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  • Thursday, 9 June, 2022
    Oil
    US energy envoy asks India to restrain Russian oil purchases

    Crude shipments have flowed to Asia as west shuns cargoes in response to Ukraine war

  • Sunday, 8 May, 2022
    Northern Ireland
    Ministers reject claims of impending UK break-up after Northern Ireland polls

    London plays down possibility of a quick referendum on Irish unification after Sinn Féin electoral success

  • Tuesday, 3 May, 2022
    Russia
    Basketball star Brittney Griner ‘wrongfully detained’ in Russia, US says

    Arrest of WNBA player elevated to diplomatic matter amid tensions over Ukraine invasion

  • Tuesday, 19 April, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Biden administration urged to ban UK lawyers who ‘enabled’ oligarchs

    Congressman seeks action against those acting in cases for wealthy Russians against investigative journalists

  • Tuesday, 12 April, 2022
    Coronavirus pandemic
    US orders non-essential consulate staff to leave Shanghai

    Chinese city locked down after Covid outbreak as Beijing warns about economic growth

  • Wednesday, 23 March, 2022
    ObituaryMadeleine Albright
    Madeleine Albright, US secretary of state, 1937-2022

    First woman to become Washington’s top diplomat was an unabashed champion of American power

  • Thursday, 17 March, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    US pours cold water on hopes of diplomatic solution in Ukraine

    Top diplomat says no signs Putin is ‘prepared to stop’ and vows to investigate alleged ‘war crimes’

  • Tuesday, 15 March, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Abramovich and other oligarchs hit with new EU and UK sanctions

    More names added to Russian asset freeze and travel ban list as US targets 11 military leaders

  • Friday, 11 February, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Western allies ‘close’ to settling on options for sanctions against Russia

    US state department counsellor says Putin would suffer a ‘major strategic setback’ if he invades Ukraine

  • Thursday, 28 October, 2021
    Turkish politics
    Latest Erdogan spat leaves ‘bitter aftertaste’ in US-Turkey relations

    Tense backdrop as Ankara seeks fighter jets from Washington instead of turning to Moscow

  • Friday, 8 October, 2021
    FT Swamp Notes
    A US administration of empty chairs Premium content

    Nine months into his ‘new’ government, President Joe Biden has just one ambassador in place

  • Friday, 13 August, 2021
    Afghanistan
    US and UK send troops to help evacuate embassies in Afghanistan

    Taliban captures more provincial capitals including country’s third-biggest city

  • Tuesday, 27 July, 2021
    Covid-19 vaccines
    US vaccine diplomat urges producers to back low-cost jab hubs abroad

    State department unveils plan to boost global supplies by spurring creation of overseas factories

  • Monday, 19 April, 2021
    Climate change
    Blinken says US must lead green energy revolution to combat China

    Secretary of state warns America risks losing out on chance to shape climate future

  • Wednesday, 31 March, 2021
    US foreign policy
    US human rights report calls China’s treatment of Uyghurs ‘genocide’

    State department’s 2020 review takes hard line on Beijing as well as Saudi Arabia and Myanmar

  • Tuesday, 9 February, 2021
    Taiwan
    Taiwan looks for signs of US watering down bilateral relations

    National security team on alert after subtle shifts in tone from Biden administration

  • Friday, 5 February, 2021
    Coronavirus treatment
    US state department acknowledges ‘confusion’ over staff vaccinations

    Exclusive: Officials promise future distribution of coronavirus jabs will be ‘data driven’

  • Wednesday, 20 January, 2021
    Michael McKinley
    The biggest post-Trump job is to restore US institutions

    The damage wrought on federal bureaucracies needs to be fixed so the same abuses cannot happen again

  • Saturday, 9 January, 2021
    Kim Darroch
    Johnson’s fawning to Trump will have done the UK no favours with Biden

    The prime minister fell far short of handling his relationship with the US president well

  • Friday, 18 December, 2020
    US foreign policy
    Kerry’s climate job risks complicating US foreign policy

    Former secretary of state will serve alongside erstwhile deputy Antony Blinken in unusual arrangement

  • Thursday, 29 October, 2020
    Carlos Ghosn
    US judge delays extradition of Ghosn’s alleged escape accomplices

    Lawyers say ex-Green Beret and son were due to be sent to Japan as soon as Thursday afternoon

  • Thursday, 29 October, 2020
    US foreign policy
    US consulate in Hong Kong rejects asylum seekers, says activist group

    Washington warns only those who apply in US eligible for status

  • Monday, 19 October, 2020
    US presidential election 2020
    Biden plans to reset ‘America First’ foreign policy

    Democrat hopes to rebuild diplomatic ties by reversing several of Trump’s signature moves

  • Wednesday, 2 September, 2020
    US-China relations
    US puts new restrictions on Chinese diplomats

    Tensions between Washington and Beijing are rising ahead of US election

  • Wednesday, 22 July, 2020
    US foreign policy
    US orders China to close its Houston consulate

    Beijing threatens retaliation over move it says violates international law

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