US Secretary of State Antony J Blinken

People gather to protest in response to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade abortion rights decision, in Houston, Texas, US 24 June, 2022

US Supreme Court strikes down right to abortion

The US Supreme Court on Friday struck down the right to abortion in a seismic ruling that shredded five decades of constitutional protections and prompted several right-leaning states to impose ...

Map locating the position of Russian forces in Mariupol as of 15 May, 2022

Russia-Ukraine war Ukrainian soldiers evacuated from Mariupol steelworks

Hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers have been evacuated from the besieged Azovstal steelworks -- the last holdout of troops defending the southern port city of Mariupol -- Kyiv said on Monday

Flags of Bangladesh and the US

Bangladesh-US keen to strengthen bilateral relations

Both Bangladesh and the United States (US) differ on several issues but the bilateral relations were so far good over the past 50 years. Now, the top leaderships of both countries want the ...

Security, defence to be given priority in Bangladesh-US security dialogue

Security, defence to be given priority in Bangladesh-US security dialogue

The Bangladesh-US security dialogue due on Wednesday will discuss various issues including withdrawal of US sanctions on RAB, the General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA) and ...

US President Joe Biden (front 4thR) together with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (front 3rdR hidden) and US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin (front 3rdL) attend a meeting on Russia's war in Ukraine with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba (back 2ndL) and Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov (back L) in Warsaw on 26 March, 2022

Russia-Ukraine war Biden meets top Ukrainian ministers in Warsaw

Joe Biden on Saturday met in Warsaw with two Ukrainian ministers in the first face-to-face talks between the US president and top Kyiv officials since Russia's invasion began

US president Joe Biden (L) and Russian president Vladimir Putin

Russia bars entry to Biden, Blinken and other top US officials

Russia said on Tuesday it had put US President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and other top officials on a "stop list" that bars them from entering the country

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during his address to the nation at the Kremlin in Moscow on 21 February

Putin says Russia's interests 'non-negotiable' amid Ukraine crisis

Russian president Vladimir Putin said Wednesday the country's interests were non-negotiable, as Moscow massed more than 150,000 troops on the borders with Ukraine and the West punished Russia with ...

US president Joe Biden (L) and Russian president Vladimir Putin

Biden will meet Putin 'at any time' to defuse Ukraine crisis: Blinken

US president Joe Biden is willing to meet Russia's Vladimir Putin "at any time" to defuse Ukraine war tensions, his top diplomat said Sunday, warning Russia appeared on the verge of invading its ...

Map of Ukraine and Belarus

Lavrov, in Blinken call, accuses US of 'propaganda' about Russian aggression

Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov during a phone call with US secretary of state Antony Blinken accused Washington of waging a "propaganda campaign" about possible Russian aggression, the ...

US secretary of state Antony Blinken (R) and Indian external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar arrive to speak to the media prior to a meeting at the State Department in Washington, DC, 28 May, 2021.

India, US discuss diplomatic efforts on Russian aggression, other issues

US secretary of state Antony Blinken and India’s external affairs minister S Jaishankar discussed diplomatic efforts in response to Russian aggression, challenges in Afghanistan, placing Burma back ...

US Secretary of State Antony J Blinken has invited foreign minister AK Abdul Momen to visit Washington DC to mark the 50th year of bilateral ties that began with the emergence of independent Bangladesh half a century ago

Blinken invites Momen to US to mark 50-year ties

US Secretary of State Antony J Blinken has invited foreign minister AK Abdul Momen to visit Washington DC to mark the 50th year of bilateral ties that began with the emergence of independent ...

Ukrainian servicemen walk along a snow covered trench on the frontline with the Russia-backed separatists near Avdiivka, Donetsk region, on 2 February, 2022

US deploys 3,000 troops in Ukraine standoff

The United States on Wednesday deployed several thousand troops to bolster NATO forces in eastern Europe

Russian president Vladimir Putin speaks during a news conference following talks with Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban in Moscow, Russia 1 February, 2022

Putin accuses US of trying to lure Russia into war

Russian president Vladimir Putin accused the West on Tuesday of deliberately creating a scenario designed to lure it into war and ignoring Russia's security concerns over Ukraine

A signboard for TotalEnergies EP Myanmar is seen past a shuttered gate in Yangon on 22 January, 2022

US warns firms over doing business in Myanmar

The US government warned companies Wednesday to be extremely wary of doing business in Myanmar, citing the risks of being linked to a military government involved in lawlessness and human rights abuse

The picture taken on on May 9, 2019 shows a former MP Yevgen Murayev taking part in pro-Russian action Immortal Regiment march during Victory Day celebrations in Kyiv. Britain alleged this weekend 23 January, 2022

Ukraine to target Russian influence after UK warns of plot

Ukraine vowed to counter destabilising Russian influence over the country's political and economic spheres Sunday after London accused Moscow of looking to install a Kremlin-friendly president in Kyiv

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