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Top US diplomat calls on international community to oppose ‘transnational repression’. United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken has condemned Hong Kong authorities for placing bounties on five pro-democracy activists based overseas, including a US citizen, calling on the international community to oppose “transnational repression”. Blinken said on Friday that the bounties of one million […]
[1/3]U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with human rights leaders at the State Department in Washington, U.S., December 7, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights
STATEMENT BY SECRETARY ANTONY J. BLINKENThailand National DayDecember 5, 2023 On behalf of the United States of America, I congratulate the Kingdom of Thailand as it celebrates Thai National Day. This year, the United States and Thailand celebrated 190 years of diplomatic relations—a testament to the strength of our enduring alliance. We welcomed Thailand’s new […]
CNN — When US Secretary of State Antony Blinken lamented the civilian death toll in Gaza on Friday, it marked a subtle but notable shift in US language toward the Israeli government.
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone. AUDIENCE: Good afternoon. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Chris, always wonderful to be with you, but especially on this day, with this group, on this occasion. Senator Coons has been extraordinary in his devotion to Africa, in his devotion to the relationship, the partnership between the United States and Africa – a […]
US secretary of state Antony Blinken has arrived in Turkey amid volatile scenes ahead of talks on Gaza as the US military took the rare step of announcing it had sent a nuclear-powered submarine to the region. Police in Turkey used teargas and water cannon to disperse hundreds . . .
RAMALLAH/BAGHDAD, Nov 5 (Reuters) – Top U.S. diplomat Antony Blinken said the Palestinian Authority (PA) should play a central role in the future of the Gaza Strip, as he met with Iraqi leaders and toured the region amid spiraling tensions over Israel’s war with Hamas. Blinken passed through Israeli checkpoints to meet Palestinian Authority President […]
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken brought his frenetic Mideast diplomatic push on the Israel-Hamas war to the . . .
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, a day after Arab leaders publicly asked him to push Israel towards a ceasefire in Gaza as the death toll approaches 10,000. Al Jazeera’s Bernard Smith, reporting from Ramallah, said the meeting between Blinken and Abbas […]
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to reporters about the war between Israel and Hamas and the situation in Gaza as he boards his aircraft to depart Washington on travel to the Middle East and Asia at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., November 2, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/Pool