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U.S. Army's Apache helicopters park at a training field in Yeoncheon, near the border with North Korea, Monday, March 13, 2023. The South Korean and U.S. militaries launched their biggest joint military exercises in years on Monday, as North Korea said it tested submarine-launched cruise missiles in an apparent protest of the drills it views as an invasion rehearsal. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

U.S. weapons exports up 50% in 2023 as Ukraine aid drains allies’ arsenals

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Senators reject Bernie Sanders’ effort to curb Israel-Hamas war, but vote signals rising unease

By Lisa Mascaro - Associated Press

Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at the State Department, Dec. 7, 2023, in Washington.Blinken is heading to the Middle East for the fourth time since the Israel-Hamas war erupted in October as once-abated fears about a regional conflagration are surging with attacks and assassinations in the Red Sea, Lebanon, Iran and Iraq.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Religious freedom panel seeks hearings as State Dept. omits India, Nigeria from watchlist

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom at the Moscow City Court, in Moscow, Russia, on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gerhskovich, arrested in Russia on espionage charges, will remain in detention until Jan. 30, a court in Moscow ruled on Thursday. The hearing took place behind closed doors because authorities say details of the criminal case against the American journalist are classified. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov)

Russian official says U.S. is hampering a prisoner exchange with unequal demands

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a press conference in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. Blinken on November 30 urged Israel to create safe zones for Palestinian civilians in Gaza before it resumes "major military operations" in the Hamas-ruled territory. (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP)

In a rare action against Israel, U.S. says extremist West Bank settlers will be barred from America

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

The Justice Department in Washington, Nov. 18, 2022. A government official says the U.S. has thwarted a plot to kill Sikh separatist leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun on American soil. First reported by the Financial Times, the official says U.S. authorities are concerned that the Indian government may have had prior knowledge of the plot against him. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Ex-U.S. ambassador to Bolivia accused of decades-long career working for Cuban intelligence

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Palestinians search for survivors after an Israeli strike on the Gaza Strip in Nusseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, Nov. 17, 2023. Workers from the State Department to the Pentagon have endorsed open letters demanding President Joe Biden pursue a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war. Congressional staffers have spoken out from the Capitol against what they say is their bosses' silence on the war's toll among Palestinian civilians. It's an unusual public challenge from within the government to the strong U.S. support for Israel's offensive. (AP Photo/Marwan Saleh, File)

Dissent over U.S. policy in Israel-Hamas war stirs unusual public protests from federal employees

By Ellen Knickmeyer - Associated Press

FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko shake hands during their meeting in Sochi, Russia, on Sept. 15, 2023. More than 2,400 Ukrainian children aged 6-17 have been taken to Belarus from four regions of Ukraine that are partially occupied by Russian forces, a study by Yale University has found. The study, released Thursday by the Humanitarian Research Lab of the Yale School of Public Health, found that “Russia’s systematic effort to identify, collect, transport, and re-educate Ukraine’s children has been facilitated by Belarus," and is “ultimately coordinated” between Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and Belarus’ authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

More than 2,400 Ukrainian children taken to Belarus, a Yale study finds

By Yuras Karmanau - Associated Press

A protester launches fireworks at riot police during a demonstration, in solidarity with the Palestinian people in Gaza, near the U.S. embassy in Aukar, a northern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. Hundreds of angry protesters are clashing with Lebanese security forces in the Lebanese suburb Aukar near the United States Embassy. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Violent protest at U.S. Embassy in Lebanon prompts new do-not-travel warning

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Music producer Quincy Jones poses for a portrait to promote his documentary "Quincy" during the Toronto Film Festival on Sept. 7, 2018, in Toronto. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

Quincy Jones is State Department’s first Peace Through Music Award as part of new diplomacy push

By Maria Sherman - Associated Press

U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers talks as a character witness during former Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard ethics trial Friday, July 8, 2016, in Opelika, Ala. (Todd Van Emst/Opelika-Auburn News via AP. Pool) **FILE**

