Antony Blinken

US Secretary of State to discuss durable ceasefire in Sudanese conflict and an end to conflict in Yemen

A succession of EU leaders have delivered the same message to China: that future ties will be determined by the war in Ukraine and China’s relationship with Russia

‘Russia’s irresponsible nuclear rhetoric and its threat to deploy nuclear weapons in Belarus are unacceptable’

US secretary of state’s visit comes at a time when country is facing a humanitarian crisis

Foreign ministry says Washington should stop accusing others of behaviour it was itself guilty of

The US and China seem prepared to talk, but trust levels, which were already low, have plummeted

President says some objects shot down were most likely launched by private companies

Washington DC describes move as a ‘constructive step’ towards improving human rights

Salvage work continues off South Carolina for debris from high-altitude craft shot down by US aircraft

The White House came under political pressure to respond aggressively and it bowed to that pressure

Donald Trump disputes claim that Chinese surveillance balloons transited continental United States three times during his own presidency

US fighter aircraft shoots craft down over Atlantic, but Republicans accuse Biden of weak response to incursion

US military forces in place to retrieve parts of the balloon structure that survive fall into the sea

Hope of an improvement in relations stalled as Antony Blinken’s visit is postponed over surveillance claims

US secretary of state emphasises opposition to Israel expanding its West Bank settlements

Focus of talks with leaders of Israel and Palestine will be ‘de-escalation’, say officials

As part of new security measures Israel to withdraw citizenship and withhold social security benefits from families who express support for attacks

Move follows deadly weekend in which seven people killed, five others injured in two shootings

Attack comes a day after 10 Palestinians were killed when Israeli troops raided a West Bank refugee camp

Europeans fear impact on manufacturing and jobs of measures in Biden’s inflation reduction laws

Lloyd Austin says Kyiv engaging in effective effort to take back sovereign territory

Von der Leyen accuses Russia of ‘hoarding its own food exports as a form of blackmail’

US congressional delegation holds talks in Britain amid tensions over NI protocol

EU commissioner says Putin is targeting food production in bid to trigger global disruption

Zelenskiy says conditions in Donbas like ‘hell’ with region ‘completely destroyed’ by invasion

UN chief in talks on restoring Kyiv’s grain exports as tens of millions threatened

Erdogan has said it is not yet possible for Turkey to back Finnish and Swedish entry to alliance

Jerusalem summons ambassador and demands apology over Lavrov’s remarks

Population weary of endless bloodshed and criminal gangs that terrorise them

Kremlin vows West will fail in what it calls bid to split and ‘destroy Russia from within’

US becomes latest country to plan reopening of diplomatic operations in Ukrainian capital

‘Russia is failing’ in war aims, says US secretary of state after meeting in Kyiv

Minister to outline plans to Cabinet addressing acute accommodation pressures

‘She never even got to see life,’ Odesa mayor says of three-month--old girl whose mother also died

Surprisingly effective performance of the Ukrainian military said to be a factor in shift

All crew evacuated following what Ukraine says was missile strike by its forces

Civilians in eastern Ukraine told to flee as battle for Donbas looms

European Union moves to ban Russian coal imports and introduce further sanctions

Moscow denies accusations related to killing of civilians in Bucha where mass grave found

European leaders vow to support efforts to prosecute possible war crimes