WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Broader targeted sanctions against Zimbabwe's government could help remove President Robert Mugabe from power, the U.S. State Department said.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- U.S. State Department officials Monday condemned Russia's decision to block extension of a 16-year-old international monitoring mission in Georgia.

BEIJING, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- The U.S. government says it will stop providing fuel to North Korea after efforts to persuade the country to agree to a nuclear verification process collapsed.

WASHINGTON, Ill., Dec. 12 (UPI) -- The United States and the United Arab Emirates are in discussions on a civilian nuclear technology deal, the U.S. State Department said Friday.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice had a sit-down with her likely successor, Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., during dinner at her home in Washington.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is headed to Panama later this week for an economic conference, the State Department said Monday.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- The U.S. State Department has repeated its call for Iran to cooperate in the case of Robert Levinson, who was last seen in the country more than 19 months ago.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- The son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has been meeting with members of the Bush administration in Washington this week, the U.S. State Department said.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- The United Nation's chief atomic inspector says "man-made" traces of uranium have been found at a site in Syria bombed by Israeli aircraft.