ANTONY BLINKEN

Secretary of State Antony Blinken encouraged European nations to detain Russian President Vladimir Putin and turn him over to authorities if he were to visit their country.

Uganda's parliament has passed sweeping new anti-LGBTQ+ laws with tougher punishments, making some acts punishable by death.

Critics have called the State Department's restrictions discriminatory, particularly to Asian Americans barred from working in nations such as China and Taiwan.

CNN managed only 84,000 average viewers among the primetime demo last week. The last time CNN’s primetime audience was so tiny among the category was the week of Sept. 30, 1991.

Biden Cabinet secretaries including Antony Blinken, Lloyd Austin and Pete Buttigieg are all on Capitol Hill this week to defend President Biden's progressive proposal.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the Ethiopia assessment as he unveiled the State Department’s annual report on global human rights.

Jeff Woodke, an American missionary and humanitarian aid worker, was kidnapped by militants in 2016. Olivier Dubois, who was a correspondent for French news outlets, was kidnapped in 2021.

China's leader, whose Ukraine plan has been criticised in the West, gets a warm welcome in Moscow.

The Biden administration has determined that all sides in the brutal conflict in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region committed war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Jeffery Woodke, a Christian aid worker, was abducted in Niger in 2016.

An American aid worker and a French journalist kidnapped and held by Islamist extremists were freed on Monday, four days after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken paid a visit to West Africa.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Abiy Ahmed and Tigrayan leaders, trying to balance President Biden’s pledge on human rights with strategic partnerships.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, spoke to their counterparts in Russia. U.S. officials lauded Ukraine for holding Bakhmut.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Ethiopia to meet with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and others about the recovery from a devastating two-year conflict in the country’s Tigray region that killed hundreds of thousands of people

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Ethiopia needs to make more progress implementing a peace agreement with its northern Tigray region before relations with the U.S. are normalized.

Ethiopia needs to make more progress implementing a peace agreement with its northern Tigray region before relations with the U.S. are normalized, visiting Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday. Speaking in Addis Ababa, Blinken said Ethiopia must ensure “there are no ongoing gross violations of human rights” and establish an “inclusive and credible” transitional justice process after the two-year Tigray conflict. “Then our own ability to move forward on our engagement with Ethiopia, to include economic engagement, will also move forward,” Blinken said after meeting with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and others.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Ethiopia and Niger as the Biden administration works to counter expanding ties and increased arms sales from China and Russia to Sub Sahara Africa.

With relations frosty in the wake of spy balloon controversy and with allies’ plan to outfit Australia with nuclear submarines, the U.S. president looks to dial down tensions with Beijing.

The U.S. and Ethiopia had fallen out over allegations of atrocities committed during the two-year civil war, which ended with an agreement in November.

First lady Jill Biden visited a medical center in New Orleans to stress the importance of cancer research.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Ethiopia and Niger next week as the Biden administration accelerates a push to engage with Africa to counter China's growing influence on the continent.

FIRST ON FOX: Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected to testify before the House Foreign Affairs Committee later this month.

Ken Buck is demanding answers from Secretary of State Antony Blinken for allegedly sending taxpayer funds through State Department programs to the Global Disinformation Index.

The First Lady Jill Biden presented a biological male with the International Women of Courage Award, causing widespread mockery and outrage on Twitter.

First lady Jill Biden has praised a group of women from 12 countries for fighting for their rights.

China says increases in its defense budget have been “appropriate and reasonable” and are aimed at "meeting the complex security challenges and for China to fulfill its responsibilities as a major country."

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will meet with President Biden for a "get-down-into-the-weeds focus on the issues of Ukraine,” a U.S. official said.

The top diplomats of Australia, India, Japan and the United States say their Indo-Pacific-focused bloc is not aimed at China, but their latest words reflect growing unease over China's influence in the region.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the U.S. has put forward a proposal to Moscow for the release of former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan.

U.S. officials say the Biden administration will announce a new package of military aid for Ukraine Friday, including — for the first time — eight armored vehicles that can launch bridges and allow troops to cross rivers or other gaps.

The U.S. is expected to announce a new package of military aid for Ukraine Friday, including —for the first time — eight armored vehicles that can launch bridges and allow troops to cross rivers or other gaps, U.S. officials said Thursday. It comes just a week after the one-year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and as Ukrainian forces are preparing for a spring offensive. Officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the aid package has not yet been publicly announced.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken ran into his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of the G20 summit in their first in-person encounter since President Putin launched his invasion on Ukraine.

China dismissed Secretary of State Antony Blinken's criticism of its peace plan, characterizing the US positions on Ukraine and Taiwan as hypocritical.

Relations between the two countries have collapsed over that war, with the U.S. slapping thousands of sanctions on Russia, and militarily, economically and diplomatically supporting Ukraine.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov have spoken briefly at a meeting of top diplomats from the Group of 20 nations.

