Former CIA director David Petraeus said Sunday the Russian general now in charge of the invasion of Ukraine “is known as the ‘butcher of Syria’ for this brutal campaign that he prosecuted in Syria…
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said this week the United States will not attend “a number of G20 meetings” if Russia participates, but it remains unclear whether they will include the group’s…
Ahead of a landmark U.N. General Assembly vote on Thursday to remove Russia from the Human Rights Council, Ukraine’s U.N. ambassador said he wants to see the list of countries that think Russia’s…
Ahead of U.N. General Assembly vote due on Thursday to suspend Russia’s membership from the Human Rights Council, U.N. secretary-general Antonio Guterres’ stance that the issue could set a “…
U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield said Tuesday that there was nothing the U.S. could do to change the fact Russia is a member of the U.N. Security Council, but added that “we can…
Reprising President Zelensky’s words to the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday, Ukrainian Ambassador Sergiy Kyslytsya said after the meeting that if the U.N. returns to business as usual after…
Ahead of a meeting of NATO foreign ministers focused on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley said on Tuesday the goal of increased troop presence…
Asked if U.N. secretary-general Antonio Guterres has a position on the question of Russia’s removal from the Human Rights Council, his spokesman said, “there is a certain level of concern about…
At a recent session of the U.N. Human Rights Council, an NGO representative asked its member-states, “Does the U.N. have to keep electing the world’s worst abusers, dictatorships whose only intent…
The Biden administration announced on Monday that it will push for Russia’s suspension from the U.N. Human Rights Council, in what will the first time in 11 years, and the second time ever, that a…
Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday called gruesome images of slain civilians in a Ukrainian town recently vacated by Russian troops “a punch to the gut” and said there needs to be…
“Is it the policy of this government that Ukraine should win this, it should eject Russia and regain its sovereignty and its freedom?” National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan was asked last week…
White House director of Communications Kate Bedingfield fielded several questions on whether the administration believes Ukraine can win the war against Russia. Her replies repeatedly focused on…
Pentagon press secretary John Kirby stated on Thursday what administration officials have appeared to be reluctant to say out loud – that the U.S. wants Ukraine to defeat the Russian forces who…
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that if European customers of Russian natural gas do not follow new requirement on payment in rubles with immediate effect, “the current contracts…
In a televised statement to the nation after the third deadly terror attack in a week, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Israel would prevail against “those want to destroy us, those who…
Russian President Vladimir Putin wants European customers of Russian gas to shift payment to rubles. His spokesman on Monday declined to say whether Russia would shut off the gas if Europe doesn’t…
As an unprecedented meeting of the top diplomats of Israel, the United States, and four Arab nations ended on Monday, the UAE’s foreign minister spoke of how the normalization accords have sparked…
Pushing back against the Biden administration’s pledge to reopen a consulate in Jerusalem – which served as a de facto embassy to the Palestinians until President Trump changed that – Israel’s…
As Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Washington’s ambassador to NATO on Sunday continued the administration’s effort to mop up after President Biden’s weekend comment that President Vladimir…
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison expressed the view Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin should not be allowed to take part in this year’s G20 summit, in Indonesia in October.
President Biden said Thursday he thinks Russia should be expelled from the G20, but that if doing so proves not to be possible, then Ukraine should be invited to the club’s summit as an observer…
President Biden got testy during a press conference in Brussels Thursday when a reporter suggested that deterrence had not worked in preventing Putin from launching his war last month. “Sanctions…
The Iranian regime on Friday joins the U.N.s top gender equality body for a four-year term. Last week a critic challenged member-states on the decision, saying that electing Iran onto the…
The State Department said on Tuesday it welcomed an unprecedented summit between Israel, Egypt, and the United Arab Emirates. Among the shared concerns that brought the three Mideast U.S. allies…