After traveling more than a million miles on the job, the secretary of state discusses the Biden administration's foreign policy report card, from a reinvigorated NATO alliance and Russian aggression in Ukraine,

Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani on Thursday denied a report published by Milan daily Corriere della Sera claiming US Secretary of State Antony Blinken had protested against the release on Sunday by Italian authorities of Mohammad Abedini Najafabadi,

President Biden’s longtime aide rallied scores of nations to defend Ukraine, but then became a villain to the many critics of U.S. support for Israel’s war in Gaza.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken has made a last-minute case for a plan for the post-war reconstruction and governance of Gaza as a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas appears tantalizingly close to completion.

Blinken’s remark comes after Israel has killed at least 45,000 Palestinians in Gaza, per the most conservative count.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken offered his most detailed picture yet of his long-awaited plans for post-war Gaza on Tuesday as he stressed the importance of not leaving a power vacuum in the decimated Palestinian strip.

In an address at the Atlantic Council in Washington where he laid out the plan, Blinken said a reformed Palestinian Authority would lead Gaza under the plan and would invite international partners to help establish and run an interim administration for the enclave.

Evan Ryan, wife of U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, waves as she and her husband depart from Ciampino's G.B. Pastelle Airport near Rome, Italy, Friday, Jan. 10, 2025. (Yara

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken departs from Ciampino's G.B. Pastelle Airport near Rome, Italy on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025. (Yara Nardi/Pool Photo via AP) U.S. Secretary of State Antony ...

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken departs from Ciampino's G.B. Pastelle Airport near Rome, Italy, Friday, Jan. 10, 2025. Credit: AP/Yara Nardi Those efforts initially met with resistance ...

March 23, 2022 - In a statement, Blinken announces the US government has formally declared that members of the Russian armed forces have committed war crimes in Ukraine. April 24, 2022 - Blinken and US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin make an unannounced trip to Kyiv and meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

President Trump's transition team has asked numerous senior career diplomats, including ambassadors and assistants, to resign as he takes office. This practice is typical during presidential transitions but is happening more rapidly and extensively.