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Dr. Hamad Saif al-Shamsi, attorney general of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), announced Thursday that a team of public prosecutors will investigate the averted crisis aboard Flydubai Flight FZ1073 on Wednesday morning as a possible organized terrorist attack.

The State Department, led by Secretary Marco Rubio, has revoked more than 250,000 visas from foreign nationals since President Donald Trump took office in January 2025.

The State Department will deny visas to foreigners who run or help run birth tourism operations.

The Trump administration plans to cap next year’s refugee inflow at 17,500 people, down from the 125,000 target set under President Joe Biden.

The U.S. State Department is telling American companies to tread carefully when doing business in Afghanistan.

Conservative President of Peru Keiko Fujimori on Thursday announced that her country will soon join the U.S.-led Americas Counter Cartel Coalition (A3C), also known as the Shield of the Americas.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday delivered a scathing condemnation of the consequences of leftism across Latin America — pointing out leftist governments led to the destruction of Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday announced that the United States has designated the Ecuadorian criminal gang Los Tiguerones as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) and as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT).

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday began a new tour of Latin America, starting with an official visit to Colombia where he will meet with conservative President Abelardo de la Espriella.

The U.S. State Department has updated its travel warning for Libya to the highest level, advising Americans not to visit the highly unstable country “for any reason” — and to “prepare a will and end-of-life instructions” if they must go there.

Rescue efforts in Nepal have been hindered by the incredible damage last week’s flood inflicted on area roads and bridges, so rescue teams have turned to cable cars and ziplines as the best way to reach people stranded by the disaster.

President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that the United States is carrying out “large and powerful” strikes against Iranian targets near the Strait of Hormuz, warning Tehran that any retaliation would trigger a far heavier response while revealing an even larger attack is “waiting in the wings” that would leave “very little” of the Islamic Republic.

The South China Morning Post (SCMP) on Wednesday reported “frustration and disbelief” in China after “American consulates around the world began cancelling immigrant visa interviews.”

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday that the United States will continue cutting the financial lifelines of violent far-left groups, announcing sanctions against three organizations and two individuals.

The U.S. State Department officially removed Syria from the State Sponsors of Terrorism list, and delisted al-Qaeda offshoot Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) group, on Monday, completing a process President Donald Trump announced in July.

The State Department is preparing to revoke the tourist and business visas of up to 200,000 foreigners who have applied for asylum in the United States.

The State Department is tackling fraud in the H-1B visa program, State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott revealed..

The Trump administration’s State Department announced that it had created a task force that is working to end birth tourism and is also working to ensure that migrants with nonimmigrant visas are being used “for their lawful and intended purposes.”

Israel’s security operation against the Iran-backed terrorists of Hezbollah in southern Lebanon continued on Wednesday, as the landmark peace talks between Israel and the Lebanese government seemingly stalled out in Rome.

President Donald Trump’s State Department has revoked more than 175,000 visas of foreign nationals accused of crimes like fraud, theft, and drunk driving, among others, since the start of last year.

President Donald Trump on Friday announced billions of dollars in deals and investments in and around the mining industry, as well as more than $180 million in funding for mining schools.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday that negotiations aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz have made progress and could produce an agreement soon, as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said a deal could come by Wednesday, while President Donald Trump personally engaged Qatar’s emir in the accelerating diplomatic push.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned on Fox News Channel that a spy network run by the Cuban regime is undermining American interests.

President Donald Trump’s State Department has started revoking visas for foreign nationals arrested for drunk driving, agency officials announced this week.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio refused Thursday to disclose what he discussed in a closed-door meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, telling reporters in Manila that diplomacy collapses when its details are aired at a microphone.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani posted a video to social media on Tuesday conceding that he has no authority to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — a promise he made to the far left and terrorist sympathizers to gain their support.

The State Department on Monday released a report that charged Communist Cuba with helping America’s enemies spread their influence through the Western Hemisphere, including Iran, Hamas, and other jihadi groups.

The State Department published an extensive report on Monday detailing how the Communist Party of Cuba has invested over half a century in the infiltration and destruction of American politics, accusing the communists of setting the infiltration of campuses as a “priority.”

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will reveal the U.S. Treasury Department’s plans to crack down on the finances behind “transnational political terrorism” during an address to dignitaries gathered at the U.S. State Department on Thursday, Breitbart News has learned exclusively.

It is “completely inexplicable” that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) pardoned an immigrant child molester from Laos, State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott said during an appearance on Breitbart News Daily.

The State Department will publish an extensive report revealing the close ties between Cuba and radical leftist unrest in America.

Syria expressed gratitude to President Donald Trump for being removed from the State Department’s State Sponsors of Terrorism List.

The United States has invested over $310 million in humanitarian support for victims of Venezuela’s devastating June 24 earthquakes as of this week and delivered upwards of 60,000 food, hygiene, and other aid kits to victims, America’s top diplomat in the country told reporters on Tuesday.

Carlos Antonio Lloga Dominguez, a Cuban man who spent more than a decade in the U.S. working as a foreign agent of the communist Castro regime was detained alongside his family, the U.S. State Department announced Wednesday.