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The latest news on Marco Rubio, American politician and 72nd United States Secretary of State, including US politics news and updates.

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28 May 1971

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US Secretary of State

An Indian border guard stands guard near the India-Pakistan border. Photo: AFP

India-Pakistan tensions

Pakistan denies India’s ceasefire violation accusations

The ceasefire, announced on Saturday, followed four days of intense fighting between the nuclear-armed neighbours.

12 May 2025 - 6:04PMvideocam

Israel-Gaza war

Hamas says will free Israeli-American hostage held in Gaza

12 May 2025 - 10:44AM

China-India relations

China’s call for peace comes hours before India, Pakistan agree to ceasefire

10 May 2025 - 10:25PMvideocam

Middle East

Iranian nuclear enrichment ‘red line’ for US ahead of new talks

Trump has voiced hope for reaching a deal with Tehran to avert an Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear programme that could ignite a wider war.

10 May 2025 - 8:28PM

US President Donald Trump congratulates his Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff during Witkoff’s swearing-in ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Tuesday. Photo: EPA-EFE

United States

Opinion | Trumpism is waning but leaders still need to address voter frustrations

In recent elections across three continents, Trumpism mainly backfired – but democracies still need to understand why it resonates.

9 May 2025 - 8:30PMvideocam

India-Pakistan tensions

US ‘can’t control’ India-Pakistan war, it’s ‘none of our business’: Vance

The US vice-president urged both sides to show restraint, hoping the fighting does not spiral into a ‘nuclear conflict’.

9 May 2025 - 10:29AMvideocam

China-India relations

China ‘will back’ Pakistan, ‘expects’ US to support India amid rising tensions

While the two powers are unlikely to get directly involved, each one has deepening ties on either side of the conflict.

8 May 2025 - 5:59PMvideocam

Protesters in Peshawar shout anti-India slogans after the missile strikes on Pakistan, which followed a terrorist attack in Indian-controlled Kashmir. Photo: EPA

Americas and the Caribbean

Venezuela denies opposition members left country in rescue operation

Venezuela’s interior minister says exit of opposition staffers from embassy was negotiated.

8 May 2025 - 12:51PM

United States

US judge temporarily blocks deportation of Asian migrants to Libya

Sending deportees to Libya would mark a major escalation in the Trump administration’s efforts to offload unwanted migrants.

8 May 2025 - 10:41AM

India

‘It’s terrible’: as India and Pakistan clash, Trump adopts cautious diplomacy

Trump aims to balance US influence while prioritising de-escalation between the nuclear-armed neighbours.

8 May 2025 - 10:29AMvideocam

A mosque in Muzaffarabad, Pakistan-administered Kashmir, was hit by an Indian strike on May 7. Photo: Reuters

Americas and the Caribbean

Venezuela opposition members who hid in embassy flee Caracas with US help

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says group now in the US after a ‘rescue’ operation.

7 May 2025 - 3:25PM

Police at a roadblock on a street leading to Argentina’s embassy in Caracas, Venezuela. Photo: AP

US Politics

Meet US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s siblings Mario, Barbara and Veronica

Marco Rubio’s brother Mario Rubio is an army veteran who also worked in government, while their sister Barbara’s husband worked for zookeeper Mario Tabraue and served 12 years in jail.

7 May 2025 - 5:00AMvideocam

Donald Trump

From Trump’s rival to one of his top aides, the surprising rise of Rubio

Rubio is the first person since Kissinger in the 1970s to hold the positions of secretary of state and national security adviser simultaneously.

4 May 2025 - 11:55AMvideocam

Donald Trump

‘Clowning around’: Trump rebuked for posting AI image of himself as pope

The image, shared during the official mourning period for Pope Francis, was described as shameful and offensive in Italy and the US.

4 May 2025 - 2:10AMvideocam

The image was shared on US President Donald Trump’s Truth Social site on Friday and later reposted by the White House on an official social media account. Image: Truth Social/realDonaldTrump

US-China trade war

For US-China trade stand-off to ease, negotiators must be agreed upon: analysts

As Washington is said to favour Trump dealing directly with Xi and Beijing rejects the idea as too risky, possible envoys are being explored.

3 May 2025 - 7:02AMvideocam

Advisers to Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump seek to break an impasse in bilateral trade issues. Photo: AFP

United States

Palestinian student released after being arrested at US citizenship interview

Mohsen Mahdawi is out on bail as he challenges the Trump administration’s efforts to deport him for taking part in Gaza protests.

1 May 2025 - 4:39AM

Donald Trump

Trump says US ships should travel through Panama and Suez canals for free

The US president says he has asked US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to ‘immediately take care of’ the matter.

27 Apr 2025 - 6:46AMvideocam

US-China relations

Unpredictable Trump leaves China struggling to respond to US foreign policy

American leader’s erratic approach to Ukraine and Middle East means challenges for stability-fixated Beijing amid its shifting Moscow ties.

25 Apr 2025 - 1:06AMvideocam

Ukraine war

Zelensky cuts South Africa trip short after deadly Russian missile strikes

The aerial attacks raise ceasefire doubts amid the ongoing conflict, despite US president Trump saying a peace deal was “very close”.

24 Apr 2025 - 8:52PMvideocam

China-Asean relations

China calls on Indonesia to jointly oppose protectionism as US trade war deepens

Call from China’s top diplomat Wang Yi follows first ‘2+2’ talks between the two countries’ foreign and defence ministers.

22 Apr 2025 - 5:31PM

Donald Trump

US lawsuit challenges revocation of visas for international students

The suit represents over 100 students from China, India and elsewhere, after many lost their legal status in a Trump administration crackdown.

19 Apr 2025 - 3:28PMvideocam

Demonstrators hold a “Hands off higher education” sign at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Thursday. Photo: AFP

Ukraine war

Trump says US will ‘take a pass’ if no Ukraine deal progress

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio earlier said that Washington would ‘move on’ if a truce with Russia did not seem ‘doable’ within days.

19 Apr 2025 - 2:14AMvideocam

Donald Trump

El Salvador’s Bukele says he will not return wrongly deported migrant to US

Trump administration has been ordered by a court to facilitate return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia after he was deported without due process.

15 Apr 2025 - 9:27AM

United States

US deports another 10 gang members to El Salvador, Marco Rubio says

US secretary of state hailed alliance between Trump and El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele a day before Bukele’s White House visit.

14 Apr 2025 - 9:01AM

US Politics

Who are US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s parents, Mario and Oriales Rubio?

Marco Rubio has been criticised for saying his parents fled Cuba when Fidel Castro came to power, even though they were granted permanent residency in the US several years before.

10 Apr 2025 - 7:00PM

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the State Department in Washington in January. Photo: Reuters

United States

US-Russian citizen released in Moscow-Washington prisoner swap

Ksenia Karelina was convicted of treason on charges stemming from a donation of about US$52 to a charity aiding Ukraine.

10 Apr 2025 - 7:19PMvideocam

Russian-American dual citizen Ksenia Karelina attends a court hearing in Russia on august 15, 2024 after she was accused of treason for making a donation to a charity supporting Ukraine. Photo: Reuters

Africa

US revokes all South Sudan visas after it refuses to take back its citizens

The African nation is on the brink of return to civil war after its First Vice-President Riek Machar was placed under house arrest last week.

6 Apr 2025 - 7:34AM

Donald Trump

Trump losing patience with Putin, US’ Marco Rubio tells Nato

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Trump probably wouldn’t accept the Russian president’s delaying tactics much longer.

4 Apr 2025 - 10:09PMvideocam

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