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Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif had sought to give a speech condemning the U.S. assassination of Qassem Suleimani.

Despite years of U.S. and international efforts to fight terrorism in the area, extremist groups are gaining ground.

Questions arise as to whether Erdogan’s $26 billion megaproject is intended to clear his border of Kurds.

Current and former officials point to John Rood as a major source of frustration in the U.S. Defense Department policy shop.

Critics say the move will open the door to increased Iranian influence and worsen Iraq’s slide into chaos.

The SDF’s Gen. Mazloum Abdi wants international observers to stop Turkish-backed forces from displacing the Kurds.

U.S. ambassador considers resigning over the issue, which could harm U.S. anti-terrorism mission and aid programs there, officials say.

As tensions rise between Washington and Pyongyang, Trump tries to avert a complete breakdown in relations.

Menendez accuses Trump administration of obscuring communications with foreign leaders in wake of impeachment inquiry.

The bipartisan House move seeks to bolster support for U.S. diplomats as Ukraine impeachment inquiry puts heat on the foreign service.

Donors across the United States have provided more than a quarter of a million dollars so far.

The surveillance aircraft on the chopping block is a variant of the type that Iran shot down this summer.

The move is part of the administration’s campaign to get U.S. allies to pay more for defense. South Korea is also being asked to pony up.

Career diplomats question leadership over the lack of openness and failure to defend colleagues.

Senators are also questioning the State Department on whether U.S.-origin defense equipment sold to Turkey was used in such incidents.

Kevin Moley, the top U.S. diplomat overseeing international organizations affairs, will retire next month.

Photos of children show horrific burns caused by what looks like white phosphorus.

Congress won’t let Trump gut foreign assistance. So the administration made it harder to disburse funds, leaving aid programs in China, Iraq, and elsewhere in the lurch.

Troops’ movement on the border has Kurds worried about a Turkish assault.

Defense Secretary Mark Esper is pushing to get key officials confirmed, but significant gaps remain.

State Department meeting highlights internal alarm at China’s growing influence in international organizations.

But the department’s top leaders say they can’t sack the Trump appointee at the center of scandal.

Two decades after brokering peace in the former Yugoslavia, Washington plans to try to restart talks between Serbia and Kosovo.

A school supported by the $50 million loan purchased barbed wire, gas launchers, and body armor.

The U.S. president’s maximum pressure campaign on Iran is creating strange bedfellows in Congress.

The bipartisan bill follows the revelation that a longtime Trump advisor was pushing for lucrative nuclear deals with Riyadh.

The abrupt evacuation in May left hundreds of diplomats in limbo and too few in Iraq to handle Iran’s influence and other pressing issues, according to State Department sources.