Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson on Friday attended a ceremony in Latvia, marking his country's first deployment of ...

Norwegian police said they have seized a locally owned ship with an all-Russian crew that is suspected of being involved in ...

Ukraine says it struck a major oil refinery in the Volograd region as part of its drive to target Russian infrastructure tied ...

Marco Rubio has wisely reinstated the State Department's One Flag Policy, which bars U.S. embassies from flying anything but ...

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State Department employees who violate the ban will reportedly face disciplinary action, including termination of employment.

In May 2023, the Latvian Embassy in Riga raised the ... of State," the text of the bill read. "The U.S. flag is a powerful symbol of pride and it is fitting and respectful that only the U.S ...

The president’s Inaugural Address linked landing on the Red Planet with Manifest Destiny, but left many of the specifics unclear. By Kenneth Chang During his Inaugural Address on Monday ...

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Sweden sent 550 troops from one of its mechanized infantry battalions to Riga, Latvia, on Saturday to join a Canadian-led multinational brigade on NATO’s eastern flank. Latvia borders Russia to the ...