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U.S. President Donald Trump appears poised to drive a stake through the heart of the Iran nuclear deal Tuesday, when he announces his verdict on U.S. sanctions relief underpinning the landmark accord. Officials and diplomats expect the pugnacious U.S. leader to ignore last-ditch European pleas ...
Kerry snipes at Trump's tweets, picks' lack of accountability, warns of 'authoritarian populism'
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday warned of the dangers of authoritarian populism and offered a thinly veiled critique of Donald Trump's prolific use of Twitter, saying it allowed the president-elect to avoid accountability. In his most pointed public comments about Trump since ...
Kerry apologizes for past firings of gay U.S. State Dept. staff
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday apologized to hundreds of State Department employees who were fired after the start of the Cold War for being gay in what is known as the "lavender scare." "In the past — as far back as the ...
Kerry assures Beijing of America's 'one-China' policy ahead of Trump's inauguration
The United States reassured China on Thursday that it will continue to uphold its "one-China" policy, amid heightened tensions between the major powers before U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration later this month. In his phone conversation with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, U.S. Secretary of ...
The United States has not given up hope of ratifying the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the 12-nation trade deal President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to scrap once he takes office in January, Secretary of State John Kerry told Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida on Thursday. During a meeting ...
Kerry calls North Korean regime 'illegal and illegitimate'
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday labeled the North Korean government led by Kim Jong Un an "illegal and illegitimate regime" — unusually strong language from America's top diplomat. Speaking after a meeting with Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sabah al-Khalid al-Sabah, Kerry praised the ...
U.S. vows 'overwhelming' response if Pyongyang uses nukes, readies THAAD deployment
Defense Secretary Ash Carter warned Wednesday that any attack on American allies or use of nuclear weapons by North Korea would be met with an "overwhelming" U.S. response. He was speaking at start of talks between the top U.S. and South Korea diplomats and defense ...
Rebels repel Aleppo assault amid Russian airstrikes, efforts to revive truce
Syrian rebels said on Tuesday they had repelled an army offensive in southern Aleppo as Russian and Syrian warplanes pounded residential areas, while nations spoke of rebuilding a peace process the United States broke off this week. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who announced ...
Kerry calls for Russia, Syria to ground warplanes to salvage truce
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry demanded on Wednesday that Russia and the Syrian government immediately halt flights over Syrian battle zones, in what he called a last chance to salvage a collapsing cease-fire and find a way "out of the carnage. An impassioned Kerry ...
Separating Syrian rebels from 'terrorists' to be a task: Russia
Russia said Wednesday that separating Syrian rebels from "terrorists" is a "key task" to ensure that the Russia-U.S.-brokered cease-fire continues to hold in Syria, where a relative calm has prevailed since the truce went into effect two days ago. Russian Lt. Gen. Victor Poznikhir said ...
The United States and Russia agreed that the Syrian cessation of hostilities that began on Monday had largely held and should be extended for another 48 hours despite sporadic violence, the U.S. State Department said on Wednesday. The cessation of hostilities, brokered by U.S. Secretary ...
Kerry says 'no military solution' to South China Sea dispute
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called on Wednesday on China and the Philippines to abide by an international tribunal's decision on the disputed South China Sea and said there was no military solution to the problem. Kerry's remarks, made in a visit to India, ...
