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US Threatens to Withdraw from Ukraine Talks if no Progress

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday that Washington could soon exit efforts to reach a Ukraine ceasefire if it decided peace was not "doable", after meeting European and Ukrainian officials in Paris. European powers have been seeking a seat at the table since US President Donald Trump's shock decision to open talks with Russia to end ...

Rubio Says US to Decide Within Days if Ukraine Ceasefire 'Doable', Calls on Europe to Act over Iran’s Nuclear program

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday said Washington needed to decide soon if an Ukraine truce was feasible, as he left Paris following meetings with European officials. He also said that European countries needed to decide whether to reimpose sanctions on Iran as Tehran was not complying with a nuclear deal. "We need to figure out here ...

Macron to Hold Ukraine War Talks with Rubio, Witkoff in Paris

French President Emmanuel Macron was set to meet in Paris Thursday with America's top diplomat about crafting a Ukraine ceasefire as Washington and Europe seek common ground on ending the fighting. Top Ukrainian officials were also in the French capital on Thursday to meet EU and US delegations, President Volodymyr Zelensky's chief of staff said, ...

US Will Not let Greenland 'Become Dependent on China': Rubio

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday Washington respected the self-determination of Greenlanders but was not going to allow the resource-rich autonomous Danish region to become dependent on China. President Donald Trump has repeatedly said he wants to take over the Arctic island for security reasons –  to the anger of Copenhagen, a ...

Rubio Says US to Examine Russia Conditions, Peace to 'Take Time'

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday the United States will examine Russia's requested conditions for agreements with Ukraine but cautioned that a peace deal would take time. "It won't be simple. It'll take some time, but at least we're on that road and we're talking about these things," Rubio told a news conference in Jamaica. Russia ...

83% of USAID programs to be scrapped, according to Rubio

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday the United States was cancelling 83 percent of programs at USAID, as the Trump administration guts spending not aligned with its "America First" agenda. The US Agency for International Development (USAID) distributes humanitarian aid around the world, with health and emergency programs in around 120 ...

Rubio Says Syria Must Hold Accountable 'Perpetrators of Massacres'

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday condemned the "radical Islamist terrorists" behind "massacres" of minorities in Syria and demanded that the interim administration hold those responsible to account. "The United States condemns the radical Islamist terrorists, including foreign jihadis, that murdered people in western Syria in recent ...

Top US Diplomat Rubio Meets Saudi Crown Prince in Riyadh

Top US and Russian diplomats will meet in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for talks on resetting the countries' fractured relations and making a tentative start on trying to end the Ukraine war. Both sides played down the chances that the first high-level meeting between the countries since Moscow invaded Ukraine in 2022 would result in a ...

Russian Delegation Lands in Saudi Arabia for Talks with US

A Russian delegation including foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov has arrived in Saudi Arabia for high-level talks with US officials, Russian state TV reported Monday. The Rossiya 24 news channel showed the officials disembarking a plane in the Saudi capital Riyadh. "The main thing is to begin a real normalisation of ...

US, Israel Present United Front on Gaza, Iran

Top US diplomat Marco Rubio and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented a united front Sunday against their common enemies, threatening to "open the gates of hell" on Hamas and "finish the job" against Iran. The pledges came during a joint address to reporters in Jerusalem, where Rubio began his first Middle East trip as secretary of ...

Rubio Says Trump Meant Only Temporary Gaza Move for Rebuilding

US President Donald Trump only wants Palestinians to leave Gaza temporarily while the territory is reconstructed, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday. Trump stunned the world and drew condemnation when he proposed Tuesday at a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the United States could take over war-battered ...

Trump Nominates Marco Rubio as US Secretary of State

President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday nominated Senator Marco Rubio as Secretary of State, brushing aside critics in his party and putting the outspoken hawk in charge of US foreign policy. Trump also named right-wing Florida lawmaker Matt Gaetz as his attorney general, rewarding the loyalty of a staunch ally who has defended the Republican ...