Rex Tillerson

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Iran Protests Against Tillerson ‘transition’ Remarks

Iran has called in the Swiss charge d'affaires, who looks after US interests, to protest against comments by Secretary...

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US Tries To Use Better China Ties To Press North Korea

Washington will host two of China's most senior officials Wednesday to deepen the dialogue between the world's greatest...

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Tillerson Skips OAS Meeting To Focus On Gulf Crisis

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Friday cancelled his attendance at next week's Organization of American States...

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Tillerson Skips OAS Meeting To Focus On Gulf Crisis

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Friday cancelled his attendance at next week's Organization of American States...

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Russia ‘may Have Killed IS Head Baghdadi’

Russia's defence ministry is investigating whether one of its air strikes in Syria killed the leader of the Islamic...

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Turkey FM In Doha As UN ‘alarmed’ By Gulf Crisis

The search for a diplomatic solution to the Gulf crisis intensified Wednesday as Turkey's foreign minister landed in...

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Turkey FM In Doha As UN ‘alarmed’ By Gulf Crisis

The search for a diplomatic solution to the Gulf crisis intensified Wednesday as Turkey's foreign minister landed in...

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US Ally Marshall Islands Urges EU To Help Trump Change Climate Course

Marshall Islands president on Wednesday appealed to the European Union to help persuade President Donald Trump to...

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Trump To Roll Back Some of Obama’s Cuban Outreach

US President Donald Trump has vowed to revisit all of his predecessor's diplomatic successes and failures, but is he...

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Palestinians To End Pay For Suicide Bomber Families

The leadership of the Palestinian Authority has agreed to halt payments to the families of suicide bombers, US...

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US Says ‘worst Behind Us’ In Qatar Crisis

Progress has been made towards resolving the crisis between Qatar and its Gulf neighbors after senior US officials met...

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Saudis Insist No Blockade On Qatar As Gulf Crisis Simmers

Saudi Arabia insisted on Tuesday that its neighbour Qatar was not under blockade as a Gulf diplomatic dispute escalated...

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North Korea Releases Jailed US Student ‘in Coma’

US student Otto Warmbier has been freed from jail in North Korea, but his parents say he has been in a coma for a year....

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North Korea Releases Jailed US Student

North Korea has released American student Otto Warmbier from a 15-year sentence of hard labour, US officials said...

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Jailed US Student Released In North Korea

North Korea has released 22-year-old American student Otto Warmbier from a 15-year sentence of hard labor, officials...

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Families Split As Gulf Crisis Becomes Humanitarian Issue

Rashed al-Jalahma, 22, has lived almost his whole life in Qatar, but he now faces the decision of whether to stay or...

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Qatar Says Gulf Citizens Can Stay Despite Crisis

Qatar moved Sunday to avoid an escalation of its feud with Gulf neighbours by telling their citizens they are welcome...

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US Urges Saudis To Ease Qatar Blockade

Mr Tillerson said the blockade was having humanitarian consequences. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says Gulf...

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Gulf Crisis Grows As Saudi, Allies Place Qataris On ‘terror List’

The diplomatic crisis surrounding the Gulf escalated further Friday after Saudi Arabia and its allies placed a number...