Anthony Blinken

French admiral says US has broken a pact among nuclear powers on the UN Security Council by agreeing to sell nuclear submarines

Subject of Hotel Rwanda speaks to wife and children every Friday ahead of terrorism verdict

Cautious engagement – supping with a long spoon – is about as good as it will get

Hague Letter: US sanctions against the court may have been dropped but tensions remain

EU, US and UK offer to help with crippling shortage of supplies paralysing hospitals

Credible reports paint a dire picture of killings, rapes and other atrocities against civilians

Israel considers boycotting inquiry and vows to fight decision

Public denunciation tempered by desire not to hurt US business relationships with Saudi Arabia

Move over Kremlin critic’s jailing would be first use of bloc’s so-called Magnitsky Act

London Letter: Threat to trigger article 16 is empty and would make of PM a pariah

Veteran diplomat served at US State Department for 33 years

Arrests target activists and politicians who were involved in election primary last year

US president-elect did not seem like someone yearning to push for difficult change in Ireland

Several of the new appointees held senior positions in the Obama administration

The selection of Antony Blinken as secretary of state marks a clear break with the Trump era in foreign strategy

Transition team to step up activity with tackling Covid-19 pandemic seen as a priority