It is their first face-to-face meeting since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

India's Narendra Modi hoped to unite the world around food and energy security at the G-20, but for the Western alliance the Russia-Ukraine war was the focus.

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.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov talked briefly Thursday at a meeting of top diplomats from the Group of 20 nations in the first high-level meeting in months between the two countries. U.S. officials said Blinken and Lavrov chatted for roughly 10 minutes on the sidelines of the G-20 conference in New Delhi. The short encounter came as relations between Washington and Moscow have plummeted while tensions over Russia’s war with Ukraine have soared.

Top diplomats from the Group of 20 industrialized and developing nations have ended a contentious meeting in New Delhi with no consensus on the Ukraine war, as discussions of the war and China’s widening global influence dominated much of the talks.

Fractured East-West relations over Russia’s war in Ukraine and increasing concerns about China’s global aspirations are set to dominate what is expected to be a highly contentious meeting of foreign ministers from the world’s largest industrialized and developing nations this week in India.

Russia has deployed mercenaries from the Kremlin-linked Wagner Group to break through Bakhmut's defenses, according to Ukrainian officials.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is wrapping up a brief tour of Central Asia in Uzbekistan before heading to India for what is expected to be a contentious Ukraine-dominated meeting of foreign ministers from the Group of 20.

The Biden administration is pledging to support the independence of the five Central Asian nations, in a not-so-subtle warning to the former Soviet states that Russia’s value as a partner has been badly compromised by its year-old war against Ukraine.

A U.S. Navy plane in the South China Sea was warned by the Chinese military to stay away and a Chinese fighter jet was scrambled to monitor it for

The prospect of China arming Russia has alarmed the Biden administration, which believes Beijing has the ability to transform the war’s trajectory.

The Atlantic editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg in conversation with Secretary of State Antony Blinken

Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Central and South Asia next week for international talks that will put him in the same room as his Chinese and Russian counterparts.

Marking the one-year mark since Russia invaded Ukraine, China's foreign ministry reiterated its push for the two countries to hold peace talks.

On the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, China offered a 12-point proposal to end the war, which a senior diplomat had teased in Munich earlier this week.

Russia is in talks with China to purchase combat drones for use against Ukraine, according to a report published after the US said it had evidence such a move was being considered.

In a conversation focused on the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Secretary of State Antony Blinken made a point to say that President Biden is in charge of the U.S. response.

House GOP is focusing on the State Department's alleged role in suppressing conservative news outlets under the guise of countering disinformation.

NATO's chief says the military alliance has seen "some signs" that China may be planning to support Russia in its war in Ukraine, and strongly urged Beijing to desist from what would be a violation of international law.

The U.S. State Department is warning that there will be serious "consequences" if Beijing were to provide lethal material support to Russia in its war against Ukraine.

NATO’s chief says the military alliance has seen “some signs” that China may be planning to support Russia in its war in Ukraine, and strongly urged Beijing to desist from what would be a violation of international law.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken joins The Atlantic’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, to discuss the latest developments and global ramifications of the war. Russia invaded Ukraine one year ago, and in the subsequent months, the region has seen death, destruction, and one of the most severe humanitarian crises in Europe since World War II. With no end in sight, Ukraine’s need for aid is rapidly increasing, and global support must adapt accordingly to new priorities within the military alliance. And what are the implications of this war on the future of America’s foreign policy? U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken joins The Atlantic’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, to discuss the latest developments and global ramifications of the war.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has urged NATO allies Greece and Turkey to calm rhetoric as both countries head to national elections.

Turkey was hit by a 6.4 magnitude earthquake on Monday, just two weeks after a 7.8 magnitude quake toppled thousands of buildings and killed about 45,000 people.

China exploded at the U.S. on Monday after the U.S. accused it of considering giving weapons to Russia for use in its war against Ukraine, and said it's the U.S. that is stoking conflict.

China exploded at the U.S. on Monday after the U.S. accused it of considering giving weapons to Russia for use in its war against Ukraine, and said it's the U.S. that is stoking conflict.

The secretary of state lauded American citizens' quick response to help earthquake survivors and pledged another $100M in U.S. government support.

The Kremlin says Russian President Vladimir Putin could meet with the Chinese Communist Party’s foreign policy chief in the Russian capital

President Biden has warned China of "real consequences" if President Xi sends "lethal assistance" to Russia, according to Sec. Antony Blinken.

The Turkish disaster management agency, AFAD, has raised the number of confirmed fatalities from the earthquake in Turkey to 41,156

A new, 6.4 magnitude earthquake has jolted Turkey's Hatay province which was devastated by a massive tremor two weeks ago.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is paying his second visit to provinces that have been devastated by the Feb. 6 earthquake as the search and rescue efforts for buried survivors in the worst disaster in modern Turkish history are winding down. The Turkish disaster management agency, AFAD, has raised the number of confirmed fatalities from the earthquake in Turkey to 41,156. Search and rescue operations for survivors have been called off in most of the quake zone, but AFAD chief Yunus Sezer told reporters that search teams were pressing ahead with their efforts in more than a dozen collapsed buildings - most of them in the hardest-hit province of Hatay.

