Latest Antony Blinken News
Proposed resolution asks UN to plan for UN peacekeepers to replace Kenya-led police mission in Haiti
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and Ecuador circulated a draft resolution on Friday asking the United Nations to begin planning for a U.N. peacekeeping operation to replace the Kenya-led mission now in the Caribbean nation helping police to quell gang violence. The proposed...
Blinken visits Dominican Republic as talks with president focus on economy and Haiti's crisis
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — The U.S. secretary of state and the leader of the Dominican Republic held private talks Friday on a range of issues, from human rights, economic prosperity and regional security. However, the crisis in violence-wrecked Haiti dominated the discussions. ...
Blinken arrives in Haiti to show US support for fighting gang violence
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived Thursday in Haiti to reaffirm the U.S. government’s commitment to a multinational mission to fight gangs in the Caribbean country and push for long-awaited general elections as he supported consideration of a...
Surprise Ukrainian resignations include the nation's top diplomat
A spate of resignations from Ukraine’s government came with one major surprise: the departure of Dmytro Kuleba, the career diplomat who courted Western support for his country’s defense as its tireless foreign minister. Ahead of a major overhaul of the government, six Cabinet...
The US is considering the creation of a UN peacekeeping operation for Haiti to fight gangs
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. is mulling a U.N. peacekeeping operation in Haiti as one way to secure funding and staffing for a Kenya-led mission deployed to quell gang violence in the Caribbean country, a top U.S. diplomat said Wednesday. Brian A. Nichols, U.S. assistant...
House Republicans subpoena Secretary Blinken for testimony on US withdrawal from Afghanistan
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans have issued a subpoena demanding testimony from Secretary of State Antony Blinken as they wrap up a sprawling yearslong investigation into the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021. Rep. Michael McCaul, the chairman of the House...
Israel-Hamas war latest: Israeli tank and drone strikes kill at least 17 in Gaza
Israeli tank and drone strikes in Gaza on Wednesday killed at least 17 people, according to hospital staff and Associated Press journalists who counted the bodies. The strikes happened in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza and Khan Younis in the south. Lebanon’s Hezbollah...
Key mediator Egypt expresses skepticism about the Gaza cease-fire proposal as more details emerge
CAIRO (AP) — Key mediator Egypt expressed skepticism Wednesday about the proposal meant to bridge gaps in cease-fire talks between Israel and Hamas as more details emerged a day before negotiations were expected to resume in Cairo. The challenges around the so-called bridging...
Blinken ends latest Mideast visit without a cease-fire, warning 'time is of the essence'
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken ended his ninth visit to the Middle East since the war in Gaza began without securing any major breakthrough for a cease-fire deal, warning on Tuesday that “time is of the essence” even as Hamas and Israel signaled that challenges...
Israel-Hamas war latest: Blinken visits Gaza mediators in pursuit of cease-fire deal
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited fellow mediators Egypt and Qatar as he pressed ahead Tuesday with the latest diplomatic mission to secure a cease-fire in the war in Gaza, even as Hamas and Israel signaled that challenges remain. Hamas in a new statement called the...
