The United States expelled two Russian officials on June 17 in response to an attack on U.S. diplomat in Moscow, State Department spokesman John Kirby said Friday.
The U.S. government confirmed on Thursday that three American officials had been expelled from Nicaragua, warning that this could damage ties between the two countries.
The U.S. State Department on Wednesday said the country is capable of investigations on its bombing of a hospital in Afghanistan.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will remain in a Swiss hospital overnight and return to the U.S. on Monday after breaking his leg in a cycling accident, the State Department said.
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has not made a decision on a Joint Chiefs of Staff recommendation for how to handle the country's troops returning from areas affected by Ebola in West Africa, a Pentagon spokesman said on Tuesday.
A concentration of fighters from the Islamic State (IS) around the town of Kobani along Syria' s border with Turkey has led to more airstrikes against the terrorist group, a Pentagon spokesman said on Thursday.
The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) provided details on Thursday for the 475 additional service members President Barack Obama announced will deploy to Iraq as part of the strategy against the Islamic State (IS) forces.
U.S. will keep air operations in Iraq with the aim to support Iraqi and Kurdish forces in their fight against terrorists from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and will continue to provide humanitarian assistance to Iraqi civilians, said the Pentagon.
The first teams of U.S. military advisers have begun their mission in Baghdad and more troops are on their way, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has stepped up consultations with Eastern European allies on the Ukraine situation amid Russia's activities along its border, a Pentagon spokesman said on Tuesday.
About 600 U.S. Army soldiers will arrive in Poland and the three Baltic states in the coming days for a series of military exercises, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Tuesday.
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