Russia’s foreign ministry has requested President Vladimir Putin turf out 35 American diplomats from the country in a tit-for-tat response to a similar move by Washington, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday. “Russia’s foreign ministry… has requested that the Russian president approve declaring as personae non gratae 31 employees of ...
The United States would veto any resolutions by the United Nations recognizing a Palestinian state, Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes said in an interview. Earlier on Wednesday, US Secretary of State John Kerry delivered remarks at the State Department following a controversial US decision to abstain from a vote ...