Politics Jun 09 Blinken to travel to China next week, carrying out a trip postponed after spy balloon incident U.S. officials say Blinken expects to be in Beijing on June 18 for meetings with senior Chinese officials, including possibly with President Xi Jinping.
World Jun 05 WATCH: Blinken says Israeli settlement expansion is obstacle to ‘horizon of hope’ Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the expansion of Israeli settlements and ongoing demolitions of Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank are taking Israel further away from peace with the Palestinians. Yet, he said Monday that the U.S.-Israel relationship…
World Jun 02 No cease-fire without a peace deal that includes Russian withdrawal from Ukraine, Blinken says Blinken said heeding calls from Russia and others, including China, for a ceasefire and negotiations to end the war now would result in a “Potemkin peace” that wouldn't secure Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity or enhance European security.
World Jun 01 U.S. sanctions Iranians over alleged plots to assassinate John Bolton, others around the world The U.S. has imposed sanctions on an Iranian Revolutionary Guard official and others it says took part in wide-ranging plots to kill former national security adviser John Bolton and others around the world.
World May 21 Sudan’s warring factions agree to weeklong ceasefire, U.S.-Saudi mediators say Meeting in the Saudi port city of Jeddah, the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces signed off on a seven-day ceasefire that is due to take effect on Monday 9:45 p.m. local time in Sudan, the U.S. and Saudi…
Politics May 09 WATCH: U.S., UK oppose decision to reinstate Syria to Arab League U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said they opposed the move. But they also allowed it was up to the Arab League to determine its membership.
World Apr 29 U.S. carries out 1st evacuation of American citizens from Sudan conflict Hundreds of Americans fleeing two weeks of deadly fighting in Sudan reached the east African nation’s port Saturday in the first U.S.-run evacuation, completing a dangerous land journey under escort of armed drones.
World Apr 25 Taliban kill Islamic State mastermind of suicide bombing at Kabul airport The Taliban have killed the senior Islamic State group leader behind the August 2021 suicide bombing outside the Kabul airport that left 13 U.S. service members and about 170 Afghans dead.
World Apr 23 Special forces evacuate U.S. embassy staff from Sudan’s capital U.S. special operations forces carried out a precarious evacuation of the American embassy in warring Sudan on Sunday, sweeping in and out of the capital, Khartoum, with helicopters on the ground for less than an hour.
Politics Apr 21 WATCH: State Department holds briefing as Sudan conflict continues An estimated 16,000 private U.S. citizens are registered with the U.S. Embassy in Khartoum as being in Sudan. The State Department has cautioned that that figure probably is inaccurate because there is no requirement for Americans to register nor is…