U_S_ Secretary of State Antony Blinken has called for Sweden and Finland to be accepted into NATO “as quickly as possible."

Nearly one year after Russia invaded Ukraine, new questions are rising over China's potential willingness to aid Moscow in the increasingly drawn-out conflict.

Retired four-star Army Gen. Jack Keane on Sunday said Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s warning on Sunday that China could provide lethal aid to Russia could actually cause Beijing to cancel those plans. Blinken said in an interview aired Sunday that China is “strongly considering” sending Russia ammunition and weapons as its war on Ukraine…

Officials are concerned that China may be getting ready to support Russia in the war effort, prompting lawmakers to call for more military support for Ukraine.

The Biden administration has averted a potential diplomatic crisis over Israeli settlements at the United Nations that had threatened to overshadow U.S. efforts to focus the world body on Russia’s war with Ukraine ahead of this week’s one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken says U.S. intelligence suggests China is considering providing arms and ammunition to Russia.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Turkey, where he set off for a tour of the earthquake disaster zone accompanied by his Turkish counterpart, Mevlut Cavusoglu.

The Biden administration is scrambling to avert a diplomatic crisis this week at the United Nations over Israeli settlement activity.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has met with China's top diplomat in the first high-level contact between the two countries since the U.S. shot down an alleged Chinese spy balloon two weeks ago.

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris says Washington has determined that Russia has committed crimes against humanity in Ukraine.

President Joe Biden says the U.S. is developing “sharper rules” to track, monitor and potentially shoot down unknown aerial objects.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken leaves Washington this week for meetings in Germany, Turkey and Greece.

China says it will "resolutely safeguard its legitimate rights and interests" over the shooting down of a suspected Chinese spy balloon by the United States.

Monday was supposed to be a day of modest hope in the U.S.-China relationship.

China has accused the United States of indiscriminate use of force in shooting down a suspected Chinese spy balloon, saying it seriously damaged both sides’ efforts to stabilize Sino-U.S. relations.

China is threatening what it calls “further actions” after an American fighter jet shot down a suspected spy balloon off the East Coast of the United States on Saturday.

The massive white orb that drifted across U.S. airspace and was shot down by the military has triggered a diplomatic maelstrom and blown up on social media.

A huge, high-altitude Chinese balloon is sailing across the U.S. The spectacle drew severe Pentagon accusations of spying on Friday, while sending some excited or alarmed Americans outside with binoculars.

North African and Sudanese officials say the United States is increasing pressure on Middle East allies and power brokers in chaos-stricken Libya and Sudan to expel a Russian private military contractor.

The U.S. is expanding it military presence in Asia, in a string of moves aimed at countering Beijing and reassuring Indo-Pacific allies that America will stand with them against threats from China and North Korea.

A new report says that Israel’s West Bank settler population now makes up more than half a million people.

The Israeli military says its aircraft have struck a rocket production workshop run by the militant Hamas group in the Gaza Strip.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has wrapped up a two-day visit to Israel and the occupied West Bank with no visible signs of progress toward halting one of the deadliest outbreaks of Israeli-Palestinian violence in years.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is urging Israel and the Palestinians to exercise restraint amid a spike in violence that has the region on edge.

The Palestinian Health Ministry says Israeli forces killed a Palestinian man in a flashpoint city in the occupied West Bank.

An alarming spike in Israeli-Palestinian violence and sharp responses by both sides are testing the Biden administration as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken plunges into a cauldron of deepening mistrust and anger on visits to Israel and the West Bank this week.

Israel has sealed the home of an Palestinian man who killed seven people outside an east Jerusalem synagogue in a preliminary step ahead of its expected demolition.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced a series of punitive steps against the Palestinians, including plans to beef up Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, in response to a pair of shooting attacks that killed seven Israelis and wounded five others.

Officials say a Palestinian gunman killed seven people and wounded three others near a synagogue in east Jerusalem in the deadliest attack on Israelis in years.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Egypt, Israel and the West Bank this weekend amid a sharp spike in Israeli-Palestinian violence that has alarmed the Biden administration.

Gaza militants fired rockets and Israel carried out airstrikes as tensions soared following an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank.

President Joe Biden says the U.S. will send 31 M1 Abrams battle tanks to Ukraine, reversing months of persistent arguments that the tanks were too difficult for Ukrainian troops to operate and maintain.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that two years into President Joe Biden’s administration, the United States is “in a better place in the world” and better positioned to address global issues including climate change, COVID-19 and dangerous opioids.