Santo Domingo: The United States on Thursday seized a second aircraft belonging to the Venezuelan government in less than a year during a visit to the Dominican Republic by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, despite nascent diplomacy with leftist leader Nicolas Maduro. Rubio traveled to a military airstrip in the capital Santo Domingo where, in … Read more
Santo Domingo: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday it was “absurd” for US naval vessels to pay to transit the Panama Canal, after Panama’s president denied an agreement on free passage. “I find it absurd that we would have to pay fees to transit a zone we are obligated to protect in time … Read more
Marco Rubio was answering reporters’ question during a visit to the Dominican Republic on Thursday. Santo Domingo: U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday that Gaza currently is “not habitable” due to dangers such as unexploded weapons, and that people would have to live elsewhere while the area is rebuilt. Rubio, answering a … Read more
Washington DC: US President Donald Trump’s administration seems to have walked back on his proposal to resettle Gaza’s population, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio clarifying that action in the Palestinian territory would be temporary. White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt also clarified the American President’s remarks, saying the US was not planning to put “boots … Read more
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday he would skip Group of 20 talks this month in South Africa, accusing the host government of an “anti-American” agenda. Rubio’s announcement comes two days after US President Donald Trump lashed out at South Africa over land reforms aimed at redressing inequalities perpetrated … Read more
Washington: US President Donald Trump only wants Palestinians to leave temporarily while Gaza is reconstructed, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday. Trump’s controversial idea “was not meant as hostile. It was meant as, I think, a very generous move — the offer to rebuild and to be in charge of the rebuilding,” Rubio told … Read more
Washington: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday kept the door open for the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to stay in business or for its programmes to continue and not be shut down as said earlier in the day by Elon Musk. Rubio said the agency needs to reform itself and align … Read more
Washington: President Donald Trump’s interest in buying Greenland is “not a joke,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in an interview on Thursday, adding that acquiring Greenland was in U.S. national interest and needs to be solved. Trump has expressed interest in making Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, a part of the U.S. since … Read more
The US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has instructed the department staff to freeze all applications for passports with “X” sex markers, following a new executive order signed by President Donald Trump on his first day of office. According to The Guardian, Mr Rubio, in an internal cable sent Thursday, informed the staff of the … Read more
Washington: The United States, the world’s biggest donor, froze virtually all foreign aid on Friday, making exceptions only for emergency food, and military funding for Israel and Egypt. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sent an internal memo days after President Donald Trump took office vowing an “America First” policy of tightly restricting assistance overseas. “No … Read more
Washington: Following a recent executive order signed by President Donald Trump, passport applications with “X” sex markers and changes to gender identity on existing passports have been frozen, since the order states that the US recognises only two sexes: male and female. This move has been met with swift implementation by the US State Department, … Read more
Washington: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio would travel to Panama and several other countries in the region later next week, his spokesperson said on Thursday. “Secretary Rubio will travel to Panama, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic starting late next week,” State Department Spokeswoman Tammy Bruce said. Rubio, 53, was sworn … Read more