US House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul has issued a subpoena to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, demanding that he testify on America’s withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021. The subpoena, announced Tuesday, requires Blinken to appear before the committee on Sept. 19 or face contempt charges. “The Committee is holding this hearing because the … Read more
Blinken, mediators from Egypt and Qatar pin hopes on US ‘bridging proposal’ aims at narrowing gaps between two DOHA: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken sought during a whirlwind trip to the Middle East to inject urgency into efforts to broker a Gaza ceasefire deal, but departed the region on Tuesday with an agreement between … Read more
Top US diplomat Antony Blinken was due to travel to Egypt on Tuesday for talks on a Gaza ceasefire after saying Israel had accepted a US “bridging proposal” for a deal and urging Hamas to do the same. Blinken, on his ninth visit to the Middle East since October 7 attack, was scheduled to fly … Read more
Listen to article DOHA: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken held talks over the phone on Wednesday with his Qatari and Egyptian counterparts on the eve of a new round of Gaza cease-fire and prisoner swap negotiations. Discussions between Blinken and Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman took up Palestinian developments, “joint mediation efforts to end the … Read more
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday approved a $20 billion sale of various military equipment to Israel on Tuesday, according to a statement from the Pentagon. Blinken had planned to visit the Middle East the same day, but reports indicate that he postponed the trip due to escalating security concerns in the … Read more
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Friday that escalation in the Middle East is in “no party’s interest” and urged an “urgent” Gaza Strip cease-fire deal, according to the State Department. “The Secretary reaffirmed the United States’ ironclad commitment to Israel’s security and discussed how escalation is in … Read more
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken seen in this image. — Reuters/File ANNAPOLIS: Even as the Pentagon warned that it would not tolerate attacks against its forces in the region, the United States (US) has communicated to Iran and Israel that conflict in the Middle East must not escalate, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said … Read more