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The State Department declaration requires closures in San Francisco, New York and Washington, D.C., in retaliation for a Kremlin order expelling 755 U.S. diplomatic staff. The deadline is Saturday.

Investigators are probing why staff at the U.S. Embassy in Havana have experienced symptoms including hearing loss. Some experts think it could have been accidentally caused by surveillance equipment.

The department has updated its warnings about the Mexican states that are home to Cancun and Los Cabos, citing rising homicide rates.

The move is the latest in a tit-for-tat between Washington and Moscow triggered by U.S. sanctions on Russia for its interference in the 2016 U.S. election.

The State Department says several U.S. State Department officials in Cuba have developed strange medical symptoms. Reports suggest they may have been caused by a covert sonic weapon.

The State Department has issued new instructions to U.S. embassies about which citizens from the countries covered by the Trump administration's travel ban are still eligible for visas.

North Korea will top the agenda as President Trump and South Korea's Moon Jae-in meet Thursday. But whatever tensions brew below the surface, there will be reassurances that the relationship is solid.

Alika Kinan, a victim of sex trafficking in Argentina, made history when she sued her captors — and won. This week, she was honored as a "hero" for her activism.

In its latest annual report on the global state of human trafficking, the State Department has issued highly public criticism of China — a move that could increase tensions between China and the U.S.

Video of Turkish security personnel appearing to attack demonstrators in Washington sparked outrage last month. The Metropolitan Police Department says four people have been arrested.

The president's tweets are complicating the work of U.S. diplomats. Some are distancing themselves via their own tweets. They're "entitled to use social media," says the State Department spokeswoman.

A spokesman for the ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee responded by saying Trump should be spending more time actually filling open positions.