Politics Sep 22 WATCH: U.S. pledges $100 million to back proposed Kenyan-led multinational force to Haiti Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Friday that the U.S. would provide logistics, including intelligence, airlift, communications and medical support to the mission.
World Sep 20 Most Americans view Israel as an ally, but fewer see it as sharing U.S. values, AP-NORC poll shows The poll results and the meeting come during a new period of tension between the Biden administration and Israel over Netanyahu's proposed judicial overhaul, which has sparked mass protests in major Israeli cities.
World Sep 18 Five Americans detained in Iran released as part of deal for $6 billion in frozen assets Americans held for years in Iranian custody walked arm-in-arm off a plane into freedom.
Politics Sep 14 Zelenskyy is expected to visit Washington as Congress debates $21 billion in aid for Ukraine His visit comes as Congress is debating President Joe Biden's request to provide providing as much as $21 billion in military and humanitarian aid for Ukraine as it fights the Russian invasion.
Politics Sep 11 U.S. makes deal with Iran to swap prisoners and release $6 billion in frozen money The transfer of the $6 billion was the critical element in the prisoner release deal, which saw four of the five American detainees transferred from Iranian jails into house arrest last month.
Politics Aug 30 U.S. approves military aid to Taiwan under program usually reserved for sovereign nations The package is modest at only $80 million, but the implications of using the so-called Foreign Military Financing program to provide it will likely infuriate China.
World Aug 23 U.S. approves new $500 million arms sale to Taiwan as aggression from China intensifies Although the deal is modest in comparison to previous weapons sales, the move is likely to draw fierce criticism from Beijing, which regards self-governing Taiwan as a renegade province and refuses to rule out the use of force to reunify…
World Aug 12 The tentative U.S.-Iran deal involving prisoners and frozen funds, explained The U.S. and Iran reached a tentative agreement this week that will eventually see five detained Americans in Iran and an unknown number of Iranians imprisoned in the U.S. released from custody after billions of dollars in frozen Iranian assets are transferred…
World Aug 10 Iran moves 5 Iranian-American prisoners to house arrest, U.S.-based lawyer says The move comes as Tehran for months has suggested a prisoner swap was possible between it and Washington.
Politics Jul 20 Blinken heads to Tonga, New Zealand, Australia as U.S. aims to counter China's influence in the region The State Department says Blinken will dedicate a new U.S. embassy in the Tongan capital of Nukuʻalofa on July 26 before heading to Wellington, New Zealand, where he will attend the women's World Cup match between the U.S. and the…