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Britain gives 24-hour deadline to Russia over ex-spy poisoning case
LONDON: The British Prime Minister Theresa May has given Russia till Tuesday midnight to explain why was a Russian nerve agent used to poison...
US never gave ‘heavy arms’ to Kurdish YPG in Syria: Tillerson
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Thursday Washington has never supplied heavy weaponry in Syria to the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), which...
Tillerson heads to Ankara to ease Turkey tensions
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrives in Turkey on Thursday seeking to ease tensions with its NATO ally that have reached fresh heights...
Lebanese presidency denies Tillerson kept waiting at palace
BEIRUT: The Lebanese presidency denied that US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson had been kept waiting ahead of a meeting with President Michel Aoun...
Tillerson sees tough talks with Turkey, others on Mideast trip
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson expects to have tough talks during a five-nation trip of the Middle East next week, including in Turkey,...
US Secretary to have tough talk with Turkey during Mideast trip
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson expects to have tough talks during a five-nation trip of the Middle East next week, including in...
China accuses US disrespecting Latin America after Tillerson’s speech
BEIJING: China accused the United States of disrespecting Latin America after US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson warned countries in the region against excessive...
Tillerson raises prospect of Venezuela military dismissal of president Maduro
AUSTIN: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson raised the prospect on Thursday that the Venezuelan military could decide to oust President Nicolas Maduro, but...
USA has no intention of building Syria-Turkey border force: Tillerson
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Wednesday denied that the United States had any intention to build a Syria-Turkey border force, saying...
Top Trump aides had opposed US decision to move embassy to...
WASHINGTON: Top diplomatic and military aides to US President Donald Trump were opposed to the president's decision of moving the US embassy in Tel...
White House says Tillerson ‘continues to lead the State Department’
WASHINGTON: The White House responded to speculation about Rex Tillerson's imminent departure as Secretary of State Thursday, saying he was still in the job...
Trump considers plan to replace Tillerson with CIA chief Mike Pompeo
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump is considering a plan to oust Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who has had a strained relationship with his...
Tillerson accused of violating US law on child soldiers
WASHINGTON: A group of about a dozen US State Department officials have taken the unusual step of formally accusing Secretary of State Rex Tillerson...
Saudi graft purge ‘raises a few concerns’, says Tillerson
DANANG, VIETNAM: Saudi Arabia´s mass purge of elites accused of graft "raises a few concerns", US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Friday, adding...
Tillerson to visit crisis-hit Myanmar
WASHINGTON: Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will go to Myanmar next week, the State Department said, becoming the most senior US official to visit...
Assad should have ‘no role’ in Syria’s future: Tillerson
GENEVA: President Bashar al-Assad and his family have no role in the future of Syria, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Thursday...
Tillerson urges Myanmar army chief to end violence in Rakhine state
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson urged Myanmar's army chief on Thursday to help end the violence in Rakhine state that has forced hundreds...
