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Blinken meets Erdogan as forces backed by US, Turkey clash in Syria
ANKARA - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Turkey on Thursday for talks focused on a critical aspect of establishing...
Dec 13, 20243 min read


Blinken warns against further Middle East escalation after Lebanon blasts
CAIRO - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday warned against the risk of escalation in the Middle East after the detonation...
Sep 19, 20242 min read


Poland hosts Blinken, joins calls to lift weapons restrictions on Ukraine
WARSAW - Poland added its voice on Thursday to calls to allow Ukraine to fire Western-supplied missiles deep into Russia as it hosted...
Sep 13, 20242 min read


In Kyiv, US and UK diplomats offer aid but no breakthrough on strikes into Russia
KYIV - The U.S. and British foreign ministers met President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday on a visit interrupted by air raid warnings,...
Sep 13, 20243 min read


Blinken urges Haiti to set up council that would organize elections next year
WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on a visit to Haiti on Thursday that he hoped to see an electoral council...
Sep 6, 20241 min read


Blinken wraps up Mideast trip with Gaza deal still elusive
DOHA - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken sought during a whirlwind trip to the Middle East to inject urgency into efforts to broker...
Aug 21, 20244 min read


Dominican Republic's top diplomat to attend Haiti meetings at UN
The Dominican Republic announced its foreign minister will travel to New York on Tuesday to participate in a United Nations Security...
Jul 3, 20242 min read


Blinken and top Zelenskiy aide discuss bringing Ukraine closer to NATO
WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the Ukrainian president's chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, on Tuesday discussed...
Jul 3, 20241 min read


Blinken defends Biden, saying he restored global confidence in US leadership
WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday responded to criticism of President Joe Biden's performance in last week's...
Jul 2, 20242 min read


Blinken says some Hamas proposals unworkable but work on ceasefire to continue
DOHA - Hamas proposed "numerous changes" in its response to a ceasefire proposal to end the Gaza war including some unworkable changes,...
Jun 12, 20242 min read


Blinken's guitar performance in Ukraine seen as tone-deaf by some
KYIV - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken took to the stage with a Ukrainian band at a bar late on Tuesday during a surprise trip to...
May 16, 20242 min read


Putin arrives in China to deepen strategic partnership with Xi
MOSCOW/BEIJING -Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing early on Thursday for talks with Xi Jinping that the Kremlin hopes...
May 16, 20243 min read
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