US backs Saudi-Iraqi rapprochement as counterweight To Iran
Saudi King Salman and Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi co-headed the inaugural meeting of the joint Coordination Council in the presence of Rex Tillerson
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Tillerson renews Gulf crisis talks in Saudi Arabia
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is in Saudi Arabia for the start of his Middle East tour as part of a new push to end the Gulf crisis, Al Jazeera reports. The top US diplomat landed in Riyadh on Saturday and met …
Tillerson: Staying in the Iran deal in best interest of the US
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Sunday he believes staying in the Iran nuclear deal is in the best interest of the U.S, The Hill reports. During an interview on CNN's "State of the …
China's trade with North Korea slumps as nuclear sanctions bite
China’s trade with North Korea slumped in September, amid United Nations sanctions aimed at deterring Kim Jong Un from pursuing his missile and nuclear-weapons program
Lavrov urges to stop escalating tensions around North Korea in phone call with Tillerson
In a telephone conversation with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov once again urged to stop heating up tensions on the Korean peninsula, TASS reported citing the Russian …
Trump’s IQ jab at Tillerson was 'a joke'
US President Donald Trump was making “a joke” when he challenged Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to an IQ test in an interview with Forbes, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee …
Trump challenges Tillerson to 'compare IQ tests'
US President Donald Trump has challenged his secretary of state to "compare IQ tests" – if Rex Tillerson did call the president a "moron", as reported. "I think …
Will Huntsman restore trust between nuclear superpowers?
New US Ambassador to Russia, Jon Huntsman, who replaced John Tefft on this post, said the United States' relationship with Russia is its most complex in the world, currently marked by a low level of trust. …
White House: Trump has confidence in Tillerson
U.S. President Donald Trump retains confidence in Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said. "As we’ve said many times before, if the …
Tillerson refutes report that he was on verge of resigning
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Wednesday refuted a report that said he had been on the verge of resigning from his Cabinet post over the summer, CBS News reports. "I have never considered leaving this …
JCPOA: No Renegotiation
EU Affirms Iran Deal Compliance, Rejects Renegotiation
US And Russia quietly end diplomatic tailspin
A behind-the-scenes effort by US and Russian diplomats may have preempted a new wave of tit-for-tat retaliations
U.S. Secretary of State Tillerson to visit China
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will visit China this week for talks that will include the crisis over North Korea and trade, the State Department said on Tuesday, Reuters reported. Tillerson’s Sept. 28-30 …
With Iran vs. Trump
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson vs Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif
Tillerson: US Secretary of State has no plans to resign
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson swatted down rumors that he will resign soon and United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley wants his job. "I think we have a Secretary of State currently, and …
Tillerson: Nazarbayev's decision to relinquish nuclear weapons was courageous
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in his remarks at the United Nations Security Council Session on Nuclear Non-Proliferation in New York praised the efforts of Kazakhstan in relinquishing nuclear weapons. Tillerson …
Zarif: US wants to extract more from Iran with no new concessions from them
Iran would talk about changing the 2015 nuclear accord only if every concession it made were reconsidered, Iran’s foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in an interview with the New York Times. Zarif said …
US: Iran remains source of instability in Middle East
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that the preamble to the Iran nuclear deal implied that it would lead to a more stable Middle East region and said Iran remains a source of instability. …
Friends of Syria: No Reconstruction Before Political Solution
Some of them have suggested the holding of elections, with the participation of Syrians living abroad
Tillerson: Iran nuclear deal must change if US to stay
The Iran nuclear deal must be changed if the United States is to remain in it, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Tuesday, suggesting its key limits on the Iranian nuclear program must be extended. He …
