Michele Kelemen appears in the following:
Taliban releases American hostage in prisoner swap with the U.S.
Monday, September 19, 2022
Washington has released Afghan drug lord Bashir Noorzai in exchange for the freedom of U.S. citizen Mark Frerichs, who'd been held captive in Afghanistan for the past 2 1/2 years.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine to be the main topic at annual UN General Assembly meet
Sunday, September 18, 2022
Russia's invasion of Ukraine will be a major topic at this week's annual meeting of leaders at the United Nations.
Ukraine made recent battlefield gains. How will Putin retaliate?
Friday, September 16, 2022
Ukraine's battlefield victories are a reason for celebration. But could it could also usher in another dangerous phase — with Russia's President Vladimir Putin lashing out in other ways.
Blinken announces more security aid to Ukraine during a surprise visit
Thursday, September 08, 2022
Secretary of State Antony Blinken made a surprise visit to Kyiv on Thursday to announce more security aid to Ukraine.
He was also there to signal support as Ukraine tries to push back Russian forces.
He was also there to signal support as Ukraine tries to push back Russian forces.
U.N. probes charges that Ukrainians are forcibly being deported to Russia
Thursday, September 08, 2022
The U.N. Security Council will discuss Russia's so-called filtration camps, where hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians have supposedly been detained, interrogated and possibly moved far into Russia.
U.N. calls for demilitarized zone around nuclear plant in Ukraine
Tuesday, September 06, 2022
The United Nations is calling for a demilitarized zone around a nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine.
The latest effort to revive the Iran nuclear deal
Saturday, September 03, 2022
New developments emerged this week in negotiations between the U.S. and Iran over reviving the nuclear weapons agreement abandoned by the Trump administration.
State Department official says Russia's activities in Zaporizhzha are irresponsible
Friday, September 02, 2022
Nuclear facilities, like the one Russia controls in Ukraine, should be off limits to warring parties. Russia's seizure of the nuclear plant sets a dangerous precedent.
6 months into the war in Ukraine, diplomats haven't made much headway on peace talks
Wednesday, August 24, 2022
There has been very little diplomacy during the course of the war in Ukraine. Russia and Ukraine are seeking battlefield advantage before negotiating.
Some see Iran's assassination plots as yet another reason not to revive nuclear deal
Thursday, August 18, 2022
Feeling vindicated by recent evidence of an Iranian plot to kill former U.S. national security adviser John Bolton, opponents to reviving the nuclear deal with Iran are pressing their case.
Blinken will try to ease tensions between Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo
Tuesday, August 09, 2022
A recent United Nations report accuses Rwanda of supporting rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo. United States Secretary of State Blinken is visiting both countries to try to cool tensions.
Blinken tells African countries they needn't pick a side as U.S. competes with China
Monday, August 08, 2022
Secretary of State Antony Blinken says African states shouldn't have to pick a side in great power rivalries, though the U.S. is competing with Russia and China for influence.
Blinken is in South Africa for talks on a new strategy for the region
Monday, August 08, 2022
Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivers a major speech on U.S. policy in Africa, following his visit to Cambodia, and a trip by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan that drew China's ire.
Pelosi's Taiwan trip fuel tensions with China and raised security concerns regionally
Thursday, August 04, 2022
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Cambodia for a regional meeting of foreign ministers amid the fallout from U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan.
U.N. kicks off nuclear nonproliferation conference as global fears fester
Monday, August 01, 2022
The United Nations kicked off a conference on the status of a 50-year treaty on nuclear nonproliferation — as crises fester in the Middle East, the Korean peninsula and Ukraine.
Blinken reiterates Griner and Whelan have been wrongfully detained in Russia
Thursday, July 28, 2022
Secretary of State Blinken says he plans to speak with his Russian counterpart soon. A top priority is the release of Americans held by Russia: Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan.
G-20 foreign ministers, which includes Russia, China and the U.S., gather in Bali
Thursday, July 07, 2022
Secretary of State Antony Blinken is leading the U.S. delegation at the G-20 ministerial meeting. It could be the scene of some awkward diplomatic encounters involving Russia's war in Ukraine.
DOJ is stepping up enforcement of a law that regulates foreign lobbying in Washington
Tuesday, July 05, 2022
The Department of Justice is more actively investigating foreign lobbying in Washington and Congress is considering an update to a key law regulating that. Transparency advocates say it is about time.
Activists say the Biden administration's latest landmine restrictions aren't enough
Tuesday, June 21, 2022
Around the world, landmines kill and injure thousands of people a year, most of them civilians. The Biden administration is restricting their use and continuing to help countries clear minefields.
Russia could veto UN aid going to Syria
Saturday, June 04, 2022
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., traveled to the southern border of Turkey to observe the flow of humanitarian aid to victims of the civil war in neighboring Syria.