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Blinken to travel to Israel, West Bank and North Africa
US secretary of state will underscore Washington's 'unwavering' commitment to Israeli security while seeking to strengthen US-Palestinian relations
US Horn of Africa envoy visits Ethiopia as Congress drafts sanctions legislation
The State Department, meanwhile, is pursuing diplomacy to resolve the Tigray war
US condemns as 'genocide' Myanmar's violence against Rohingya Muslims
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that the US is labelling the ethnic cleansing of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim minority as a genocide.
Ketanji Brown Jackson begins US Supreme Court confirmation hearings
Senate Judiciary Committee begins hearings for judge who could become highest court's first black woman justice
Zelenskyy calls for direct talks with Putin
Ukrainian leader calls for talks with Russian counterpart to hasten diplomatic solution
Biden details $800m in Ukraine aid after Zelenskyy Congress speech
US has dismissed requests for no-fly zone over fears the move would escalate the Ukraine war
Iran wary of disrupting nuclear talks despite regional strikes, says US general
US Gen Kenneth McKenzie believes Tehran is conducting missile attacks at a 'low enough level' to avoid hindering negotiations
Cyberattack crashes Israeli government websites
Access restored after denial-of-service attack
Pentagon says Polish fighter jets won’t offer Ukraine ‘significant effectiveness'
Key official tells US Congress that advantage from providing Russian-made MiG jets to Kyiv would be very limited
Russia will suffer ‘long, bloody, drawn-out mess’ in Ukraine, says Blinken
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken predicted Russian occupation would result in strategic failure for Moscow
What military assistance has the US provided to Ukraine?
Washington has sent Kyiv more than $1bn in military aid over the past year with another $10bn possible
Biden under pressure to ban Russian oil imports
Senators introduced a bipartisan bill to force president's hand on banning Russian oil amid fears that doing so could increase petrol prices and inflation
US seeks to boost arms sales to India after sanctions hit Russian defence exports
Diplomats hope sanctions will prevent Moscow from exporting weapons to countries such as India, allowing US to fill the void
State of the Union: Russia-Ukraine war shifts President Biden’s domestic priorities
Russian invasion has forced President Joe Biden to refocus his speech on foreign policy, rather than his embattled domestic agenda before US midterms
Biden administration loosens sanctions on Taliban-held Afghanistan
US Treasury Department issues broad licence allowing commercial and financial transactions within Afghanistan, but White House still holds central bank's frozen reserves
