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President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris greet reporter Evan Gershkovich at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., following his release as part of a 24-person prisoner swap between Russia and the United States, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

US and Russia complete biggest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history, freeing Gershkovich and Whelan

August 2, 2024 at 6:21 a.m.

The United States and Russia completed their biggest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history on Thursday, with Moscow releasing Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and Michigan corporate security executive Paul...

FILE – President Joe Biden speaks about a $95 billion aid package that would help Ukraine in their war against Russia, in the State Dining Room of the White House, Feb. 13, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden expected to announce $225 million weapons package for Ukraine, including Patriot system

July 11, 2024 at 10:49 a.m.

President Joe Biden is expected to announce that the U.S. will provide Ukraine an additional Patriot missile system to bolster its air defenses against a deadly onslaught of Russian airstrikes,...

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to the media as after meeting with families and supporters of Israelis held hostage by Hamas in Gaza, during his visit to Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, June 11, 2024. (Jack Guez, Pool Photo via AP)

Blinken calls on Hamas to accept Gaza cease-fire plan after UN Security Council strongly endorses it

June 11, 2024 at 4:14 p.m.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday that the U.N. Security Council’s vote in favor of a U.S.-backed proposal for a Gaza cease-fire and hostage release made it “as...

United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken listens to a speech during a commemorative ceremony to mark D-Day 80th anniversary, Thursday, June 6, 2024 at the US cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy. Normandy is hosting various events to officially commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings that took place on June 6, 1944. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole, Pool)

Secretary of State Blinken to push cease-fire proposal in eighth urgent Mideast trip since war in Gaza erupted

June 7, 2024 at 7:15 p.m.

The State Department says Blinken will fly from Paris to Cairo on Monday before traveling to Israel, Jordan and Qatar.

FILE - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs a cabinet meeting at the Kirya military base, which houses the Israeli Ministry of Defence, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, Dec . 24, 2023. Israel's Supreme Court on Monday, Jan. 1, 2024, struck down a key component of Netanyahu's contentious judicial overhaul, a decision that threatens to reopen the fissures in Israeli society that preceded the country's ongoing war against Hamas.(AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, Pool, File)

Netanyahu vows to invade Rafah ‘with or without a deal’ as cease-fire talks with Hamas continue

April 30, 2024 at 5:10 p.m.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged Tuesday to launch an incursion into the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are sheltering from the almost 7-month-long...

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, centre, walks to meet with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, March 21, 2024. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP)

Secretary of State Blinken says Israeli assault on Rafah would be a ‘mistake’ and isn’t needed to defeat Hamas

March 21, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that a major Israeli ground assault on the southern Gaza town of Rafah would be “a mistake” and unnecessary to defeating Hamas.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a press conference in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)

Netanyahu rejects Hamas’ demands, complicating efforts toward a cease-fire and hostage-release deal

February 7, 2024 at 4:36 p.m.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says a cease-fire and hostage-release agreement between Israel and Hamas is still possible, despite the two sides being far apart on the central terms...

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo answers questions at the U.S. State Department on March 15, 2019 in Washington. During his remarks Pompeo said sanctions will be imposed by the United States on any individuals involved in International Criminal Court proceedings against American army personnel.

Investigate us for wartime abuses in Afghanistan? We’ll ban you from the United States, Pompeo says.

August 22, 2019 at 10:44 a.m.

The United States will revoke or deny visas to International Criminal Court personnel seeking to investigate alleged war crimes and other abuses committed by U.S. forces in Afghanistan or elsewhere,...

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., takes questions from reporters on Jan. 18, 2019, on Capitol Hill.

Speaker Pelosi cancels commercial Afghanistan trip, cites Trump’s ‘leak’

August 22, 2019 at 10:19 a.m.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday canceled her plans to travel by commercial plane to visit U.S. troops in Afghanistan, saying President Donald Trump had caused a security risk by...

A worker repairs part of a Tehran oil refinery in 2007.

Trump administration reimposes all Iran sanctions lifted under nuclear deal

August 22, 2019 at 9:43 a.m.

The Trump administration on Friday restored U.S. sanctions on Iran that had been lifted under the 2015 nuclear deal, but carved out exemptions for eight countries that can still import...

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