US secretary of state (AP) Secretary of state Marco Rubio on Sunday slammed Kamala Harris and other Democrats for condemning the US operation that led to the arrest of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, arguing the Biden administration had long sought his capture but failed to act despite offering a multimillion-dollar reward for his arrest.After Maduro […]
The United States will not take a day-to-day role in governing Venezuela, secretary of state Marco Rubio said on Sunday, clarifying President Donald Trump’s earlier comments that US would “run” the country following the capture of Nicolás Maduro.Rubio said the US would continue to enforce an existing “oil quarantine” on sanctioned Venezuelan tankers and use […]
Secretary of State Marco Rubio schooled CBS’s Margaret Brennan who asked why the US administration only arrested Nicolas Maduro and not the other narco-terrorists, like the defence minister of Venezuela, wanted by the US. “I am confused. Are they still wanted by the United States? Why didn’t you arrest them if you are taking out […]
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the Cuban government was “a huge problem” when he was asked in an interview with NBC News’ “Meet the Press” whether the Trump administration’s next target was the Cuban government.Rubio is speaking to several US media outlets after the US launched an operation and removed the oil-rich country’s […]
The United States is prepared to work with Venezuela’s remaining leadership if they “make the right decision,” secretary of state Marco Rubio said on Sunday, a day after US forces captured President Nicolás Maduro in a military operation.“We’re going to judge everything by what they do, and we’re going to see what they do,” Rubio […]
Utah Republican senator Mike Lee said he had a word with Secretary of State Marco Rubio who asserted that the sudden move of the US in Venezuela falls within President Donald Trump’s inherent authority to protect US personnel from an ‘actual or imminent attack’. The Republican senator earlier questioned the constitutional basis of US’ attack […]
Over 40 US lawmakers have written to secretary of state Marco Rubio expressing concern of the “transnational repression and worsening human rights crisis in Pakistan under the military-backed government of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Chief of Army Staff Asim Munir.“In a letter dated December 3, the lawmakers voiced concerns over “threats, intimidation, and harassment” […]
Secretary of State Marco Rubio went viral on Thursday after pointedly brushing off a group of reporters who attempted to question him as he walked into a classified national security briefing at the US Capitol. The exchange, captured on video and widely shared on X, shows Rubio declining to stop for comment, telling journalists, “I […]
TOI correspondent from Washington: Revitalized US ties with Islamabad will not be at the expense of Washington’s “deep, historic, and important” ties with India, US secretary of state Marco Rubio has said amid what he saw as disquiet in New Delhi about the Trump White House’s pivot towards the military regime in Pakistan. In a […]
A week after US President Donald Trump signed the Gaza peace plan in Egypt, Hamas said a committee of technocrats will take over governing postwar Gaza, representing several Palestinian factions.The groups said they had agreed to the arrangement after Hamas claimed to have received “clear guarantees” from mediators that “the war has effectively ended.” FULL: […]
