Senate unanimously confirms Rubio as secretary of state
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., called China the nation's number-one adversary during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing examining his expected nomination to be Secretary of…
North Korea launches short-range ballistic missiles ahead of Trump’s return to White House
North Korea fired a salvo of short-range ballistic missiles on Tuesday, South Korea's military said, just days ahead of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's return to…
Venezuela’s Maduro sworn into office as opposition, U.S. denounce ‘coup d’etat’
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro (C) delivers a speech during his inauguration as president in Caracas on Friday. Maduro was sworn into office for a third…
U.S. declares Sudan’s paramilitary and proxy forces are committing genocide
Sudanese people sit on a bus as they traverse the Nile River on a ferry after crossing the border from Sudan, in Abu Simbel, southern…
North Korea claims successful test of new intermediate-range hypersonic missile
North Korea claimed the successful launch of a new intermediate-range hypersonic ballistic missile that traveled roughly 930 miles at 12 times the speed of sound,…
Venezuelan opposition leader meets with Biden ahead of Maduro protests this week
1 of 3 | Speaking briefly at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Monday, Venezuelan Democratic Unitary party leader Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia described his…
Blinken speaks with Venezuelan opposition ahead of Maduro’s inauguration
1 of 3 | U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke Monday with leaders of Venezuela’s democratic opposition to reaffirm U.S. support for the Venezuelan…
Blinken, U.N. want an inclusive government in Syria
Secretary of State Antony Blinken is pictured at a House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing on the military withdrawal from Afghanistan in Washington, D.C., on…
U.S. unveils new policies to ban entry over unjust detentions
The U.S. State Department has unveiled new policies to ban entry to those who commit abuses against detained individuals. Source link
Biden, Xi Jinping meet for final time at Peru summit as Trump looms large
1 of 2 | President Joe Biden speaks during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit on Friday in Lima. Biden conferred with his Chinese counterpart, Xi…
U.S. says Israel now in compliance with law on humanitarian assistance to Gaza
A truck carrying humanitarian aid passed into the Northern Gaza Strip as another drives back into Israel at the Erez Crossing checkpoint after delivering supplies…
Country music singer BRELAND in Brazil as U.S. global music ambassador
1 of 2 | Over the summer, BRELAND (seen in Las Vegas at 2022 at Country Music Awards) joined other artists like Jelly Roll and…
North Korea says new Hwasong-19 ICBM has ‘matchless’ nuclear attack capability
North Korea's new Hwasong-19 ICBM is the regime's most powerful long-range missile and offers an "irreversible" means of delivering nuclear weapons, state-run media said Friday.…
Pentagon: Some North Korean troops already deployed near Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un make a toast in Pyongyang, North Korea, on June 19. North Korea is…
‘We all deserve’ peace, Dolly Parton says as she is awarded Peace Through Music Award from U.S. State Department
The U.S. State Department and the Recording Academy Friday announced Grammy-award winning Dolly Parton is the 2024 winner of the PEACE Through Music Award. Screenshot/UPI/You…
U.S. citizen held months in a Nigerian jail en route home after money laundering charges dropped
Tigran Gambaryan was en route back to the United States on Thursday after the Nigerian government dropped the money laundering case against him. Photo courtesy…
Civil society leaders named State Department’s Global Anti-Racism Champions
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken recognized six societal leaders from around the world Monday for their “exceptional courage” as Global Anti-Racism Champions, calling them…
U.S. threatens to suspend military assistance to Israel over humanitarian crisis in Gaza
Trucks loaded with humanitarian aid provided by the U.S. Agency for International Development and the United Arab Emirates cross into Gaza in May. The U.S…
U.S., ASEAN nations agree to economic and defensive policies
Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday announced new agreements to improve trade relations with ASEAN states after concluding a week-long summit with the nation's…
Blinken hopes to strengthen U.S.-East Asian ties during Laos summits
Secretary of State Antony Blinken departs the UN General Assembly's 79th session at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City on Sept. 23 and…