The Department of Justice on Thursday unveiled narco-terrorism charges against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and other senior government officials, alleging they participated in the country’s illegal drug trafficking system and collaborated with a leftist Colombian guerrilla group to export cocaine to the United States. The president, along with five other Venezuelan officials, were all slapped with narco-terrorism, drug trafficking, and weapons charges by the Southern District […]
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President Donald Trump referred to the U.S. State Department as the “Deep State Department” during a White House press briefing on the coronavirus with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Friday, prompting National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci to bury his face in his hands. “Secretary of State Pompeo is extremely busy so if you have any question for him right now, […]
The U.S. State Department raised its travel advisory to the maximum level on Thursday in response to the coronavirus crisis, warning Americans at home not to leave the country, and those abroad to return to the United States from if possible. “We have some breaking news for you now. The U.S. State Department is raising the travel advisory to the highest level, which basically says Americans […]
With COVID-19 cases and deaths surging in the US and Europe, the US State Department is set to announce level four travel restrictions to all international travel, reports Politico. The State Department’s new advisory is expected to advise all Americans abroad to either return to the US or shelter in place as the virus crisis continues to worsen. The new travel warning is expected to inform all […]
The United States has targeted a number of Chinese, Hong Kong and South African companies in a fresh round of Iran-related sanctions regarding petrochemicals, the US State Department said in a statement on Wednesday. The entities targeted include Hong Kong-based Mcfly Plastic Hk, Saturn Oasis and Sea Charming Shipping Company; South Africa’s SPI International Proprietary and Main Street 1095; and Chinese companies Dalian Golden Sun Import […]
Amid concerns that the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic presents an increasing threat to courts, attendees, court officials and lawyers, an unidentified Department of Justice lawyer is presumed to have contracted the virus. According to NBC News, which cited U.S. officials, a DOJ building in Washington, D.C. was shut down Wednesday night in order to disinfect the premises. The lawyer in question recently traveled to California, where […]
Among the 21 individuals infected on the giant cruise ship off the California coast at least 19 are crew members, Vice President Mike Pence announced Friday, adding that the vessel would be taken to a non-commercial port for further testing. “In response to our request, the US Department of State has officially confirmed that four of our compatriots are on board the Grand Princess cruise vessel […]
World 15:24 GMT 03.03.2020Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/105040/42/1050404203_0:150:3109:1898_1200x675_80_0_0_c10275b7e9f9ee0d89d6e2b43b7db923.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202003031078464232-us-announces-108-mln-in-humanitarian-assistance-for-syria—state-department/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The United States plans to provide an additional $108 million in humanitarian support for Syria, State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus said in a statement on Tuesday. “Today in Turkey, the US Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Kelly Craft, announced $108 million in additional humanitarian assistance for the people of […]
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Asset Control has added 20 new bitcoin addresses associated with two individuals to its list of sanctioned individuals. According to an update to OFAC’s “Specially Designated Nationals” (SDN) list, Jiadong Li and Yinyin Tian are accused of being linked to the Lazarus Group, a cybercrime group possibly affiliated with the North Korean government. The group has been accused of […]
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Not satisfied with just blaming Russia for election meddling, US officials are now claiming Moscow is trying to “sow discord” by spreading disinformation about the coronavirus and the US’ role in its creation and global response. US State Department officials are claiming Moscow is behind an internet campaign to blame the coronavirus on the US government. Without citing specific examples, officials told AFP that the foreign […]
The White House has denied rumors that Deputy National Security Adviser Victoria Coates is the author of an anonymous New York Times op-ed and subsequent book criticizing the Trump administration, after Coates was abruptly moved to the Energy Department. Victoria Coates “The White House leadership rejects rumors that have circulated recently and does not put any stock in the suggestion that Victoria Coates is the author […]
Allies of President Donald Trump are taking their time with an ongoing and laborious project: rooting out the Russiagate contingent at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). The work is slow and painstaking. Until recently, it seemed to require taking lawyers out one-by-one. But the goal, in proponents’ minds, is laudatory and worth it—all-but politically and morally necessary. And when they’re finished? None of the attorneys […]
The Justice Department has told lawyers for former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe that they will not charge him with a crime, according to his spokesperson. “At long last, justice has been done in this matter,” his lawyers said in a statement. Justice Department officials told them in a letter and in a phone call that they would not pursue charges against him, the statement said. […]
The United States expressed deep concern about North Korea’s vulnerability to the outbreak of a new virus and said it was ready to support efforts by aid organizations to contain the spread of the illness in the country. Pyongyang has moved to strengthen quarantines and other preventive measures after the illness outbreak in China, North Korea’s neighbor and closest ally. “We strongly support and encourage the […]
If there’s one thing that Fox Business Network host Lou Dobbs absolutely cannot stand, it is criticism of President Donald Trump from other Republicans. Hours after Attorney General William Barr criticized Trump’s tweet about Roger Stone’s sentence recommendation and claimed it made it “impossible” to do his job, Dobbs kicked off his Thursday night broadcast by railing against the attorney general for not getting “what this […]
The Media Department in Gaza held an awards ceremony to honour photojournalists who received international awards and journalists who were martyred or wounded in 2018 and 2019. Profile photo of MEMO Photographer Mohammad Asad, from Gaza, Palestine The ceremony is a thank you to the journalists for their achievements, which usually include confronting the Israeli occupation forces’ siege, and the resulting stories and pictures that had […]