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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, center, walks with Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang, right, at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China, on June 18, 2023. (Leah Millis/Pool Photo via AP)
June 18, 2023, 11:09 pm
Blinken meeting with Beijing’s foreign minister results in no breakthroughs
Chinese government says relationship with US is at lowest point since establishment, but sides still manage to hold constructive discussions on disagreements
By Matthew Lee
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, shakes hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang, right, at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China, June 18, 2023. (Leah Millis/Pool Photo via AP)
June 18, 2023, 1:40 pm
Blinken in Beijing on high-stakes mission to cool soaring US-China tension
US secretary of state has plenty to discuss in Chinese capital, from human rights issues to trade with Taiwan, Hong Kong, and detained American citizens
By Matthew Lee
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in Beijing, June 18, 2023. (Leah Millis/Pool Photo via AP)
June 18, 2023, 4:47 am
Blinken arrives in Beijing on high-stakes mission to cool soaring US-China tensions
Secretary of state is most senior US official to visit country since Biden took office; says series of meetings will discuss host of sticking points, how to avoid misunderstandings
By Matthew Lee
Roger Waters on stage in Berlin, May 2023 (Twitter screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the copyright law)
June 6, 2023, 10:58 pm
US denounces Roger Waters performance in Berlin as antisemitic
State Department says recent show by former Pink Floyd frontman ‘contained imagery that is deeply offensive to Jewish people and minimized the Holocaust’
By Matthew Lee
File: Former US national security advisor John Bolton tals to journalists at the Global Taiwan National Affair Symposium XII in Taipei, Taiwan, April 29, 2023. (AP Photo/ Chiang Ying-ying)
June 2, 2023, 3:47 pm
US sanctions IRGC member over alleged plot to kill ex-Trump aide Bolton
Washington also targets other Iranians for suspected conspiracies to murder perceived threats against Tehran, which is seeking to avenge 2020 killing of top general
By FATIMA HUSSEIN, Matthew Lee, Ellen Knickmeyer and Eric Tucker
This image from a video released by the US Department of Defense shows US Marines around the scene at Abbey Gate outside Hamid Karzai International Airport on Aug. 26, 2021, in Kabul Afghanistan, after a suicide bomber detonated an explosion. (Department of Defense via AP, File)
April 26, 2023, 8:37 am
Taliban killed mastermind of 2021 Islamic State suicide bombing at Kabul airport: US
Held responsible for suicide blast that killed 13 US troops and 170 Afghans, terrorist was himself killed in a battle early this month in southern Afghanistan
By Farnoush Amiri, Matthew Lee, AAMER MADHANI and Lolita C. Baldor
In this photo provided by Maheen S , smoke fills the sky in Khartoum, Sudan, near Doha International Hospital on April 21, 2023. (Maheen S via AP)
April 23, 2023, 6:03 am
US evacuates diplomats, shuts embassy in violence-torn Sudan
US troops safely leave Sudanese airspace after airlifting American embassy personnel out of Khartoum
By Matthew Lee, TARA COPP and AAMER MADHANI
The Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich is shown in this undated photo. The Biden administration has formally determined that Gershkovich, who was arrested in Russia on espionage charges, has been 'wrongfully detained.' Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the determination on Monday, April 10, 2023. (The Wall Street Journal via AP, File)
April 11, 2023, 3:48 am
US finds WSJ reporter in Russia is wrongfully detained
Designation elevates case of Evan Gershkovich in US government hierarchy; dedicated State Department office to take lead on securing his release
By Matthew Lee
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is escorted by officers from the Lefortovsky court to a bus, in Moscow, Russia, March 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)
April 5, 2023, 10:26 pm
Blinken says he has ‘no doubt’ WSJ reporter ‘wrongfully detained’ by Russia
In rare call with Lavrov since Russia invaded Ukraine early last year, Secretary of State also urges him to immediately release another imprisoned American, Paul Whelan
By Matthew Lee
US State Department spokesman Ned Price speaks at the daily briefing at the State Department in Washington, February 25, 2022. (Nicholas Kamm/Pool via AP)
March 8, 2023, 6:51 am
US State Department spokesman Ned Price to step down
Will move to job working directly with Secretary of State Blinken later this month
By Matthew Lee
This combination of photos shows US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, right, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, walk to attend second session of the G20 foreign ministers' meeting, respectively, in New Delhi, India, March 2, 2023. (AP/Manish Swarup)
March 2, 2023, 7:25 pm
At G-20, US, Russian foreign ministers meet for first time since Ukraine invasion
In 10-minute chat, Blinken says he told Lavrov to ‘end this war of aggression, engage in meaningful diplomacy that can produce a just and durable peace’
By Matthew Lee
Patriot missiles are seen at the Rzeszow-Jasionka Airport, March 25, 2022, in Jasionka, Poland, as US President Joe Biden arrives to board Air Force One enroute to Warsaw, Poland. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
December 14, 2022, 7:34 am
Washington set to okay delivery of Patriot missile battery to Ukraine
Announcement likely to come this week; battery would become the most advanced surface-to-air system West has provided to counter Russia’s devastating assaults
By Lolita C. Baldor and Matthew Lee
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman takes his seat ahead of a working lunch at the G20 Summit, November 15, 2022, in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia. (Leon Neal/Pool Photo via AP)
November 18, 2022, 8:22 am
Biden administration says Saudi crown prince should be immune in Khashoggi killing
Move a turnaround from president’s passionate past denunciations of bin Salman; US courts have final call on whether to shield kingdom’s de-facto ruler from legal action
By Ellen Knickmeyer and Matthew Lee
Former US secretary of state Mike Pompeo addresses an audience at a periodic 'Politics and Eggs' gathering at Saint Anselm College, in Manchester, New Hampshire, September 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
November 14, 2022, 11:41 pm
State Department says Pompeo, top aide Hook still under Iranian threat
US Congress noted that former secretary of state and special representative for Iran should continue to get government protection, due to ‘serious and credible’ danger
By Matthew Lee
Illustrative: In this February 20, 2020, file pool photo, a member of the US Air Force stands near a Patriot missile battery at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via AP)
November 2, 2022, 2:46 pm
US officials say Saudis warning Iran may attack the kingdom imminently
National Security Council ‘concerned about the threat picture,’ warns there will no hesitation to act in defense of American regional interests and partners
By AAMER MADHANI, Matthew Lee and Lolita C. Baldor
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