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Lesley Wroughton

ARTICLES BY LESLEY WROUGHTON

Iran's Revolutionary Guard troops march in a military parade. (AP )

US designates Iran's Revolutionary Guards a terrorist group

2 min read . 08 Apr 2019

Mike Pompeo will embark on talks with allies after returning from North Korea on Thursday. Photo: AP

Mike Pompeo to immediately pursue talks with allies on Iran, say US officials

3 min read . 10 May 2018

US secretary of state Rex Tillerson said he had not seen hard evidence that Russia knew ahead of time about the chemical weapons attack but he planned to urge Moscow to rethink its support for Assad in the 12 April talks. Photo: Reuters

Rex Tillerson faces tough talks in Moscow amid increased tensions between US, Russia

4 min read . 11 Apr 2017

The Islamic State has been losing ground in both Iraq and Syria, with three separate forces, backed by the US, Turkey and Russia, advancing on the group’s Syrian stronghold of Raqqa. Photo: Reuters

Trump administration hosting first meeting of coalition against ISIS

1 min read . 22 Mar 2017

Trump has pledged to pursue more pro-Israeli policies and move the US embassy from Tel Aviv, where it has been for 68 years, to Jerusalem, all but enshrining the city as Israel’s capital despite international objections. Photo: AP

At Paris meeting, major powers to warn Trump over Middle East peace

2 min read . 15 Jan 2017

External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj (L) and US secretary of state, John Kerry hold a joint press interaction after a meeting in New Delhi on 30 August 2016. Photo: AFP

Vital that Pakistan joins fight against terrorism: John Kerry

1 min read . 30 Aug 2016

A file photo of US commerce secretary Penny Pritzker. Photo: Bloomberg.

US says will look into India’s visa concerns

1 min read . 30 Aug 2016

US Secretary of State John Kerry talks to Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari. Photo: AP

Nigerian air force says top Boko Haram fighters killed, as John Kerry arrives

3 min read . 24 Aug 2016

The court ruled that while China has no historic rights to the area within its self-declared nine-dash line, Taiwan has no right to Itu Aba, also called Taiping, the largest island in the Spratlys. Photo: Reuters

US launches quiet diplomacy to ease South China Sea tensions

4 min read . 14 Jul 2016

File photo of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad. Photo: AFP

US slams Bashar al-Assad’s call for Aleppo victory, insists truce is open-ended

1 min read . 06 May 2016

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani. Photo: Reuters

Economic sanctions lifted as Iran, US agree on prisoner swap

4 min read . 18 Jan 2016

A file photo of Iran’s foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. Photo: AFP

Iran says international sanctions to be lifted on Saturday

4 min read . 16 Jan 2016

French foreign minister Laurent Fabius says high-stakes climate talks will not end on Friday as planned but will last at least until Saturday. Photo: AP

Global climate talks stumble near finish line; Obama and Xi talk

3 min read . 11 Dec 2015

John Kerry said that progress was also made on energy security and climate change. Photo: Bloomberg

US, India agree to jointly train peacekeepers in Africa

1 min read . 23 Sept 2015

Secretary of state John Kerry, and other dignitaries watch as US Marines raise the American flag over the newly reopened embassy in Havana, Cuba on 14 August 2015. Photo: AP

John Kerry presides over raising of flag at US embassy in Cuba

3 min read . 14 Aug 2015

A screen grab of US Department of State website

US says passport, visa systems hit by technical problems

1 min read . 13 Jun 2015

A file photo of US Secretary of State JohnKerry (left) and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif . Photo: AFP

Iran nuclear talks intensify as sides face tough issues

3 min read . 19 Mar 2015

US secretary of state John Kerry (left) with foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. Photo: AP

Closing in on nuclear deal, US demands ‘tough choices’ from Iran

5 min read . 17 Mar 2015

US secretary of state John Kerry speaks at a news conference during the Egypt Economic Development Conference in Sharm el-Sheikh on Saturday, 14 March, 2015. Photo: AP

US will have to negotiate with Syria’s Assad: John Kerry

2 min read . 15 Mar 2015

US Secretary of State John Kerry during a press conference at an economic conference, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on Saturday. Photo: Thomas Hartwell/AP

John Kerry says unclear whether interim Iran nuclear deal within reach

2 min read . 14 Mar 2015