Politics Apr 06 U.S. boosts aid to Palestinians as some in Congress cry foul The administration is also expected this week to announce a resumption in funding to the U.N. agency that deals with Palestinian refugees.
Politics Apr 02 Biden lifts Trump sanctions on international court officials Biden says the United States still has strong disagreements with the court, which has pursued cases against Americans. But Biden says those disagreements are best dealt with through diplomacy, not sanctions.
World Mar 31 Blinken reaffirms Trump-era ruling on Hong Kong autonomy In a notice sent to Congress on Wednesday, Blinken said China had continued to "dismantle" Hong Kong's autonomy since his predecessor first made the determination in May 2020.
World Mar 20 U.S. ties with Russia, China sink as Biden toes tough lines U.S. relations with its two biggest geo-political rivals are facing severe tests as President Joe Biden tries to assert America's place in the world and distinguish himself from his predecessor. Airing myriad complaints, the Biden administration took an extraordinarily tough…
Politics Mar 18 U.S., China spar in first face-to-face meeting under Biden In unusually pointed remarks for a staid diplomatic meeting, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Communist Party foreign affairs chief Yang Jiechi took aim at each other's country's policies at the start of two days of talks in Alaska…
Politics Feb 23 Senate confirms Linda Thomas-Greenfield as U.N. ambassador Her confirmation on Tuesday reflected the Biden administration's determination to reengage with the world body and former President Donald Trump's diplomacy that often left the U.S. isolated internationally.
World Feb 23 Human rights will be 'central' to relations with Egypt, U.S. says The Biden administration on Tuesday told Egypt that human rights will be “central” to its policy in dealing with the key Arab state and major American partner in the Middle East.
Politics Feb 08 U.S. plans to reengage with U.N. rights council, reversing Trump The Biden administration has announced plans to reengage with the much-maligned U.N. Human Rights Council that former President Donald Trump withdrew from almost three years ago.
Nation Feb 07 Reagan's longtime secretary of state George P. Shultz dies Former Secretary of State George P. Shultz, a titan of American academia, business and diplomacy who spent most of the 1980s trying to improve Cold War relations with the Soviet Union and forging a course for peace in the Middle…
Politics Feb 04 WATCH: Biden signals that U.S. will refocus on diplomacy abroad “America is back. Diplomacy is back,” Biden said in brief remarks to the State Department staff. "You are the center of all that I intend to do. You are the heart of it. We’re going to rebuild our alliances”…