Arshad Mohammed

Kerry sees ‘short time’ to revive Middle East peace bid

August 24, 2021 at 2:25 p.m.

ROME (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry suggested on Wednesday that Washington hoped to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace talks within a short time frame, as he announced his fourth...

Russia, U.S. to convene Syria peace conference

August 24, 2021 at 2:18 p.m.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia and the United States agreed on Tuesday to convene an international conference, possibly by the end of this month, to try to end the civil war...

Seeking Syria accord, Kerry tells Putin of common ground

August 24, 2021 at 2:19 p.m.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The U.S. secretary of state sought Russian help in ending Syria's civil war on Tuesday, telling President Vladimir Putin in Moscow that common interest in a stable...

Kerry to ‘make another stab’ at Syria deal with Russia

August 24, 2021 at 2:13 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will "make another stab" at seeing if the United States and Russia can work together to find a political solution to...

Author Samantha Power being considered for U.S. diplomatic post

May 23, 2019 at 9:10 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Samantha Power, a Pulitzer Prize winning author, former White House aide and Harvard professor, is under consideration to be the U.S. State Department's top human rights official,...

In Tokyo, Kerry defends U.S. strategic pivot to Asia

August 24, 2021 at 7:34 a.m.

TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry defended the re-orientation of U.S. foreign policy toward Asia on Monday as he ended a trip to the region dominated by...

Kerry to meet China’s top leaders to discuss North Korea

August 24, 2021 at 7:27 a.m.

BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets China's top leaders on Saturday in an effort to persuade them to exert pressure on North Korea to scale back...

Kerry tells North Korea new missile launch would be ‘huge mistake’

August 24, 2021 at 7:06 a.m.

SEOUL (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry warned North Korea on Friday that it would be a "huge mistake" to test launch a medium-range missile and said the...

G8 ministers fail to agree on Syria; condemn North Korea

August 24, 2021 at 7:24 a.m.

LONDON (Reuters) - Foreign ministers from the G8 group of rich countries failed to patch up deep divisions over Syria and condemned North Korea's threats but did not announce any...

U.S. seeks tough Chinese stance on North Korea as Kerry heads to Seoul

August 24, 2021 at 7:28 a.m.

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (Reuters) - The United States wants China to deliver a "tough" message to North Korea to rein in its nuclear program and belligerent rhetoric, a U.S. official said...

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