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An 85-year-old Iranian-American detained for six years in Iran on what the U.S. says were specious charges left the country and was flown to Oman and then to the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday for urgent medical treatment.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has backed Colombia’s recent efforts to rethink its drug policy and said the Biden administration and Colombia’s newly elected government will work together on rural development programs and interdiction efforts, while sharing intelligence on drug trafficking groups

Secretary of State Antony Blinken issued the people of China a “congratulations” as the country celebrates People's Republic of China National Day.

President Joe Biden has told visiting leaders from more than a dozen Pacific Island countries that the U.S. is committed to bolstering its presence in their region and becoming a more collaborative partner as they face the “existential threat” of climate change.

A Kremlin spokesman said Russia would hold a signing ceremony on Friday afternoon. President Vladimir Putin is due to make a "substantial speech."

Increased U.S. engagment with Pacific island nations comes as China's influence in the region grows.

President Joe Biden is hosting Pacific Island leaders for a two-day summit as the U.S. looks to counter China’s influence in the region.

Pakistan’s foreign minister is recommending cooperation with the Taliban even though many U.S. officials say Afghanistan’s ruling faction has proved unworthy of it.

A U.S. Coast Guard ship on routine patrol in the Bering Sea came across a guided missile cruiser from China, officials said Monday.

House Republicans wants DHS to take "every possible step" to stop illegal immigration from Venezuela, as the border cities has seen a spike in migrant encounters.

Concerns are growing that Russia may seek to escalate the conflict, including potentially using nuclear weapons.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke to 60 Minutes about Ukraine's request for ATACMS: "whatever they put on the table is something we're going to look at, we're to consider."

Secretary of State Antony Blinken: For sanctions to be lifted, "Iran knows very well what it needs to do."

Last week President Biden told 60 Minutes U.S. forces would defend Taiwan from a Chinese invasion. The White House later said that was not official policy.

The secretary of state told 60 Minutes the "Achilles' heel" of autocracies is that there usually isn't "anyone who has the capacity or the will to speak truth to power."

Russia has told the world that it has “no choice” but to take military action in Ukraine.

Ebrahim Raisi pledges to "deal decisively" after an eighth straight night of protests across Iran.

NSC Strategic Communications Coordinator John Kirby echoed Secretary of State Blinken's assessment that disagreement over the Iran nuclear deal has increased in recent weeks.

In speech after speech, world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly are spotlighting Russia’s war in Ukraine.

The Biden administration is ramping up diplomatic efforts to press China to end provocative actions against Taiwan and keep it from active support for Russia's war against Ukraine.

The Treasury Department says it will allow American tech firms to expand their business in Iran to boost internet access for the Iranian people.

Donald Blinken, father of Secretary of State Antony Blinken and former U.S. Ambassador to Hungary, died at the age of 96, his son announced on Twitter while attending the UNGA.

The tide of international opinion appears to have decisively shifted against Russia, as a number of non-aligned countries joined the United States and its allies in condemning Russia’s war in Ukraine and its threats to the principles of the international rules-based order.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s father, Donald Blinken, a former U.S. diplomat, investment banker and modern art collector, has died.

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"If Russia stops fighting, the war ends. If Ukraine stops fighting, Ukraine ends," U.S. tells world leaders at the U.N.

After days of speeches by world leaders taking subtle and not-so-subtle shots at Russia for its invasion of Ukraine during the annual U.N. General Assembly, in walked Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov

Secretary of State Antony Blinken faces off with Russia's Sergei Lavrov at a U.N. Security Council session on war crimes and violations of international law.

The United States and its allies plan to ramp up criticism of Russia for its war in Ukraine and press other countries to join in their forceful condemnations of the conflict

The United States is urging other nations to tell Russia to stop making nuclear threats and end “the horror” of its war in Ukraine.

The United States has made its case at the U.N. Security Council for why Russia should face further censure and isolation over the Ukraine invasion.

The foreign secretary will demand justice in a meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said talks to revive an Iran nuclear deal have gone "backward," but the State Department insists the deal remains its top priority.

Leaders from Europe, the Americas and Africa are calling for urgent action and funding to ease a growing global food security crisis.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers in New York City Monday to mediate after deadly clashes broke out between the two countries.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan on Monday in a bid to ease tensions and maintain a fragile ceasefire between the ex-Soviet countries and rivals following the largest outbreak of hostilities in more than two years.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan on Monday in a bid to ease tensions and maintain a fragile ceasefire between the ex-Soviet countries and rivals following the largest outbreak of hostilities in more than two years. Blinken brought Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov together at a New York hotel on the sidelines of the annual U.N. General Assembly. It was the foreign ministers' first face-to-face meeting since two days of shelling last week by both sides killed more than 200 troops.

