ISTANBUL (AA) – Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, in a meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Riyadh on Sunday, emphasized the importance of respecting international humanitarian law in Gaza, where Israel has continued bombardment after last week’s attack by Hamas. Bin Salman and Blinken, according to Saudi Pres...
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – AFP Saudi Arabia has suspended talks on potentially normalising ties with Israel, a source told AFP on Saturday, as the war raged between Israel and Hamas. The Palestinian group launched a large-scale attack on Israel on October 7 which killed 1,300 people, sparking a retaliatory bombing campaign that has killed at...
Amman, Jordan – AFP US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Jordan’s king Friday about how to address a looming humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip as Israel readies a US-supported offensive following deadly attacks by Hamas. Blinken huddled with King Abdullah II as well as Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas in Amman at t...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP US Secretary of State Antony Blinken vowed on a visit to Israel Thursday that the United States will “always” back it but said the Palestinians also have “legitimate aspirations” not represented by Hamas. Palestinian fighters killed 1,300 people in Israel, and took about 150 hostages in ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US officials raised allegations by Canada that link India to the killing of a Canadian Sikh activist during a meeting with New Delhi’s foreign minister in Washington, the Indian top diplomat said Friday. “They obviously shared US views and assessment on this whole situation,” External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaish...
PARIS (AA) – France will look into how its embassy in Niger is operating once Ambassador Sylvain Itte returns, a French Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said Tuesday. Responding to Anadolu’s question during a weekly news conference, Anne-Claire Legendre said during the 78th UN General Assembly, French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US and Bahrain signed a new strategic security and economic agreement Wednesday to expand security and defense cooperation. The agreement was signed during a meeting at the State Department between Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Bahrain’s Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, who is also the country...
WASHINGTON (AA) – A US delegation led by President Joe Biden’s Middle East czar is currently in Saudi Arabia to address a wide array of regional issues, the White House confirmed Tuesday. Brett McGurk is joined by Barbara Leaf, assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs and US Special Envoy for Yemen Tim Lenderking. [&he...
