NATO chief to meet US high officials in Washington NATO head Jens Stoltenberg is going to Washington, DC, on Tuesday for a functioning visit, the union said in an assertion. Stoltenberg will be in the US capital until Friday and is supposed to meet with top US authorities, including Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Secretary … Read more
The unveiling of President Joe Biden’s detailed strategy toward China — delayed by internal deliberations, Covid-19 and the Ukraine conflict — will have to wait even longer. Despite anticipation over how the U.S. sees relations between the world’s two biggest economies developing in the years ahead, Secretary of State Antony Blinken is likely to offer … Read more
Secretary of State Antony Blinken insisted Wednesday the US was still prepared to sell F-35 fighter jets to the UAE, which has threatened to scrap the deal over stringent conditions. The $23 billion arms package was pushed through by former President Donald Trump in what was seen as a reward for the United Arab Emirates’ … Read more
The United States is preparing “alternatives” with allies in case talks on reviving a deal to curb Iran’s nuclear ambitions fail, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday. “We continue in this hour, on this day, to pursue diplomacy because it remains at this moment the best option, but we are actively engaging with allies … Read more
WASHINGTON – US President Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping will speak Monday at a virtual summit aimed at defusing tensions over Taiwan and other flashpoints, but with both sides signaling little appetite for compromise. The two leaders have spoken by phone twice since Biden’s inauguration in January but with Xi refusing to travel abroad because of … Read more
WASHINGTON – The US Treasury slapped sanctions on prominent Lebanese tycoons Jihad al-Arab and Dany Khoury and lawmaker Jamil Sayyed for allegedly benefitting from corruption and adding to the breakdown of the rule of law in their country. The three “have each personally profited from the pervasive corruption and cronyism in Lebanon, enriching themselves at … Read more
