Vientiane [Laos]: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has offered support to Israel’s actions against Hezbollah, stressing that Tel Aviv has a “clear and very legitimate” interest. Blinken said on Friday that Hezbollah tried to create another war front when the Hamas attack on Israel took place on October 7, 2023. Speaking to reporters after … Read more
Smoke billows over Khiam, amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as seen from Marjayoun, near the border with Israel, September 25, 2024. | Photo Credit: REUTERS France’s Foreign Minister said on Wednesday (September 25, 2024) that his country and the United States are working on a proposal for a 21-day cease-fire “to … Read more
Washington: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken left Saturday on a mission to the Middle East to push ahead a Gaza ceasefire deal, as cautious optimism rises. The top US diplomat, who is putting off vacation plans for his ninth trip to the Middle East since Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, will fly to … Read more
Vientiane: The United States hailed “open and productive” discussions between China‘s foreign minister and Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Laos on Saturday in which Blinken raised US concerns over Beijing’s “provocative actions” around Taiwan.The US top diplomat and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi “had open and productive discussions on key bilateral, regional, and global … Read more
U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, fourth left, and Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, third left, walk at the Kerem Shalom border crossing in Kerem Shalom, Israel on May 1, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called on Hamas on May 1 to accept a “very strong” ceasefire-for-hostages offer as he vowed … Read more
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken walks to the U.S.-Arab Quint Meeting with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry at the Four Seasons Hotel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on April 29, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called on Monday for tighter defence integration among Gulf Arabs in response to Iran, … Read more
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken boards his plane as he prepares to return to the U.S. following a visit to China, on April 26, 2024, at Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, China. | Photo Credit: AP The Kremlin shrugged off a trip to China by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken during which … Read more
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during the plenary session at the Congress Hall during the 54th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland. | Photo Credit: AP Describing India as an “extraordinary success story”, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on January 17 said the policies and programmes of … Read more
A United Nations Security Council vote on a bid to boost aid to the Gaza Strip and ask the U.N. to monitor humanitarian aid deliveries in the Palestinian enclave has again been delayed at the request of the U.S., diplomats said on Wednesday. “Negotiations are ongoing and need more time. A rushed vote does not … Read more
Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said the US will continue to say things that China doesn’t like, as he defended President Joe Biden‘s remarks wherein he called his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping a “dictator“. Biden called Xi a “dictator”, just hours after they met for the first time in more than a year and … Read more