The Latest Breaking News from John Kirby

Russia provides oil, sensitive military technology and a friend on the UN Security Council.

Kevin McCarthy’s office confirms he will meet Tsai Ing-wen in California on Wednesday despite Beijing’s warnings.

The United States has new information that Russia is actively seeking to acquire additional weapons from North Korea in exchange for food aid, the White House said on Thursday.

North Korea previously provided arms to Russia’s Wagner Group last year

Taiwan’s president is beginning a swing through the United States and Central America

Taiwan’s Tsai Ing-wen’s stopover in the US is ‘normal’ and consistent with long-standing US policy, White House says.

A person familiar with the matter says the man who inspired the film “Hotel Rwanda” and was freed by Rwanda last week from a terrorism sentence is set to arrive Wednesday in the United States, where he will be reunited with his family

White House spokesman says ‘there’s a lot to like’ about Israeli PM statement rejecting US president’s criticism.

White House officials said Tuesday there are still no arrangements regarding the possibility of US President Joe Biden inviting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House, noting that the US administration has not yet issued an official invitation. White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said: “There…