President Biden told African leaders meeting in Washington that the U.S. will invest $75 million in “countering democratic backsliding” in Africa. He also said that the U.S. doesn’t “always get…
Addressing a gathering of African leaders in Washington, President Biden acknowledged the “imaginable cruelty” of the transatlantic slave trade, describing it as “my nation’s original sin.”
As allies of the Iranian regime voiced opposition Wednesday to its removal from the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women, Russia’s delegate wondered why U.S. membership on the commission was not…
Commenting on U.S. efforts to secure the release of Paul Whelan from a Russian prison, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan revealed on Monday that in exchange for freeing the former U.S.…
Days after release from prison in the U.S., convicted arms trafficker Viktor Bout is doing the Russian media interview circuit, and was asked by the pro-Kremlin RT network if it was true he had a…
Seven weeks after taking up his post, U.N. high commissioner for human rights Volker Türk has made his first – cautious – public comments about the plight of the Uyghurs in China’s Xinjiang region…
Asked several times on Wednesday, State Department spokesman Ned Price said he had no reaction to the fact a federal judge has accepted the administration’s view that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed…
“We urge any disagreements between our NATO allies to be worked out diplomatically between them,” State Department spokesman Ned Price said on Wednesday, when asked about veiled Turkish threats to…
Commenting Sunday on reports that the regime in Iran has dismantled the “morality police” – reports which Iran activists are viewing skeptically – Secretary of State Antony Blinken said it remains…
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday said the Iranian regime should be kicked off the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women and “should never have been on there in the first…
The Biden administration is moving, “inch by inch,” towards formally recognizing Nicolas Maduro’s regime in Venezuela, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) charged this week, saying such a move “would be a…
The Pentagon disputed China’s claim to have “essentially ejected” a U.S. Navy cruiser from a disputed area of the South China Sea this week, and accused Beijing of “trying to establish a new…
Repressive government action aimed at stopping peaceful protests in any country is “a sign of weakness,” not strength, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday, in response to a…
With Turkish leaders warning of an imminent military ground operation into northern Syria, the Pentagon said on Tuesday U.S. forces deployed there have reduced the number of joint patrols with…
At a press conference ahead of Tuesday’s soccer World Cup game between Iran and the United States, U.S. captain Tyler Adams faced some loaded questions from a reporter with Iran’s state-funded…
National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications John Kirby on Monday distanced the administration from a decision by the U.S. Soccer Federation to temporarily post an altered…
President Biden is “not going to speak for protesters around the world,” National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications John Kirby said on Monday when asked the president’s…
Two former DHS Secretaries have described as a “political stunt” House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy’s call for the current holder of the post, Alejandro Mayorkas, to resign or face the…
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has been “derelict in his responsibilities” concerning the U.S.-Mexico border, House Foreign Affairs Committee ranking Republican Rep. Michael McCaul…
Two Republicans in line to become chairs of two key committees in a GOP-led House said on Sunday future military aid to Ukraine needs to be subject to greater oversight and expressed frustration…
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas should resign, or face the possibility of an impeachment inquiry next year over the crisis on the U.S.-Mexico border, House Republican Leader Kevin…
“China bears no responsibility” for the state of the relationship with the United States, Beijing’s defense ministry said after talks between Defense Secretary Gen. Lloyd Austin and his Chinese…
As the soccer World Cup continued on Monday, the sight of Iran’s national team standing silent during the playing of their national anthem before their opening game in Doha attracted significant…
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) drew cheers when he told the Republican Jewish Committee at the weekend that he will keep a promise to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) from the…
The head of the global soccer governing body FIFA, defending its decision to give hosting rights for the just-started World Cup to a rights-abusing Islamist autocracy, accused critics of hypocrisy…