US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet a senior Chinese official in Washington on Friday on the eve of Taiwan's elections, as the United States seeks to discourage Beijing from taking action against Taipei.

Israel bombarded the southern Gaza Strip overnight, as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken prepared to travel to Egypt on Thursday for more talks aimed at containing Israel's war against Hamas.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was due to hold talks Wednesday with the head of the Palestinian Authority, which Washington hopes could govern Gaza after Israel's war with Hamas ends.

Top US diplomat Antony Blinken was set to meet Israeli leaders Tuesday as part of efforts to contain the war in Gaza, a day after strikes in Syria and Lebanon killed high-profile members of Hamas and its ally Hezbollah.

Top US diplomat Antony Blinken was due in Israel on Monday for difficult talks on the war in Gaza as fears grow that the conflict could engulf the wider region.

Andrés Manuel López Obrador also wants the U.S. Congress to approve a 20-billion-dollar plan to promote development in Latin America

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will head Thursday to the Middle East as fears mount that Israel's war in Gaza will spread across the region, following deadly blasts in Iran and the killing of a Hamas leader in Lebanon.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will hold talks Friday in New Delhi seeking to bolster India as a regional counterweight to China and win backing for its position on Israel's war with Hamas.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is visiting key regional ally South Korea on Thursday for talks set to focus on security, as North Korea ramps up military cooperation with Russia.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Japan on Tuesday for a meeting of G7 foreign ministers set to seek a common line on Gaza as calls mount for a ceaefire in the Israel-Hamas war.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken holds tough talks in Turkey on Monday, aimed at soothing the anger of one of Washington's most strategic but difficult allies about the bloodshed in Gaza.

Blinken last week told a Senate hearing the Palestinian Authority should retake control of Gaza

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Israel Friday, an AFP correspondent travelling with him said, in a trip focused on measures to minimize harm to civilians in the war in Gaza.

The United States said Wednesday that its first citizens were able to leave the war-hit Gaza Strip after weeks of diplomacy, as Secretary of State Antony Blinken prepared to return to Israel and Jordan.

In all destinations of a whirlwind Middle East tour, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken showed off one of his best-known characteristics -- patience -- as he tried to steer the aftermath of Hamas's attack and Israel's response.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday began a tour of Arab capitals as he seeks to build pressure on Hamas while Israel readies a likely massive offensive on the Gaza Strip following the militants' attacks.

John Kirby, National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications, said the U.S. has no intention to put U.S. troops on the ground in Israel

Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Attorney General Merrick Garland, and Homeland Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas began their Mexico meetings with a visit to Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador

The U.S. State Department on Wednesday announced that former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli and his two sons have been barred from entering the country over corruption charges.

The U.S. released new additions to their religious blacklist on Friday, which includes Cuba and the Russian mercenary team Wagner Group, and which allows the former to potentially put up more sanctions against them.

Backtracking from previous statements implying nuclear war, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday reaffirmed his commitment to not start a nuclear war in any conflicts.

The United States has confirmed on Wednesday that it has sent out a deal proposal to Russia regarding the freedom of WNBA star Brittney Griner and fellow American prisoner Paul Whelan, though Russia has yet to accept the deal.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is reportedly using the global food crisis as well as the stolen or destroyed wheat in Ukraine as a bargaining chip to get sanctions lifted by the West, a U.S. top official said Monday.