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  Biden Official Credits Trump with Getting Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Deal 'Over the Line': President-Elect Was 'Absolutely Critical'

  Officials within the U.S. State Department have given credit to President-elect Donald Trump and his team for their help in securing a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.

• Alleged Bias Against Middle Eastern Prof Pitt Law Dean Will No Longer Appear On TV Station

  University of Pittsburgh School of Law dean will no longer appear on TV station, due to an alleged bias of a Middle Eastern professor who says he was passed over as a guest on a local CBS affiliate news show.

• Trump Administration Faces Huge Blow After Entire US State Department Management Team Resigns

  The management officials would prefer to leave their posts, which they'd held for several years, rather than serve under Donald Trump's administration.

• US State Department: Arbitrary detention of human rights lawyers, activist increase in China in 2015

  The U.S. State Department's annual human rights report indicates that arbitrary detention of human rights lawyers and advocates have increased in China in 2015.

• Hillary Clinton's last batch of emails as Secretary of State released

  The United States State Department has released the final batch of Hillary Clinton's emails when she served as the Secretary of State. These emails were sent and received form her private server installed inside her home.

• Clinton did not violate any laws over email scandal, legal columnist says

  Former State Secretary Hillary Clinton did not break any laws but only rules and regulations, according to legal columnist Dan Abrams. The issue involves Clinton’s emails with “highly classified” contents.

• White House seeks answers from China on U.S. woman detained in spy probe

  The White House has contacted China's Foreign Ministry over the detention of an American businesswoman accused of spying, a spokesman said on Tuesday, in a case that blew up just as President Xi Jinping began a visit to the United States.

• Plane from Afghanistan landed in Iran over flight plan issue: U.S.

  A charter aircraft flying from the U.S. airbase at Bagram in Afghanistan to Dubai was re-routed to Bandar Abbas, Iran, on Friday because of "issues with the flight plan," a U.S. State Department official said.

• UN Panel Warns Climate Change May Destabilize Human Society

  The United Nations made a new report on Sunday, indicating that "climate change is affecting all parts of the globe, and the gap between the latest science on climactic change and government action to cut greenhouse emission remains large,

• North Korea: U.S. State Dept. Working Through Sweden To Free Detained American 85-Year-Old Veteran Merill Newman (Video)

  North Korea confirmed to Swedish diplomats that it is holding 85-year-old Merill Newman of Palo Alto, California, and that he has been detained in the country since October 26

• Consulates Closed: Intercepted Messages Between al Qaeda Operatives in Yemen Detailing a Major Terror Attack Was in 'Final Stages' (Video)

  The shutdown of many U.S. embassies throughout the Muslim world was triggered by an intercepted secret message between al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawari and his deputy in Yemen about plans for a major terror attack