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Antony Blinken says he’s looking to ‘promote accountability’ for Ugandan officials who have violated rights of LGBTQ+ peopleThe US may restrict visas issued to Ugandan officials in its latest condemnation to the African country’s enactment of stringent…
Abdullah al-Derazi and Youssef al-Manasif have appealed to secretary of state Antony Blinken as their cases are being reviewedTwo Saudis who were arrested and allegedly tortured for crimes they were accused of committing as minors are facing an imminen…
Secretary of state offers US support for plans to set up committee to negotiate peace deal after three-day pause in hostilitiesSudan news: live updatesThe two opposing forces in Sudan’s civil war have agreed a three-day ceasefire, according to the US s…
Hopes of 24-hour ceasefire to evacuate civilians and wounded after US secretary of state intervenesFighting continued in Sudan hours after an internationally brokered truce was supposed to have come into effect, as forces loyal to dueling generals batt…
Neither side shows any willingness to heed appeals from US, UK, African Union and Arab states as death toll nears 100Explainer: why is there fighting in Sudan?Rival government factions in Sudan have rejected calls for a ceasefire and intensified their …
Secretary of state to break ground on new US embassy while Hanoi reluctant to antagonise its powerful neighbourChina has reportedly refused to reschedule a visit from the US secretary of state, as Antony Blinken kicked off a trip to Vietnam, a crucial …
The Wall Street Journal reporter was imprisoned by Russian authorities for espionage The US state department has officially designated Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter imprisoned in Russia, as being wrongfully detained, signalling tha…
Russian foreign minister rejects request and says US must not ‘make a fuss’ over arrest of Evan GershkovichAntony Blinken, the US secretary of state, called for Russia to free the detained American journalist Evan Gershkovich in a rare phone call with …
Signed by 38 senior news figures from around the world, the letter criticises the Kremlin’s ‘anti-press’ detention of Evan GershkovichMore than three dozen editors of news organisations from across the world have signed a letter condemning the detentio…
US secretary of state Antony Blinken issues strongly worded statement after arrest of Evan GershkovichAntony Blinken, the US secretary of state, has condemned Russia’s arrest of the Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, as Moscow was accused o…