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The U.S. State Department warned Americans abroad of “increased potential” of terrorist attacks targeting LGBT events in a “worldwide” alert.

Israeli government spokesman David Mencer said Wednesday that it was difficult to discuss plans for “the day after” the war in Gaza until Hamas had been completely defeated and the Israeli hostages had been rescued or released.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken performed Neil Young’s “Rockin’ in the Free World” on the electric guitar on Tuesday night in Kyiv, Ukraine, as part of a solidarity visit to boost morale in the embattled former Soviet republic.

Blinken arrived on Tuesday morning, promising “assistance is now on the way” after Congress passed the $95 billion foreign aid package. 

U.S. President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken have pushed Israel into a position where it must accept defeat in its war against Hamas terrorists — in return for just a fraction of the remaining Israeli hostages.

World Health Organization (W.H.O.) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday that Israel’s proposed “full-scale invasion on Rafah” would be a “humanitarian catastrophe.”

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Israel on Wednesday as the world awaited an answer from Hamas on whether it would accept an Israeli offer on a hostage deal that grants almost all of the terrorist group’s demands.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) approved a plan Sunday for attacking the final Hamas stronghold in the city of Rafah in southern Gaza, near the Egyptian border, as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken prepared to visit on Tuesday.

During an interview with the BBC released on Friday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated that “We’ve seen a real change in terms of cooperation from China in trying to deal with” fentanyl and China is “taking it seriously.” Blinken

During a portion of an interview with CNN National Security Correspondent Kylie Atwood on Friday that was aired on Friday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated that “we have seen, generally speaking, evidence of attempts

On Friday’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that China “is looking to take appropriate action” in the Middle East. Blinken stated, [relevant remarks begin around 6:10] “[W]hen it comes to China, one of the

During a portion of an interview with CNN National Security Correspondent Kylie Atwood on Friday that was aired on Friday’s broadcast of CNN International’s “One World,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken reacted to demonstrations on college campuses by stating that “we

Secretary of State Antony Blinken met genocidal Chinese dictator Xi Jinping in Beijing on Friday, reportedly receiving stern warnings to “seek common ground” with his violent regime and avoid “vicious competition.”

Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with low-level Chinese Communist Party officials, students, and businessmen in Shanghai on Thursday, promoting an “expansion of exchanges” with the rogue state in several fields.

The 2023 edition of the State Department’s annual human rights report blasts China for repression, torture, and genocide.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken landed in Shanghai, China, on Wednesday afternoon for meetings with senior officials, receiving no significant honors upon his landing and preceded by loud warnings from the Foreign Ministry to avoid challenging the Communist Party on its belligerent policies.

An organization representing the ethnic Tutsi survivors of the 1994 Rwandan genocide condemned Antony Blinken.

The Biden administration’s reported decision to sanction a religious unit of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) for alleged past human rights abuses will come back to haunt the U.S. as other countries do the same to American units.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken compared Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza to Uyghur Muslims forced into Chinese concentration camps in a statement marking the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Fitr on Wednesday.

“Extremely good value… half of Russia’s pre-war military equipment has been destroyed but without the loss of a single American.”

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with Chinese dictator Xi Jinping on Tuesday, paving the way for a meeting between the top Communist Party leader and Russian strongman Vladimir Putin and arriving in between expected visits from American officials Janet Yellen and Antony Blinken.

On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” White House National Security Communications Adviser John Kirby stated that while you can’t equate Israel’s actions to Hamas launching the October 7 attack, “it’s difficult to say” how close Israel is to becoming indistinguishable

On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America Reports,” Netanyahu Spokesperson Tal Heinrich said that Netanyahu and President Joe Biden had a “good call” and the U.S. and Israel agree on the need to eliminate Hamas while minimizing civilian

Secretary of State Antony Blinken appeared to equate the State of Israel with the terrorist organization Hamas in remarks on Thursday, suggesting that both showed the same disregard for civilian life, evidence to the contrary.

NATO leaders have already said that while they want Ukraine to join, it doesn’t meet eligibility — including not being at at war and occupied.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken issued an official statement recognizing “Transgender Day of Visibility” on Sunday, as the Biden administration faces backlash for celebrating it on the same day as Easter, one of the holiest days in the Christian religion.

Nigeria’s police chief on Thursday ordered around-the-clock enhanced security at public venues across the country throughout the Easter weekend, fearing religious violence in a country where Christians are under almost constant attack.

Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE) did not allow the Venezuelan Unitary Platform opposition coalition to register the candidacy of Corina Yoris for the upcoming July presidential election.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday after meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken that there was no alternative to an attack in Rafah, and that Israel was prepared to do so without U.S. support.

The United Nations Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (FFMV) warned on Wednesday that the socialist Maduro regime is enacting a “more violent” repression against dissidents ahead of the upcoming July 28 sham presidential election.

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) introduced a one-page bill on Thursday that would prohibit embassies and other diplomatic missions, as well as official American government vehicles, from displaying non-U.S. flags larger and higher than the American flag.

North Korea reportedly fired several ballistic missiles on Monday, an apparent gesture of “welcome” to Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

Venezuelan opposition frontrunner candidate María Corina Machado is facing increased pressure from her alleged allies to choose a replacement who can run against socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro in the upcoming July sham presidential election, according to a report published by Reuters on Thursday.

Haitian gang lord Jimmy “Barbecue” Cherizier threatened the families of anyone who joins the Biden-backed “transitional council.”

Power brokers in Haiti rejected a plan backed by the administration of President Joe Biden to create a “Transitional Presidential Council.”

The government of Kenya temporarily backed out of sending its police officers to Haiti to help quell out-of-control gang violence in the country, stating on Tuesday that the lack of a coherent government to approve the deployment in Port-au-Prince gives the plan “no anchor.”