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Ankara (AFP) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday underlined Washington's commitment to delivering F-16 jets to Turkey as he wrapped up a visit during which he pledged solidarity with the earthquake-hit country.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said during a trip to Türkiye that Washington will support its ally "for as long as it takes" after earthquakes rocked the country two weeks ago. The United States has sent a search and rescue team to Türkiye, along with medical supplies, concrete-breaking machinery…

US ‘[has] information that gives us concern that they are considering providing lethal support to Russia in the war against Ukraine’, says Antony Blinken

Another earthquake struck the border region of Turkey and Syria on Monday, just two weeks after the area was devastated by a larger quake that killed more than 47,000 people and damaged or destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes.

A delegation of U.S. lawmakers has met with the head of Taiwan’s legislature as part of a five-day visit to the self-ruled island that comes as U.S.-China relations remain tense after weeks of trading accusations over a spy balloon

First time a US president visited a ‘country at war where US military does not control critical infrastructure’, says national security adviser

China’s top diplomat Wang Yi requested the U.S. “change course” and fix the damage done to the bilateral relationship caused by the “abuse of force” in shooting down the balloon, according to Chinese state media.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned China’s top diplomat against providing lethal aid to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and rebuked him over an alleged Chinese spy balloon that heightened tensions between the world’s largest economies.

President Joe Biden travels to Poland this week, but he won’t be visiting neighboring Ukraine as the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion looms, according to a White House official.