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The secretary of state expressed "grave concern" over the Kremlin's detention of Paul Whelan and Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich.
China's leader arrived in Moscow days after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said there were “divergences” on the issue of the war in Ukraine “which we could not reconcile as various parties held differing views.”
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov have spoken briefly at a meeting of top diplomats from the Group of 20 nations.
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The secretary of state spelled out the repercussions Beijing would face if it aids Russia with lethal material support.
The secretary of state told NPR his visit would be rescheduled once “China demonstrates that it wants to engage in a responsible manner.”
High-altitude surveillance balloons, similar to the one shot down over the Atlantic Ocean, targeted more than 40 countries, the Biden administration said Thursday.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said both sides must work to de-escalate tensions that have soared in “a new and horrifying surge in violence.”
“This was a callous and cowardly act, carried out by a barbaric regime with no respect for the human rights of their own people,” British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said.
A senior State Department official says Wahl's body and possessions have been repatriated after his death last week covering the World Cup in Qatar.