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Matthew Miller, a veteran Democratic communications operative, is the top contender to replace Ned Price.

Congress members say ‘autocratic consolidation’, treatment of migrants threatens US-Tunisia relations.

WASHINGTON — A Russian fighter jet collided with a U.S. surveillance drone in international airspace above the Black Sea, causing the American aircraft to crash, the Pentagon said, an incident that ratcheted up tensions already running high over the invasion of Ukraine.

The United States summoned Russia's ambassador to Washington on Tuesday after a Russian fighter jet downed a U.S. military drone over the Black Sea, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said.

U.S. State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Monday it was a "critical moment" in negotiations on the UN-brokered Black Sea Grain Initiative, which Washington hopes will be extended before it expires on March 18.

Iran's claims they are on the brink of agreeing a prisoner exchange with the US are an "especially cruel lie", Washington says.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping was awarded a third five-year term as president Friday, putting him on track to stay in power for life at a time of severe economic challenges and rising tensions with the US and others. The endorsement of Xi’s appointment by the ceremonial National People’s Congress was…

China’s leader Xi Jinping has called for “more quickly elevating the armed forces to world-class standards,” in a speech days after he warned the country was threatened by a US-led campaign of “containment, encirclement and suppression of China.” China must maximize its “national strategic capabilities” in a bid to “systematically…

China's leader Xi Jinping has called for “more quickly elevating the armed forces to world-class standards.”