Antony Blinken

Amid tensions between Washington and Beijing, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will be visiting China next month to meet his Chinese counterpart, Qin Gang. What Happened: Blinken will be in Beijing on Feb. 5-6, Washington-based diplomats familiar with travel plans told Politico.  Blinken...

The U.S. secretary of state said Washington has neither encouraged nor enabled Kyiv to strike inside Russia after Moscow blamed Ukraine for the third airbase attack in two days.  What Happened: Antony Blinken, at a news conference with U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Australia...

One of the most anticipated meetings of U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping is now underway in Bali on the sidelines of the G20 summit amid the souring U.S.-China relations.  What Happened: Ahead of the meeting, both leaders gave brief opening remarks and exchanged...

The Chinese foreign minister told his American counterpart that the U.S. should stop trying to contain China and avoid creating obstacles between the two countries.   What Happened: Xi Jinping's cabinet minister  Wang Yi and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken held a phone call on Monday to...

Russia's Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu raised the specter of radiological warfare on Sunday during calls with western defense chiefs as he warned that Ukraine is preparing to use a "dirty bomb." What Happened: Shoigu's statements were rebuffed by U.S. officials who said they were "transparently...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday defended Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine at the U.N. Security Council meeting in New York.  What Happened: Lavrov, in his speech, accused Ukraine of threatening Russia's security and "brazenly trampling" the rights of...

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will meet on Friday amid sour relations between the countries due to the rising tensions at the Taiwan Strait. What Happened: U.S. Department of State announced that the two leaders would meet on the sidelines of the 77th...

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken slammed Russian President Vladimir Putin for his war in Ukraine and called on United Nations Security Council members to “send a clear message that these reckless nuclear threats must stop immediately.” What Happened: Blinken, in his address to the...

News broke recently that the United States is considering a prisoner swap with Russia that would see the handover of a Russian prisoner in exchange for WNBA player Brittney Griner. Here’s what Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk thinks of the proposal. What Happened: Arrested in March 2022...

Former rebel Gustavo Petro won Sunday's runoff election, becoming the country's first leftist president along with Francia Márquez, the first Black female vice president in Colombia's history. Petro, former mayor of Bogotá, got 50.48% of the votes, while his...

The Biden administration participated in a prisoner swap with Russia last week involving the exchange of a convicted Russian drug smuggler jailed in Connecticut for Trevor Reed a Marine veteran imprisoned in Russia since 2019. Meanwhile, the fate of WNBA superstar Brittney Griner and...

Following the unexpected detention of WNBA All-Star and two-time Olympic champ Brittney Griner in Russia for allegedly possessing a vape containing cannabis oil in her bags at the Sheremetyevo Airport, U.S. officials finally issued less than hopeful remarks about securing the...