Cyprus has hailed the full lifting of a U.S. arms embargo on the ethnically divided island nation as a milestone reaffirming increasingly tighter bilateral bonds that serve to bolster stability in the turbulent east Mediterranean region

President Joe Biden met with family members of WNBA star Brittney Griner and another American detained in Russia, Paul Whelan.

Investigators searching through a mass burial site in Ukraine have found evidence that some of the dead were tortured, including bodies with broken limbs and ropes around their necks.

President Joe Biden is praising South Africa as a vital voice on the global stage.

Russia's recent collapse in northeast Ukraine was its largest military defeat since the withdrawal of Russian troops from areas near Kyiv more than five months ago.

The Biden administration is set to announce that it will send another roughly $600 million in military aid to Ukraine.

The Biden administration announced Thursday it will send another $600 million in military aid to Ukraine, as the U.S. rushes more weapons to fuel Kyiv's counteroffensive that has reclaimed large stretches of the embattled country and forced Russian troops to retreat. The White House said it was the 21st time that the Defense Department has pulled weapons and other equipment off the shelves to deliver to Ukraine. “With admirable grit and determination, the people of Ukraine are defending their homeland and fighting for their future,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.

The Biden administration is slapping sanctions on dozens of Russian and Ukrainian officials and a number of Russian companies for human rights abuses and the theft of Ukrainian grain.

President Joe Biden plans to meet at the White House on Friday with the families of WNBA star Brittney Griner and Michigan corporate security executive Paul Whelan, both of whom remain jailed in Russia.

FTW’s Andy Nesbitt and USA TODAY Sports NFL insider Mike Jones debate if the Minnesota Vikings are already the team to beat in the NFC North.

Bill Richardson, who has worked to secure the releases of WNBA star Brittney Griner and another jailed American, Paul Whelan, visited Moscow this week and held meetings with Russian leaders.

The State Department says Russia has covertly spent more than $300 million since 2014 to try to influence politicians and other officials in more than two dozen countries.

Serbia’s police have banned a Pride march planned amid pan-European LGBTQ events being held this week in Belgrade, citing a risk of clashes with far-right anti-gay activists.

A high-level United States delegation invited Mexico to participate in a push to shift semiconductor production from Asia to North America and expand production of electric vehicles.

Thousands of opponents of a pan-European LGBTQ event planned for this week in Belgrade marched through the Serbian capital on Sunday despite an announced ban of Europe’s largest annual gay gathering.

Russia attacked power stations and other infrastructure, causing widespread outages across Ukraine as Kyiv’s forces pressed a swift counteroffensive that has driven Moscow’s troops out of swaths of territory it had occupied in the northeast.

In fierce fighting, Ukrainian forces reclaimed several villages from Russian occupation and were advancing in their counteroffensive aimed at driving the Kremlin invaders back toward pre-invasion positions.

The war in Ukraine appears to be moving into a new phase, as Ukrainian forces reportedly regain territory along the frontlines. Recent footage shows weapons given to the Ukrainian military by the U.S. and other allies effectively rebuffing Russian forces. During a visit to Irpin, Ukraine, on Thursday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken told members of the press, “We’re proud of the fact that our support, [and] the support of some of the other countries, is helping to enable what the Ukrainians are doing.”

Ukraine’s national basketball team gathered this summer tasked with lifting the spirits of those back home in a war-torn country.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the head of NATO say Ukrainian armed forces have made significant early gains against Russian forces in southern and eastern Ukraine

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the head of NATO say Ukrainian armed forces have made significant early gains against Russian forces in southern and eastern Ukraine.

The U.S. Treasury Department says that it is levying sanctions against four Iranian companies that it says were involved in sending drones to Russia last month for use in Moscow’s war against Ukraine.

Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on Thursday said Russia’s strategic objectives in its attack on Ukraine have “been defeated.” “The war is not over, but so far the Russian strategic objectives have been defeated,” Milley said at a news conference alongside Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin at Ramstein Air Base in Germany. “Despite…

Pending approval from Congress, about $1 billion will go to Ukraine and the rest will be divided among 18 neighboring countries.

The U.S. is providing major new military aid to Ukraine and other European countries threatened by Russia.

Antony Blinken is on a trip to Kyiv, where he visited a children's hospital and met with U.S. Embassy staff. He is expected to announce another $2 billion in aid to help Ukraine in Russia's invasion.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has paid an unannounced visit to Kyiv as the Biden administration ramped up military aid to Ukraine and other European countries threatened by Russia by more than $2.8 billion.

