Politics Mar 20 U.S. sending $350 million in ammunition, tanker trucks, boats to Ukraine The State Department says the U.S. will send Ukraine $350 million in weapons and equipment as fierce battles with Russian forces continue for control of the city of Bakhmut, and troops prepare for an expected spring offensive.
Politics Mar 20 WATCH: War crimes committed by all parties in Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict, Blinken says The Biden administration announced Monday that it has determined all sides in the brutal conflict in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region committed war crimes and crimes against humanity.
World Mar 17 How an international arrest warrant for Putin puts a new spin on Xi visit to Russia Hours after Friday's announcement of the trip, an international arrest warrant was issued for Putin on war crimes charges, taking at least some wind out of the sails of China's big reveal.
World Mar 09 Biden budget includes billions for Pacific islands to counter China Alarmed by China’s success in wooing Pacific island nations, the Biden administration is proposing to spend billions to keep three of those countries in the U.S. orbit.
Politics Mar 07 WATCH: State Department holds news briefing as spokesman Ned Price announces plans to step down Price will take a job working directly with Secretary of State Antony Blinken later this month, the State Department said Tuesday, and will be replaced in the interim by his deputy, Vedant Patel, until a successor is named.
Politics Mar 02 WATCH: State Department holds briefing as U.S. and Russia hold first major talks since invasion U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke briefly in New Delhi at a meeting of top diplomats from the Group of 20 nations.
World Feb 24 WATCH: Blinken speaks at U.N. Security Council ministerial meeting on Ukraine The State Department announced late Thursday that Blinken would travel to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan before going to India for a meeting of the Group of 20 foreign ministers from the world’s largest industrialized and developing countries, including China and Russia.
World Feb 18 Blinken warns China that balloon incursion ‘must never happen again’ The top diplomats from the United States and China met on Saturday in the first high-level contact between their countries since the U.S. shot down an alleged Chinese spy balloon two weeks ago, with Secretary of State Antony Blinken sending the message…
Politics Feb 09 WATCH: State Department holds briefing after details revealed on China’s aerial spying The Biden administration says the China balloon shot down by the U.S. was equipped to collect intelligence signals as part of a huge, military-linked aerial spy program that has targeted more than 40 countries.
World Feb 03 WATCH: Pentagon speaks on Chinese balloon spotted over Western U.S. A huge, high-altitude Chinese balloon sailed across the U.S. on Friday, drawing severe Pentagon accusations of spying on sensitive military sites despite China's firm denials.