Anthony Blinken

Final suspect in 2024 Melbourne synagogue arson case indicted by Australian police

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and other Australian officials have claimed the attack was one of two incidents carried out at Iran’s behest, leading to the expulsion of Iran’s ambassador.

PEOPLE PASS the burnt front entrance of the East Melbourne Synagogue in Melbourne on July 6, 2025.
 US SECRETARY of State Antony Blinken speaks during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council as UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sits alongside him, last month.

Blinken: Palestinian state recognition 'a rebuke to Hamas,' but hostages, ending war take priority

 AN ISRAELI TANK maneuvers near the Israel-Gaza border, this week. If Israel stopped the war today, Hamas would likely recruit more terrorists and replenish its arms, says the writer.

Israel-Hamas war day 328: What's happening in Israel, Gaza?

 Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in an underground terror tunnel in Gaza (illustrative)

Pressure mounts on Hamas as US proposes final hostage deal of Cairo talks


Blinken threatened with contempt of US Congress over Afghanistan cable

In a letter to Blinken dated Friday and released on Monday, Representative Michael McCaul said information that has been provided about a "dissent channel" cable sent in July 2021

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken

China stalls Antony Blinken's Beijing visit over 'spy balloon' concerns

Earlier this week, Blinken said that he would pursue a visit to China when the conditions are right. He also added that the goal is not to contain China or engage in a new Cold War.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken

Blinken, Moroccan FM, discusses "regional peace and security"

According to the State Department, "they discussed shared concerns over continuing violence in Israel and the West Bank and ongoing efforts to de-escalate tensions."

 Morocco's Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, waits outside the Kedma Hotel, the location of "The Negev Summit," attended by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and the Foreign Ministers of Israel, the UAE, Bahrain, Morocco and Egypt in Sde Boker, Israel, March 28, 2022

Blinken, PA’s Abbas discuss Security Council session on settlements

The United Arab Emirates and Palestinians worked together to draft a potential resolution on Israeli settlements in the West Bank.

 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with PA leader Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah, in March. The Biden administration treats leaders of the PA as children or worse, says the writer.

Blinken formally announces trip to Egypt, Israel, and the PA

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is coming to Israel to discuss peace in the region and other pressing issues.

 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Tunisian President Kais Saied (not pictured) during the US-Africa Leaders Summit at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC

PM Lapid to 50 world leaders: Vote against sending Israel to The Hague

The PM's letter aims to stop a UN General Assembly vote on the status of the disputed territories in the West Bank.

 PRIME MINISTER Yair Lapid addresses the 77th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York City, Sept. 22.

US amends ban, allowing entry to Iranian former IRGC members

Former IRGC compulsory service members will be allowed entry into the US if they "pose no danger to the safety and security of the US."

 Iranian clerics set fire to American flag during the 43rd anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Tehran, Iran, February 11, 2022.

The Czech Republic replaces Russia on the UNHRC

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that the Biden administration looks forward to working “closely with our Czech colleagues"

 Deputy Minister, Alvin Botes delivers a National Statement at the Annual High Level Panel on Human Rights Mainstreaming under the theme “Thirty years of implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child: challenges and opportunities”, at the UNHRC, Geneva.

Blinken, Austin pledge return of US diplomats, more security assistance on Kyiv visit

Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin traveled to Poland on Saturday then overland into Ukraine on Sunday, where they met President Volodomyr Zelensky.

 US Secretary of State Blinken and Ukrainian Prime Minister Shmyhal attend a meeting in Washington

AJC to Blinken: concerned about the prospect of restored Iran deal

Following the US withdrawal from the JCPOA in 2018, Iran “has leaped ahead in the deployment of sophisticated centrifuges and the stockpiling of near-weapons-grade fissile material.”

 AJC CEO David Harris