President Joe Biden said Thursday he has "offered every single thing available" to Mississippi amid a water crisis in the state's capital. Biden, returning from a speech in Philadelphia, said he has no plans to go to Mississippi. (Sept. 2)

President Joe Biden will host South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at the White House this month as the administration looks to draw African nations closer to the U.S. The announcement comes as South Africa and many of its neighbors have staked out neutral ground on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The former NBA superstar has said he intends to travel to Russia to seek the release of WNBA star Brittney Griner from prison.

Inside the shaping and execution of the Biden-Blinken doctrine

The world’s two biggest emitters of greenhouse gases are sparring on Twitter over climate policy, with China asking if the U.S. can deliver on the landmark climate legislation signed into law by President Joe Biden this week.

Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/GettyIn a recent interview with Russian state media outlet TASS, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s North American Department, Aleksandr Darichev, said that in the event the U.S. designates Russia a state sponsor of terrorism, it would represent “a point of no return” in relations between the two countries. Speaking on behalf of the country that ruthlessly invaded its smaller neighbor and is continually being accused of human right

The WNBA star's attorneys say the nine-year prison sentence is excessive.

McCaul, the top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, is set to issue a report on the Biden administration's withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Kenya’s peaceful presidential election saw a brief disruption when riot police responded to scuffles at the national ballot tallying center amid tensions over the close results.

The news has thrust the South American nation into a moment of political uncertainty.

Paraguay Vice President Hugo Velázquez Moreno has been included on a U.S. corruption list for his involvement in offering bribes to a public official, U.S. Ambassador Marc Ostfield says

Paraguay Vice President Hugo Velázquez Moreno said he will resign next week shortly after he was included on a U.S. corruption list for his alleged involvement in offering bribes to a public official.

Latvia and Estonia say they have left a Chinese-backed forum aimed at boosting relations with Eastern European countries.

Africa’s public health agency says the continent of 1.3 billion people still does not have a single dose of the monkeypox vaccine, but “very advanced discussions” are underway with at least two partners

Africa’s public health agency says the continent of 1.3 billion people still does not have a single dose of the monkeypox vaccine, but “very advanced discussions” are underway with at least two partners.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday rebuked Rwandan authorities over democracy and human rights concerns, saying the central African country may not reach its full potential without opening up political space and protecting freedoms.

Environmentalists worry that disturbing the ecosystem in pursuit of fossil fuels could produce up to three years worth of global carbon dioxide output.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he was “concerned” about reports of the detention of an opposition political leader in Congo

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he was “concerned” about reports of the detention of an opposition political leader in Congo.

-U.S. Rep. Scott Perry says his cellphone was seized Tuesday by FBI agents carrying a search warrant.

Bill Richardson, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and a frequent emissary in hostage negotiations, says he's hopeful about the chances of a two-for-two prisoner swap that could result in the release of WNBA star Brittney Griner and another jailed American, Paul Whelan.

The general tasked with defending the key port city of Mykolaiv is bracing for a counter offensive against Russia, and he needs all the American help he can get.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa before embarking on a flight to Congo to continue his three-nation tour of Africa

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken traveled to Congo’s capital, Kinshasa, Tuesday to continue his three-nation tour of Africa.

The Biden administration's efforts come at a challenging moment, as Russia’s protracted war in Ukraine tests the resolve of even Kyiv’s biggest backers.

The Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on virtual currency mixer Tornado Cash, which has allegedly helped to launder more than $7 billion worth of virtual currency since its creation in 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in South Africa on Monday to begin a three-country tour, as major powers jostle for influence on the continent.

South Africa’s stance on Russia’s war in Ukraine and the adverse effects of the conflict on African countries are expected to feature in a meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and South Africa’s Minister of International Relations Naledi Pandor on Monday

South Africa’s neutral stance on Russia’s war in Ukraine was discussed in a meeting Monday between U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and South Africa’s Minister of International Relations Naledi Pandor.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken began his three-nation tour of Africa Sunday by visiting a museum in Soweto commemorating how South Africa’s Black youths helped to end white racist rule.

China says it carried out its fourth consecutive day of military drills in the air and sea around Taiwan in the wake of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the self-ruled island, despite international calls to calm the tensions.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says China should not hold talks on important global matters such as the climate crisis “hostage,” after Beijing cut off contacts with Washington in retaliation for U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan earlier this week.

The Kremlin says it’s open to talking about a possible prisoner exchange involving American basketball star Brittney Griner but strongly warned Washington against publicizing the issue.

China says it is cutting off dialogue with the U.S. on a range of vital issues from climate change to military relations and anti-narcotics efforts in retaliation for a visit this week to Taiwan by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says China’s military exercises aimed at Taiwan, including missiles fired into Japan’s exclusive economic zone, represent a “significant escalation” and that he has urged Beijing to back down.

Now that WNBA star Brittney Griner has been convicted of drug possession and sentenced to nine years in prison, attention turns to the prospect of a prisoner swap between the United States and Russia that could get her home.