US Secretary of State Marco Rubio held talks in Peru on Thursday on countering Beijing’s growing footprint around the strategic Chancay megaport, drawing a sharp response from China’s embassy in Lima, which defended its investments and took aim at Washington’s strict visa rules. Rubio met President Keiko Fujimori at the Government Palace, where she confirmed…
Marco Rubio said that the deal would secure stable reserves and lower gas prices in the US. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday that a new oil deal giving the United States a huge stake in Venezuelan petroleum reserves will bring nearly $100 billion in private investment to the Latin American nation. Rubio said…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Trump administration has designated an American scholar detained in China as wrongfully held after he traveled there at Beijing’s invitation, escalating his case just weeks before President Donald Trump is set to host Chinese President Xi Jinping. Secretary of State Marco Rubio determined that U.S. citizen…
The State Department officially declared on Thursday that a U.S. citizen who was arrested by the Chinese government in June was wrongfully detained, and pushed for his immediate release. U Min Zin, a longtime scholar on the politics of Myanmar, traveled to Yunnan, China, at the invitation of the Chinese government and was arrested on…
Rubio, Washington’s top diplomat, also said on Thursday that US President Donald Trump had allowed a national emergency declaration on Hong Kong to expire last week after determining that the “circumstances had changed”, though he did not elaborate further. Asked by reporters at an Asean foreign ministers’ summit in Manila why Washington had eased sanctions…
A ship identified by the Philippine Coast Guard as a Chinese research vessel is seen towing a floating structure at Scarborough Shoal in the disputed South China Sea on June 15, 2026. Jam Sta Rosa | Afp | Getty Images The shoal is one of the most volatile flashpoints in the South China Sea, where…
Secretary of state Marco Rubio said Asean is the primary means through which the US engages with the region. (EPA Images pic) WASHINGTON: US secretary of state Marco Rubio said Sunday he was open to meeting with his Chinese and Russian counterparts this week while in the Philippines for a gathering of Southeast Asian foreign…
The 1989 crackdown saw the Chinese Communist Party deploy troops against peaceful demonstrators in Tiananmen Square. (Wiki pic) WASHINGTON: Beijing’s censorship cannot erase memories of its 1989 military assault on peaceful demonstrators in Tiananmen Square, US secretary of state Marco Rubio said on Wednesday, ahead of the anniversary of China’s violent suppression there. Rubio’s statement…
Where is Mojtaba Khamenei? Marco Rubio says Iran Supreme Leader ‘increasingly engaging’ (Image credit- AP/ANI) US state secretary Marco Rubio said he “believes” Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei is alive and is becoming “increasingly engaging” in leadership matters.While addressing the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday, Rubio said that Khamenei has not been…
new video loaded: U.S.-Iran Peace Deal Is Still a ‘Work in Progress,’ Rubio Says transcript Back transcript U.S.-Iran Peace Deal Is Still a ‘Work in Progress,’ Rubio Says Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that peace talks between the United States and Iran were still ongoing after the Trump administration signaled earlier that an agreement…