World Apr 12 U.S. and Philippines step up strategic partnership as China threats loom in South China Sea The U.S. and Filipino foreign and defense ministers and national security advisers met to discuss strategic and military issues Friday.
World Apr 05 Blinken says Israeli proposals to increase flow of aid to Gaza are welcome but may not meet U.S. demands Blinken said Friday that opening more border crossings, if fully implemented, has the potential to surge assistance to Palestinians caught in the fighting between Israel and Hamas.
World Apr 04 NATO celebrates 75th anniversary as questions around war in Ukraine corrode its unity Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his counterparts on Thursday are marking the moment NATO's founding treaty was signed on this date in 1949.
Politics Mar 21 WATCH: Blinken and Egyptian foreign minister hold briefing after talks about Gaza’s future U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is huddling with top Arab diplomats in Cairo to discuss post-conflict plans for Gaza as relations between the United States and Israel are souring further over Israel's war against Hamas.
World Mar 20 Blinken to visit Israel on latest Middle East tour as tensions rise over Gaza war The previously unannounced stop comes as relations between the two countries have soured dramatically in recent weeks.
World Mar 14 U.S. sanctions 3 Israeli West Bank settlers and their outposts for violence against Palestinians The announcement comes at a time of increasing friction between President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose far-right government has reacted angrily to previous sanctions.
World Mar 07 WATCH: Sweden officially joins NATO The White House said that having Sweden as a NATO ally “will make the United States and our allies even safer.”…
Politics Mar 01 Biden approves airdrops of aid into Gaza after chaotic encounter leaves over 100 Palestinians killed President Joe Biden says that the U.S. will begin air-dropping humanitarian assistance into Gaza, a day after more than 100 of Palestinians were killed during a chaotic encounter with Israeli troops.
Politics Feb 23 Biden administration restores U.S. policy calling Israeli settlements ‘illegitimate’ under international law The Biden administration had long been considering re-implementing the so-called "Hansell Memorandum," but those deliberations picked up steam as Israel's response to the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks drew increasingly intense international criticism.
World Feb 16 WATCH: Embracing dictators and global isolation is ‘dangerous, destabilizing,’ Harris says Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday warned of the dangers of growing authoritarianism and isolationism in a not-so-veiled repudiation of Donald Trump’s worldview and threats to renege on security guarantees for NATO allies should he return to the White House.