Lesley Wroughton

A group of disputed islands, Uotsuri island (top), Minamikojima (bottom) and Kitakojima, known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China is seen in the East China Sea.

U.S. airlines give China flight plans for new defense zone

November 4, 2021 at 12:40 a.m.

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. airlines United, American and Delta, have notified Chinese authorities of flight plans when traveling through an air defense zone Beijing has declared over the East...

U.S. airlines give China flight plans for new defense zone

December 24, 2018 at 11:46 a.m.

State Department says Kerry will not attend OSCE meeting in Ukraine

August 24, 2021 at 10:34 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will not attend a meeting in Ukraine of the OSCE, the European democracy watchdog, the State Department said on Friday, a...

State Department says Kerry will not attend OSCE meeting in Ukraine

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

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will not attend a meeting in Ukraine of the OSCE, the European democracy watchdog, the State Department said on Friday, a...

Kerry tries to soothe relations with Saudi Arabia but tensions evident

August 24, 2021 at 10:04 p.m.

RIYADH (Reuters) - Secretary of State John Kerry met King Abdullah on Monday and praised the U.S. alliance with Saudi Arabia as strategic and enduring, but strains in the nearly...

Kerry warns that another budget gridlock will damage U.S. leadership

August 24, 2021 at 9:48 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - America's top diplomat warned on Thursday that the United States could suffer more lasting damage to its influence abroad if the next round of budget talks in...

Kerry warns that another budget gridlock will damage U.S. leadership

May 23, 2019 at 9:22 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - America's top diplomat warned on Thursday that the United States could suffer more lasting damage to its influence abroad if the next round of budget talks in...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, in Kabul.

U.S., Afghans agree most of pact, elders to make final decision

November 4, 2021 at 12:24 a.m.

KABUL (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Afghan President Hamid Karzai have reached preliminary agreement on a bilateral security pact that now depends on the approval of...

U.S., Afghans agree most of pact, elders to make final decision

December 24, 2018 at 11:00 a.m.

KABUL (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Afghan President Hamid Karzai have reached preliminary agreement on a bilateral security pact that now depends on the approval of...

US, Vietnam sign nuclear trade agreement

November 4, 2021 at 12:25 a.m.

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei (Reuters) - The United States and Vietnam on Thursday signed a pact that would allow the transfer of nuclear technology to the Southeast Asian nation and...

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