U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday confirmed that Iran has supplied Russia with short-range ballistic missiles and “will likely use them within weeks in Ukraine.” “The supply of Iranian missiles enables Russia to use more of its arsenal for targets that are further from the front line, while dedicating new missiles it’s receiving...
House lawmakers subpoenaed Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday over his alleged refusal to testify about the Biden administration’s deadly 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan. The House Foreign Affairs Committee said Blinken must appear before the committee on Sept. 19 or face contempt charges, the committee said in a letter written by Republican Chairman Michael...
Hamas and Islamic Jihad claimed joint responsibility Monday for a bombing the day before in Tel Aviv that killed the apparent attacker and wounded a bystander and that Israeli officials confirmed was a terrorist attack. The bomb appeared to go off before it was intended, and the presumed attacker was shown in security footage walking...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday “accepted” President Biden’s cease-fire plan that could end the 10-month war in Gaza, but whether the fighting actually stops depends on Hamas. Speaking to reporters from Israel, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the proposal put forward last week by the White House in coordination with leaders from...
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Tel Aviv in Israel on Sunday as he begins a Middle East tour with hopes of intensifying diplomatic pressure for a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza this week. The trip marks Blinken’s 10th time visiting the region since October, when the war between the terrorist...
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has reportedly postponed a trip to the Middle East over heightened security concerns in the region and a possible retaliatory strike from Iran against Israel. Blinken’s trip, originally scheduled for Tuesday, was delayed over “uncertainty about the situation,” Axios reported, citing two unnamed sources. Secretary of State Antony Blinken...
FIRST ON FOX: Secretary of State Antony Blinken is being called on to freeze aid to Afghanistan following revelations that the assistance could be going to the Taliban. A recent report from the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), a government entity conducting oversight of U.S. aid to the country, determined that two of...
Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday said a Venezuelan opposition leader, not socialist and Hugo Chavez successor Nicolás Maduro, won the country’s presidential election. Maduro has claimed victory and threatened the opposition since July 28, sparking widespread protests. “Given the overwhelming evidence, it is clear to the United States and, most importantly, to the...
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned on Friday that Iran could produce fissile nuclear material in “one or two weeks” as the State Department renews a sanctions waiver for Iraq to buy Iranian energy. Critics were quick to blame the Biden administration for enabling Iran to pursue nuclear weapons by allowing the rogue nation...
