The fee is set to apply to visitors requiring non-immigrant visas to enter the US. Countries such as Japan and Singapore which are part of the US visa waiver programme are not required to pay the new fee.

The United States will leave the United Nations' culture and education agency UNESCO, the US state department has confirmed.

State Department expects to distribute 59,305 metric tons of food aid amid reports that 500 tons were incinerated, with officials confirming all food expiring soon is accounted for.

For 25 years, the State Department has had an office tracking the scope of human trafficking and working to combat it. In 2023, more than 133,000 victims were identified globally, leading to more than 18,

The State Department on Tuesday confirmed an American citizen was shot and killed by Syrian government forces in viral graphic footage on social media. Hosam Saraya, a Syrian American citizen of Druze descent,

United States Department of State. State Department enacts widespread layoffs, cutting 1,353 staff The involuntary staff reductions include 1,107 civil service and 246 foreign service employees ...

The mass firing of State Department employees could significantly impact the Trump administration’s ability to address the priorities it has said it values, multiple former and current department officials told CNN.

Among the scores of offices the U.S. State Department eliminated last week in its dramatic revamp, the shuttering of one little-known office has raised particular alarm among U.S. diplomats.