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Antony Blinken’s meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem went longer than expected. (File) Ashdod: Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that he made clear to Israeli leaders US opposition to a major attack on the Gaza city of Rafah and said he suggested “better ways” to address Hamas. “Our position is clear. It hasn’t…
U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, fourth left, and Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, third left, walk at the Kerem Shalom border crossing in Kerem Shalom, Israel on May 1, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called on Hamas on May 1 to accept a “very strong” ceasefire-for-hostages offer as he vowed…
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The United States stepped up pressure on April 29 for a cease-fire deal in Gaza as the Secretary of State said a new proposal had been put to Hamas, whose officials were in Cairo talking to Egyptian mediators. Israeli airstrikes killed 26 people in Gaza’s southernmost town of Rafah, according to hospital records. U.S. Secretary…
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken walks to the U.S.-Arab Quint Meeting with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry at the Four Seasons Hotel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on April 29, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called on Monday for tighter defence integration among Gulf Arabs in response to Iran,…
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In February, Netanyahu said any truce deal would only delay — not prevent — a Rafah operation. Jerusalem: US top diplomat Antony Blinken said Monday he was “hopeful” Hamas would accept the latest proposal for a long-sought Gaza truce and hostage release deal as negotiators from the Palestinian group were due in Egypt. Egypt, Qatar…
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken boards his plane as he prepares to return to the U.S. following a visit to China, on April 26, 2024, at Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, China. | Photo Credit: AP The Kremlin shrugged off a trip to China by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken during which…
Blinken made this remark while closing his three-day visit to China. Beijing: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, while closing his three-day trip to China, said that the US has seen evidence of Chinese attempts to “influence and arguably interfere” with the upcoming US elections, despite Chinese President Xi Jinping’s earlier commitment to not do…
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“China welcomes a confident, open, prosperous and thriving US.” Beijing: China is willing to cooperate with the United States, but the cooperation should be a “two-way street”, Chinese President Xi Jinping told US Secretary of State Antony Blinken during the meeting in Beijing on Friday. Stating that the multiplicity and complexity of the challenges globally…
Blinken’s visit produced little progress on other contentious issues US Secretary of State Antony Blinken raised concerns on Friday about China’s support for Russia’s military, one of the many issues threatening to sour the recent improvement in relations between the world’s biggest economies. Blinken raised the matter during five-and-a-half hours of talks with China’s top…
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Police have carried out large-scale arrests in US universities Beijing, China: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday that campus protests sweeping the United States over the Middle East were part of democracy, but criticised the “silence” over the Palestinian militants Hamas. Police have carried out large-scale arrests in universities across the United States,…
