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UNRWA says Israeli naval fire hit food convoy in Gaza  A food convoy waiting to move into northern Gaza was hit by Israeli naval gunfire, Thomas White, director of the U.N.’s Palestinian relief agency, said in a post on X today. The U.N. agency said it is unable to deliver aid under fire, calling for […]

Houthi supporters gather in Yemen Max Butterworth Houthi tribesmen carry rocket-propelled grenades on the back of a vehicle near Sanaa, Yemen yesterday. Khaled Abdullah / Reuters Blinken on way to Saudi Arabia as part of fifth tour to Middle East since Oct. 7 attacks Yuliya Talmazan Secretary of State Antony Blinken is travelling to the […]

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken wrapped up a four-nation tour through Africa on Thursday with a visit to Angola, an oil-rich former Cold War battleground that has become the site of a struggle for 21st-century economic influence. During his visit to the coastal capital, Luanda, Mr. Blinken spotlighted major American investments in Angola, including […]

Blinken grounded in Davos as plane has ‘critical failure’  BBC.com Source link

Evelyn Hockstein/Pool/Getty Images US Secretary of State Antony Blinken waves as he departs from al-Ula in northwestern Saudi Arabia for Tel Aviv on January 8, 2024, during his weeklong trip aimed at calming tensions across the Middle East. CNN  —  US Secretary of State

U.N. seeks accountability for ‘sexual torture’ committed on Oct. 7 The U.N. is calling for accountability for the “sexual torture” committed against Israeli citizens on Oct. 7, according to a statement released today by the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights. It comes after Israeli criticism of the U.N. for what […]

Blinken arrives in Saudi Arabia ahead of Israel visit Doha Madani Secretary of State Antony Blinken has landed in Saudi Arabia as he continues his visit to the region and the war in Gaza goes into a fourth month. The U.S. diplomat is there to meet with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and will […]

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Sunday with Jordan’s king and foreign minister and visited a World Food Program warehouse in Amman as he pressed ahead with an urgent Middle East diplomatic mission to prevent Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza from spreading. On his fourth visit to the region […]

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has met senior Turkish officials in Istanbul, kicking off a week-long trip across the Middle East aimed at calming tensions that have spiked since Israel’s war on Gaza began in October. In his meeting with Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Blinken “emphasised the need to prevent the conflict from […]

Updated Dec. 27, 2023 11:31 pm ET MEXICO CITY—Top Biden administration officials huddled in urgent talks with Mexico’s president Wednesday on ways to slow the record pace of illegal crossings at the U.S. southern border, just as congressional negotiators raced to reach a deal to tighten America’s immigration laws.


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