Abigail Williams

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is urging European countries to mirror U.S. travel restrictions implemented in response to Ebola as the U.S. prepares to host the largest-ever World Cup amid growing concerns about the spread of the disease, according to a State Department cable reviewed by NBC News

Iran launched a deadly new set of attacks in the Persian Gulf as it traded strikes with the U.S., the latest exchange to threaten the fragile ceasefire and stalled peace talks between the two countries.

Iran launched multiple rocket and drone attacks in the Persian Gulf and the U.S. military carried out an attack on Iran’s Qeshm Island, officials said

The warning came just days after the Ukrainian capital faced one of the heaviest bombardments since the start of the Russian invasion.

The U.S. military said it carried out what it called self-defense strikes on Iranian radar and drone control sites over the weekend, while Iran said it targeted an air base used in the U.S. attack as the two countries continued to trade strikes amid talks to end their war

Hundreds of diplomats have been forced to retire or were laid off in the Trump administration

The man known as Europe’s last dictator may soon be coming in from the cold as President Donald Trump helps him emerge from years of isolation.

If additional Americans contract Ebola and need medical care, they will be sent to Europe rather than brought home to the U.S., senior administration officials said.

It was the kind of sweeping, last-minute demand that would have torpedoed most diplomatic talks: President Donald Trump insisting this week that in exchange for him ending the war with Iran, several Arab and Muslim countries should sign on to his Abraham Accords to normalize their diplomatic relations with Israel.

The U.S. reiterated that its diplomats remained in Kyiv despite Russia’s escalating threats, dismissing the top E.U. diplomat’s suggestion that Washington had evacuated the Ukrainian capital.

The Trump administration hollowed out USAID last year, but the State Department denied the changes have hampered its response.