Washington:Outgoing US secretary of state Rex Tillerson did not mention President Donald Trump once in his farewell address to staff on Thursday -- but left Washington with a bitter parting shot. "This can be a very mean-spirited town," he told group of several hundred diplomats and civil servants ...

*WASHINGTON: Outgoing US secretary of state Rex Tillerson did not mention President Donald Trump once in his farewell address to staff on Thursday — but left Washington with a bitter parting shot.* “This can be a very mean-spirited town,” he told group of several hundred diplomats and civil ...

WASHINGTON:U.S. President Donald Trump has sacked Secretary of State Rex Tillerson today after a series of public rifts over issues including North Korea and Russia, replacing him with CIA Director Mike Pompeo. Pompeo is to be replaced at CIA by Gina Haspel, who was Pompeo's deputy at CIA. She ...

MOSCOW - Russia issued a mocking reaction to the surprise sacking of Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State, with a foreign ministry spokeswoman asking if the finger of blame was already being pointed at Moscow. "Have they started blaming Russia yet for the Washington staff changes?" foreign ...

WASHINGTON- Outgoing US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson did not speak to President Donald Trump before he was sacked Tuesday and has not been given a reason for his ouster, a top aide said. "The secretary did not speak to the president this morning and is unaware of the reason, but he is ...

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump has sacked Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and appointed CIA Chief Mike Pompeo as New Secretary of State. Reportedly Secretary of State has been sacked over differences with Trump on Iran nuclear deal. Trump is against the Iran nuclear deal while Rex ...

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump has sacked Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and appointed CIA Chief Mike Pompeo as New Secretary of State. Earlier the US state department has said it has been assured by the White House there are no plans to oust Rex Tillerson and replace him with the ...

LONDON - Leaked emails obtained by the BBC on Monday show that the UAE lobbied the US to sack Secretary of State Rex Tillerson for failing to side with the Emirates in its struggle against Qatar. The sender of the emails, Elliott Broidy, owns a private security company that has contracts with the ...

Washington:US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will travel to Africa next week, the State department said Thursday, in his first visit to the continent since President Donald Trump entered office. Tillerson will travel to "N'Djamena, Chad; Djibouti, Djibouti; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Nairobi, Kenya; ...

AMMAN: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Wednesday conceded that Iran-backed Hezbollah is part of the “political process” in Lebanon, appearing to soften Washington’s tone ahead of a visit to the country. “We support a free, democratic Lebanon free of influence of ...