U.S. approves sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, Netherlands says
Secretary of State Antony Blinken sent letters to his Danish and Dutch counterparts assuring them that the requests would be approved, a U.S. official said.
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Family of academic detained in Egypt accuse US of breaking pledge to help
Salah Soltan, a US green card holder and critic of Abdel-Fatah al-Sisi, claims he faces death in Cairo jail and urges Biden to actA prominent Egyptian prisoner of conscience has told his family that he faces death in detention, spurring them to accuse …
Rights groups call on Biden administration to expand work permits for asylum seekers
Homeland Security secretary urged to grant Temporary Protective Status to migrants to help alleviate strain on systemsA powerful group of labor and immigration rights organizations in New York is calling on the Biden administration to expand rights for…
Stop using Ukrainian grain as ‘blackmail’, U.S. challenges world to tell Russia
America’s top diplomat lashed out at Russia at a U.N. Security Council meeting for ignoring the world’s appeals and pulling out of the year-old deal.
Julian Assange: US rejects Australia’s calls to end pursuit of WikiLeaks founder during Ausmin talks
Ministers’ meeting focused on military cooperation and agreed to increase ‘tempo’ of US nuclear-powered submarine visits to Australia as part of Aukus pactFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emai…
The US and China are talking again, but what happens next?
After years of deepening economic and military mistrust between the superpowers, they were finally back in a room togetherWhen Janet Yellen left Beijing on Sunday after four days of talks, the US treasury secretary in effect admitted that the delegatio…
Wagner rebellion reveals ‘cracks’ in Putin government, says Blinken
Secretary of state says mutiny may help Ukraine counteroffensive after Yevgeny Prigozhin calls off advance on MoscowRussia-Ukraine war: live updatesA day after renegade Wagner mercenaries almost sparked a civil war in Russia, the top US diplomat has sa…
‘India is now a linchpin’: US looks to Narendra Modi’s visit to counter China
The Biden administration will try to strengthen US-India ties while the Indian leader looks to shore up votes for next year’s electionThe symbolism of the visit will be hard to avoid. As Narendra Modi arrives in Washington DC on Wednesday – the capital…
Xi and Blinken exchange warm words while refusing to budge
Meeting between US secretary of state and Chinese leader was a diplomatic coup, but yielded few breakthroughsAntony Blinken’s meeting with Xi Jinping on Monday may have lasted only 35 minutes, but both sides insisted that it represented progress in the…
U.S., China vow to stabilize relations during high-stakes meeting in Beijing
There was little indication that either is prepared to bend from its positions on issues ranging from trade, to Taiwan, to human rights conditions in China and Hong Kong.