US President-elect Donald Trump has named Senator Marco Rubio as his choice for secretary of state. His father was a bartender and his mother a hotel maid.
On Sunday, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Tokyo, Japan's capital, where they discussed a broad spectrum of regional and global issues.
Showing off his guitar-playing skills, Blinken asserted that the US is fighting for a free Ukraine against Russia, and ultimately a free world. He arrived by train in Kyiv and was the first American official to visit the country after the US passed a $61 billion military aid package for Ukraine.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday begins his seventh diplomatic mission to the Middle East since the Israel-Hamas war began more than six months ago. He landed in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Monday and was greeted by officials.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday called on China to provide a level playing field for American businesses as he began a visit aimed at resolving a raft of contentious issues that could jeopardise the newly repaired relationship.
The official said Blinken has three primary objectives for his trip to China: First, making progress on key issues. Second, clearly and directly communicating concerns on bilateral, regional, and global issues. Third, responsibly managing competition, so that it does not result in miscalculation.
Blinken took a helicopter from Davos to Zurich to board his plane, but was then informed that the plane was not able to fly him back. The incident is the latest blow to Boeing's tarnished reputation after a mid-air door plug blowout incident on January 5 that raised international alarm.
At Davos, Blinken mentioned that the India-US conversation always underscores the significance of democracy and human rights and the relations between the two countries have been established to a new level.
As per media reports, the alleged Indian employee had agreed to pay $1,00,000 to an assassin to carry out the slaying, with an advance payment of $15,000 already made on June 9 this year. However, the person Gupta reached for the alleged murder turned out to be a "confidential source" of the US.
Kissinger's power grew during the turmoil of Watergate, when the politically attuned diplomat assumed a role akin to co-president to the weakened Nixon.
"Our defence cooperation, which we’re strengthening again today, is a key pillar of that work," said US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the '2+2' India-US Ministerial Dialogue.
The American delegation at the '2+2' ministerial dialogue was led by Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin while External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh headed the Indian side.
The Health Ministry in Hamas-ruled Gaza says the Palestinian death toll from the ongoing war with Israel has jumped over 10,000. The figures, released Monday, mark a grim milestone in what has quickly become the deadliest Israeli-Palestinian violence since 1948.
In the Turkish capital of Ankara, Blinken met with Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan following a frantic weekend of travel that took him from Israel to Jordan, the occupied West Bank, Cyprus and Iraq, to build support for the Biden administration's proposal for “humanitarian pauses”.
Despite repeated calls by the Arab leaders, Blinken held firm to the US position that a cease-fire would harm Israel’s right and obligation to defend its citizens after the surprise attack by Hamas on October 7 across southern Israel.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said that the US has the right to self-defence “and we won't hesitate to take the appropriate action.” Notably, both were pointing fingers at Hamas and Iran's involvement in flaring up the war in the Middle East.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, during his solidarity trip to Israel, affirmed America's support to the war-torn nation and warned Israel that it must protect Palestinian civilian lives as it retaliates against the Gaza-based terror group.
The two sides both said Qin had accepted an invitation from Blinken to visit Washington but Beijing made clear that “the China-US relationship is at the lowest point since its establishment.”
Blinken said that the trade relations between the two nations reached $191 billion last year-- making the US, India's largest trading partner.
The report said China's discriminatory detention of Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim ethnic groups in the western region of Xinjiang may constitute crimes against humanity.
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