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Washington's support for ExxonMobil's drilling operations in Cyprus's exclusive economic zone was highlighted Thursday by a visit by Kathleen Doherty, the US ambassador in Nicosia, to Block 10, where the Stena IceMAX drillship is stationed.

Concluding a four-day visit to Greece, the US Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for Threat Prevention and Security Policy Elizabeth Neumann said her talks would provide an "important basis" for next month's US-Greece Strategic Dialogue. 

After years of delays, Greek authorities are edging closer to upgrading citizens' identity cards, so that they meet higher international security standards, Kathimerini understands. 

The US is to terminate a programme that gives more than 50,000 immigrants from Haiti protection against deportation, reported BBC.

Immigrants from the Caribbean nation received protected status in 2010 after a devastating earthquake.

But the Trump administration says conditions there have now improved and its nationals can return safely.

The administration of President Donald Trump has threatened to impose restrictions on the issuance of visas to four countries  refusing to cooperate with the US Department of Homeland Security in the field of deportation, reported BGNES.

So far they do not announced which are the four countries and for which categories of citizens the restrictions will apply.