President Biden expressed optimism on Wednesday that bipartisan support for helping Ukraine to confront the Russian invasion will continue in the new-look House of Representatives next year, and…
President Biden said on Wednesday it remains to be seen, following a Russian troop withdrawal from the occupied region of Kherson, “whether or not Ukraine is prepared to compromise with Russia.”…
A closely-watched race between two U.S. Navy veterans in Virginia’s 2nd Congressional District ended in victory Tuesday night for Republican challenger Jen Kiggans, who unseated two-term incumbent…
U.S. climate envoy John Kerry was filmed shaking hands and chatting briefly with Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro at the U.N. climate conference in Egypt. The exchange drew critical attention on social…
Despite widespread claims of links to Yevgeny Prigozhin, a Russian businessman involved in U.S. election interference “trolling” and mercenary activity, President Vladimir Putin has over the years…
State Department spokesman Ned Price on Monday declined to “speculate” about the make-up of a yet-to-be-formed Israeli government, but alluding to concerns about the presence of controversial far-…
On a day when North Korea fired the largest-ever barrage of ballistic missiles towards its southern neighbor U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield reiterated that the U.S. was “open…
At a U.S.-co-hosted an informal U.N. Security Council meeting on Wednesday, Iranian-born actor and rights advocate Nazanin Boniadi urged the international community to support “the Iranian people’…
The U.N.’s emergency relief coordinator said on Monday the U.N. does not support Russian claims that an attack on its naval vessels in occupied Crimea violated a crucial deal providing safe…
The head of a U.N. Human Rights Council-appointed inquiry targeting Israel was on the defensive at a U.N. session on Thursday which, unusually for the world body, saw a number of member-states…
As the Biden administration ponders the path ahead in its deeply strained relationship with Riyadh over the recent oil production cut announcement, the kingdom's energy minister has warned that…
Asked in an interview whether he thinks “states should have a right to ban gender-affirming health care,” President Biden told his questioner, transgender “TikTok influencer” Dylan Mulvaney, “I…
The Department of Justice on Monday announced charges against 13 Chinese nationals, including intelligence agents, accused of criminal activity in the U.S. linked in part to President Xi Jinping’…
The Chinese Communist Party handed President Xi Jinping a historic third term at the helm at the weekend, but the unexpected removal from the hall of a former president struck a jarring note in…
A Russian diplomat at the United Nations on Wednesday again denied claims by Kyiv and its Western backers that Moscow is using Iranian-supplied combat drones in its war in Ukraine. But he also…
President Biden on Wednesday announced the sale of another 15 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve – the last of a 180 million barrel release first authorized in March – and…
In his Tuesday night Florida Senate race debate against Democratic Rep. Val Demings, Sen. Marco Rubio said the U.S. has “got to begin to produce American oil again” and questioned the motive…
Democrat Rep. Val Demings on Tuesday night suggested her rival in the Florida Senate race was playing at being a “national security expert.” Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) countered the barb by saying…
Despite evidence to the contrary and accusations by Ukraine and Western partners, the Iranian regime continues to deny having provided drones which Russia is using to deadly effect in Ukraine. An…
As the world watches and reacts to anti-regime protests in Iran that entered a second month at the weekend, former President Barack Obama conceded that decision-making in his White House on how to…
As protests roiling Iran approach their fifth week, a video clip posted online on Thursday purportedly shows uniformed and plainclothes security force personnel assaulting a protestor before…
Before the U.N. General Assembly voted on Wednesday on a resolution condemning President Vladimir Putin’s bid to seize four Ukrainian regions, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield…
President Biden said on Tuesday he saw no “rationale” to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the G20 summit both are expected to attend in Indonesia next month, although…
The administration is exploring “alternatives” in response to the OPEC+ decision to cut oil production quota by two million barrels a day, President Biden said on Thursday, but when asked if…