Us Department Of State

All you need to know about Anjali Bhardwaj: RTI activist being honoured by US for combatting corruption

The 48-year-old activist, who has been involved in the RTI movement for over two decades, has helped drive several legislations, including the RTI Act 2005, and The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013, among others

Indian social activist Anjali Bharadwaj among 12 winners of US state dept's anti-corruption champions award

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the 12 individuals worked tirelessly 'to defend transparency, combat corruption, and ensure accountability in their own countries'

Mike Pompeo, who led Donald Trump's Mission at US state dept, leaves with dubious legacy

Pompeo has been tagged by a number of officials and analysts with the dubious distinction of the worst secretary of state in American history

Risk of top US officials being charged with war crimes grows over Saudi strikes in Yemen

At a congressional hearing on Wednesday, Democrats on the House Foreign Affairs Committee accused the state department’s top lawyer and the assistant secretary overseeing weapons sales of negligence on civilian deaths and of covering up the legal risks.

On flawed North Korea and Iran policies, John Bolton's new book blames 'the split between Trump and Trump'

President Donald Trump knew exactly what he was getting when he hired John Bolton in the spring of 2018 to be his national security advisor: An uber-hawk who made no secret of his belief that Iran and North Korea could be driven over the brink by extreme sanctions

China moves to tighten its grip on Hong Kong with stringent anti-dissent laws; Opposition leaders lament 'end' of city-State

China signalled on Thursday it would move forward with laws that would take aim at anti-government protests and other dissent in Hong Kong

US designates China's official media as operatives of State, will be subject to same rules as Beijing's diplomats

The State Department told China on Tuesday that its five foremost news agencies will officially be treated as foreign government functionaries, subject to similar rules as diplomats stationed in the United States

Surge in South American political protests linked to Russian trolls on Twitter, finds US Department of State

Watching political unrest explode across South America this fall, officials at the State Department noticed an eerily similar pattern in anti-government protests that otherwise had little in common

As Narendra Modi deftly concludes successful G7 Summit visit, Pakistan would do well to read writing on the wall

It seems that brick after brick is falling into place for Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his effort to build a wall of support for India

Any discussion on Kashmir only with Pakistan, and bilaterally, EAM S Jaishankar tells Mike Pompeo

India's External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday reasserted India's long standing position on outside intervention in India-Pakistan border conflict to his US counterpart, US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo.