging peace deal with Israel. But some say the U.S. has forgotten about human rights in the kingdom.
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National
Russia detains a 'Wall Street Journal' reporter on claims of spying
Russia detained a U.S. journalist working for The Wall Street Journal, accusing him of espionage. Evan Gershkovich was reporting in the city of Yekaterinburg when he was detained.
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World
Paul Rusesabagina, 'Hotel Rwanda' hero, will be released from prison
The man who inspired the novel and the Hollywood film Hotel Rwanda, Paul Rusesabagina, is due to be released from prison after the Rwandan government commuted his sentence.
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World
The International Criminal Court issues an arrest warrant for Putin
The ICC has issued warrants for the Russian president and his children's rights commissioner for alleged war crimes involving accusations that Russia has forcibly taken Ukrainian children.
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World
U.S. and Russia's top diplomats meet for the first time since the Ukraine war began
Relations between the two countries have collapsed over the Ukraine war, with the U.S. slapping thousands of sanctions on Russia, and militarily, economically and diplomatically supporting Ukraine.
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Asia
Amid countries that need humanitarian aid, U.N. worries Yemen will be forgotten
Yemen has been one of the world's worst humanitarian disasters. Aid groups worry it's being forgotten as the world focuses on Ukraine and the earthquake in Turkey and Syria.