Lawmakers seek answers after reports of links between top Pentagon official and Iran

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

The Department of Justice seal is seen in Washington, Nov. 28, 2018. The Justice Department says a contractor for the U.S. government who is originally from Ethiopia has been arrested on espionage charges, accused of providing a foreign country classified information that he downloaded and printed from his work computer system. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

State Department IT contractor charged with spying for Ethiopia

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Bassem Awadallah, one of two former officials accused of helping Jordanian Prince Hamzah try to overthrow his half-brother King Abdullah II, appears on a mobile phone screen as he attends a verdict hearing at a state security court, in Amman, Jordan, on July 12, 2021. Jordan has rejected a US request to release a former top Jordanian official imprisoned in an alleged plot against the Western-allied monarchy, according to his family and lawyer. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh, File)

Jordan rejects U.S. request to release ex-Jordanian official accused of plot against king

Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin, foreground right, attends the launch ceremony for the first technological line for liquefying natural gas on gravity bases as part of the Arctic LNG2 (Liquefied Natural Gas) project at the center for the construction of large-tonnage offshore structures (CSCMS) of Novatek-Murmansk company in the village of Belokamenka, about 1700 km (1063 miles) north of Moscow, Murmansk region, Russia, Thursday, July 20, 2023. The U.S. is sanctioning a newly established UAE company, which provides engineering and technology that Western corporations previously offered, to Russia’s Arctic liquefied natural gas project, as well as multiple Russian companies involved in its development. (Alexander Kazakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

New U.S. sanctions target workarounds that let Russia get Western tech for war

By Emma Burrows - Associated Press

People displaced by armed gangs from their homes in the Tabare neighborhood rest outside the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, July 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

U.S. mother, daughter reported kidnapped in Haiti; people warned not to travel there

Associated Press

Robert Malley, U.S. special envoy for Iran, is shown on June 20, 2021, in Vienna, Austria. The Biden administration’s special envoy for Iran has stepped aside from his duties pending a review of his security clearance by U.S. authorities. Malley has led administration efforts to revive the faltering Iran nuclear deal and resolve issues related to detained Americans in Iran, but has not been active in his job for weeks. (AP Photo/Florian Schroetter) ** FILE **

Robert Malley mystery deepens as Biden’s envoy to Iran remains sidelined

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Robert Malley, U.S. special envoy for Iran, is shown on June 20, 2021, in Vienna, Austria. The Biden administration’s special envoy for Iran has stepped aside from his duties pending a review of his security clearance by U.S. authorities. Malley has led administration efforts to revive the faltering Iran nuclear deal and resolve issues related to detained Americans in Iran, but has not been active in his job for weeks. (AP Photo/Florian Schroetter) ** FILE **

GOP demands answers as mystery over Iran envoy Rob Malley deepens

By Ben Wolfgang and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this March 3, 2017 photo, a coca picker holds a bunch of coca leaves in Puerto Bello, in the southern Colombia's state of Putumayo. Coca cultivation surged last year and now covers more territory than it did when a multibillion U.S.-led eradication campaign began 16 years ago, according to a new survey published Tuesday of illegal crops taken by the U.S. government. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Biden administration suspends satellite monitoring of Colombian coca crops amid surge in cocaine

By Joshua Goodman - Associated Press

U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the U.S. Consulate General after the G-7 ministers' meeting on climate, energy and environment in Sapporo, northern Japan, April 16, 2023. Kerry defended his negotiations with China, and angrily rebuffed what he called a “stupid” lie that he routinely travels by private jet, during a grilling by House Republicans on Thursday, July 13, before he sets out on his next climate mission to Beijing. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae, File)

John Kerry brawls with GOP over private jet use, office secrecy

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

FBI Director Christopher Wray speaks during a news conference, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022, in Omaha, Neb. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) ** FILE **

Russian spies in Ukraine suspected of duping FBI to censor Americans on social media

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times