The US ramps up its efforts to support Ukraine, with Secretary of State Antony Blinken arriving in Central Asia in an attempt to distance all five former Soviet republics from Russia, just a day after Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s reaffirmed US aid to Kiev.

The "revolution" eventually fizzled out as its sponsors realized the futility of their oft-repeated adventure and Iranian youth realized they were playing into the hands of enemies against their own country and own people.

United States has accused China of flying a surveillance balloon over sensitive sites ahead of a planned visit by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to Beijing, with China warning against any "hype" over the issue before verification of facts.

US President Joe Biden’s nominee for a top State Department human rights post has withdrawn her candidacy as she faced intense scrutiny from a Republican senator who refused to agree to her nomination due to her statements on Israel.

The US must abandon the “old routine of unilateral bullying” and stop suppressing China's development, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi  has told his US counterpart Antony Blinken.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that the United States would oppose illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi decried the US policy of containment and suppression against Beijing.