September 9th, 20220This week, the U.S. State Department officials said they "welcome" a report by Israel’s occupation forces that there was a "high possibility" renowned Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was "accidentally" killed by Israeli gunfire last May.
Though the Biden administration has made gestures towards accountability over...
August 19th, 20220Israel raided the offices of several Palestinian advocacy groups it had previously blacklisted as terrorist organizations early Thursday, sealing entrances and declaring them closed.
Western diplomats visited one of the offices hours later in a show of support for the outlawed groups. The U.S. State Department expressed concern about...
January 13th, 20220OCCUPIED West Bank — An 80-year-old Palestinian American man was found dead after being detained and handcuffed during an Israeli raid on an occupied West Bank village, Palestinian officials and relatives said on Wednesday.
The U.S. State Department said that Omar Abdalmajeed As'ad was a U.S. citizen and that it had sought...
December 23rd, 20211WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. State Department said this week that on Dec 27, the cost for a passport book will increase by $20.
The department said the the increased fee is necessary to ensure it continues to produce one of the most secure travel and identity documents in the world.
Travelers can learn more about their...
December 17th, 20210WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass a bill that would establish a special envoy office at the U.S. State Department with the aim to "monitor and combat" international Islamophobia.
The Combating International Islamophobia Act, introduced by U.S. Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Jan Schakowsky...
December 4th, 20210WASHINGTON, D.C. — Apple iPhones of at least nine U.S. State Department employees were hacked by an unknown assailant using sophisticated spyware developed by the Israel-based NSO Group, according to four people familiar with the matter.
The hacks, which took place in the last several months, hit U.S. officials either based in Uganda...
June 25th, 20210WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. authorities pursuing a sweeping fraud investigation suspect some 4,000 Iraqis of filing fraudulent applications for resettlement in the U.S. as refugees, and they are re-examining cases involving more than 104,000 others, according to State Department reports reviewed by Reuters.
More than 500 Iraqis already...
June 22nd, 20210TEHRAN — Iran accused the U.S. on Tuesday of interference for saying its election was neither free nor fair as political factions traded blame for the record low turnout and high number of invalid ballots.
Ebrahim Raisi, a hardline judge who is under U.S. sanctions, secured victory as expected on Saturday in an election marked by...
May 7th, 20210— The following article was contributed by the Lebanese American Foundation in Los Angeles, California.
LOS ANGELES — To mark the culmination of Arab Heritage Month, The House of Lebanon, the cultural center for the Lebanese American Foundation, composed a star-studded message featuring top Arab and Lebanese leaders and...
July 29th, 20180WASHINGTON, D.C. — According to documents released on Wednesday, July 25, the Trump administration's decision to end temporary protection for immigrants from El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua could worsen efforts to combat drug trade and gang violence, the U.S. State Department warned last October.
The senior Democrat on the...
