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Blinken is avoiding Ukraine and the Middle East at a divided UN Security Council

Muhamad Yehia UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken kicked off likely his final trip in office to the United Nations, capping his engagements with the world body after a tumultuous four years that saw war return to Europe and multiple crises in the Middle East. With the U.N. Security Council …

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Blinken faces GOP critics in Congress who say Afghanistan withdrawal ‘lit the world on fire’

Muhamad Yehia WASHINGTON — Under fire from congressional Republicans about one of the darkest moments of Joe Biden’s presidency, Secretary of State Antony Blinken defended the administration’s handling of the disastrous U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, saying Democrats struggled to make the best of a bad pullout deal struck by Donald …

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Blinken traveled to Cape Verde

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken touched down on a remote African island chain before heading on to the Ivory Coast on Monday, kicking off a four-nation swing through the continent intended to show the Biden administration’s continued interest in Africa amid major conflicts in the Middle East and Europe. …

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