Antony Blinken

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'We're inside the 10-yard line': Secretary of state on an Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal

9:40pm July 19, 2024

Antony Blinken talks speaks on everything from the prospect of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, to the war in Ukraine and what the U.S. is doing to bring home Americans detained in Russia.

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits the Independence Square during his visit to Kyiv, Ukraine, on Tuesday.

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Blinken tells Ukraine U.S. aid will make a difference against Russia's offensive

4:25pm May 14, 2024

by Joanna Kakissis

Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an unannounced visit to Kyiv and said some new U.S. aid already arrived and more will reach the battlefield in the coming weeks.

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Friday.

Blinken urges Netanyahu not to attack Rafah as cease-fire resolution fails at the U.N.

3:33pm March 22, 2024

by Jaclyn Diaz

Blinken's sixth time in the region since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel comes as talks continue in Doha, Qatar, and Russia and China veto U.S. Gaza cease-fire resolution.

Palestinians line up for free food during the ongoing Israeli air and ground offensive on the Gaza Strip in Rafah on Tuesday.

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In Israel, Blinken looks to planning for a post-war Gaza as bombardments rage on

1:06pm January 09, 2024

by The Associated Press

Blinken said four Arab nations and Turkey promise to help rebuild Gaza. But they want to see steps toward creation of a Palestinian state, which Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed not to allow.

Israeli soldiers load shells onto a tank Sunday at a staging area in southern Israel near the border with Gaza. The army is battling Palestinian militants across Gaza in the war ignited by Hamas' Oct. 7 attack into Israel.

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Israel pulls thousands of troops from Gaza as combat focuses on 1 city: Khan Younis

9:31am January 01, 2024

by The Associated Press

It's the first significant drawdown of troops since the war began, and could signal that fighting is being scaled back in some areas. But the biggest city in southern Gaza still is fiercely contested.

Migrants cross the Rio Grande river to reach the United States from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023.

In talks with the U.S., Mexico's priority appears to be opening border crossings

10:09pm December 27, 2023

by The Associated Press

Both sides in the talks face pressure to reach an agreement after past steps like limiting direct travel into Mexico or deporting some migrants failed to stop the influx.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, shakes hands with Tonga's Prime Minister Tonga's Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni in Nuku'alofa, Tonga Wednesday, July 26, 2023.

The U.S. dedicates a new embassy in Tonga in a bid for more influence in the Pacific

5:00am July 26, 2023

by Ashley Westerman

Tonga is just one stop on a tour of the Pacific by Secretary of State Antony Blinken this week. He is the latest in a parade of US diplomats to visit Oceania in the last year.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Monday.

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With visit to China, Blinken clears a diplomatic path, but it's unclear where it goes

6:45am June 20, 2023

by John Ruwitch

Secretary of State Antony Blinken's trip shows the Biden administration is keen to reignite diplomacy and inject stability to its dealings with China, but whether it was a success remains to be seen.

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A China Central Television news broadcast shows footage of U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meeting with China's President Xi Jinping on Monday.

How Secretary Blinken is tackling the China relationship (and others in the region)

1:37pm June 19, 2023

Much of the Biden administration's approach to the world focuses on the U.S. competition with China.

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at a chiefs of mission reception in the East Room of the White House in Washington, on Tuesday. Blinken heads to China on Friday to meet senior officials, his first visit as secretary of state.

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Blinken travels to China amid low expectations and global worries of a new cold war

12:55pm June 16, 2023

by Emily Feng

In a first visit to China by a member of President Biden's Cabinet, the secretary of state will seek "open lines of communication" with Beijing but no diplomatic breakthrough is expected.