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Russia's Lavrov calls for pragmatic dialogue in phone call with Blinken

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stressed the need to continue working together and called for pragmatic dialogue on security, in a phone call with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

Reuters · Feb 15, 2022

U.S. asks Honduras to arrest and extradite former President Juan Orlando Hernández

Honduras police officers have surrounded his home, per Reuters.

Axios · Feb 15, 2022

Latest Ukraine updates: Renewed calls for de-escalation

Ukraine-Russia crisis news from February 15: Putin says Russia ready for talks on confidence-building measures.

Al Jazeera · Feb 15, 2022

Latest Ukraine updates: US says Putin increasing military options

Ukraine news from February 14: Pentagon says Putin is adding more military force and capability near Ukraine’s borders.

Al Jazeera · Feb 14, 2022

US Staff of OSCE Begins Pullout from Donetsk in Eastern Ukraine

US staff at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) started to withdraw by car from the rebel-held city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine on Sunday, a Reuters witness said, amid fears of a possible Russian invasion. The United States and its allies have urged their citizens to…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 13, 2022

NKorea Missile Launches 'Provocation': US, Japan, SKorea

The top diplomats of Japan, South Korea and the United States declared their unity against North Korea on Saturday after a series of ballistic missile launches by Pyongyang. After a day of meetings in Honolulu, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, South Korean Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong, and Japanese Foreign…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 13, 2022

Blinken says Ukraine embassy drawdown prudent given high risk of Russian invasion

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Saturday the risk of Russian military action in Ukraine is high and imminent enough to justify the departure of much of the staff at U.S. embassy in Kyiv, which the State Department announced earlier.

Reuters · Feb 13, 2022

US, Japan, South Korea meet in Hawaii to discuss North Korea

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is meeting his Japanese and South Korean counterparts in Hawaii to discuss the threat posed by North Korea's nuclear and missile programs

The Independent UK · Feb 13, 2022

US sees China watching Ukraine crisis as proxy for Taiwan

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration increasingly believes that China is gauging the U.S. response to the Ukraine crisis as a proxy for how America would deal with more aggressive action by Beijing against Taiwan, according to three senior officials.

Tribune News Service · Feb 12, 2022

Biden warns Putin: you’ll pay a heavy cost if you attack Ukraine

US president fears ‘great suffering’ in the event of an invasion as Russia denies there are any plans for an attack

The Guardian - UK · Feb 12, 2022