The two diplomatic correspondents have covered Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken for four years over dozens of trips abroad, including his final one across Asia and Europe last week. Jan. 18, 2025 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken is returning to the Middle East this week on his 12th visit since the Israel-Hamas war erupted last year but his first since the ouster of ...

Israeli forces withdrew from northern Gaza's Kamal Adwan hospital on Saturday, leaving a trail of destruction inside one the area's last medical lifelines as it continues to assault Beit Lahia.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Israel on Tuesday for meetings with Israeli leaders, the first stop of a wider Middle East tour to launch another push for an elusive ceasefire.

Blinken and British Foreign Secretary David Lammy met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who wants the White House to lift restrictions on long-range missiles, and announced more aid.

In 2014, when Blinken was nominated to be deputy secretary of state under former President Barack Obama, McCain took to the Senate floor to call Blinken “not only unqualified, but in fact, in my ...

Secretary of State Antony Blinken, center, meets with members of the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation at the State Department, on Dec. 8, 2023, in Washington, D.C.

The Senate confirmed Blinken's nomination by a 78-22 margin in January 2021, making him the 71st secretary of state. Secretary of state career. Upon being nominated, The Guardian reported, Blinken ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected pleas from the U.N. for a ceasefire to allow aid into Gaza. Israel has vowed to eliminate Hamas and has greatly expanded ground operations in ...

SECRETARY BLINKEN: First, Margaret, when I hear the stories, when I see the pictures of young children, who have lost their lives in this conflict of Hamas' making- whoever they are, wherever they ...

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday met with Jordanian King Abdullah in Amman, the second stop of his most extensive Middle East tour yet as Israel prepared for a sweeping ground ...

Secretary of State Antony Blinken responds to questions about pictures Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu showed him of some of Hamas' victims, saying they "harken back to ISIS." He also ...