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  US seeks broader strategic partnership with India across Indo-Pacific region: Rex Tillerson

  World | October 23, 2017 23:30 IST

  Rex Tillerson said that he had not yet spoken to leaders in Islamabad about his speech on India, but would talk about on Tuesday when he visits Pakistan.

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  Rex Tillerson pays unannounced visit to Kabul, meets President Ashraf Ghani

  World | October 23, 2017 23:16 IST

  Tillerson, who was in Kabul for just over two hours, met President Ashraf Ghani, CEO Abdullah Abdullah and National Security Advisor Hanif Atmar. He then departed for Doha.

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  Islamabad worried over ‘threatening’ Indo-US alliance: Pakistani official

  World | October 21, 2017 19:09 IST

  "The improvement in Pak-US ties is not as significant as the closeness of Washington and New Delhi. It is a threatening alliance,” the Pakistani official said.

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  India welcomes Rex Tillerson's remarks on future of Indo-US relations

  World | October 20, 2017 15:09 IST

  "Secretary Tillerson has made a significant policy statement on India-US relations and its future," MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said.

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  'Rex Tillerson's speech set tone of India-US ties for 100 years'

  World | October 19, 2017 14:33 IST

  US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's speech comes ahead of his India visit next week.

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  Defence proposals put forward by US to India 'potential game changers': Rex Tillerson

  World | October 18, 2017 23:58 IST

  The proposals forward by the US include sale of Guardian UAVs, aircraft carrier technologies, the future vertical-lift programme, and F-18 and F-16 fighter aircraft.

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  US expects Pakistan to take decisive action against terrorists: Rex Tillerson

  World | October 18, 2017 20:25 IST

  in an apparent dig at Pakistan, Tillerson also said that states that use terror as an instrument of policy will only see their international reputation and standing diminish.

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  Ahead of Trump’s Asia visit, US Secretary to deliver major India policy speech on Wednesday

  World | October 18, 2017 7:44 IST

  Rex Tillerson remarks assume significance as it comes close on the heels of President Donald Trump’s proposed Asia visit in November which will take him to Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam and the Philippines.

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  Donald Trump won’t walk away from Iran deal, says Rex Tillerson

  World | October 13, 2017 21:35 IST

  Under the current law, Trump faces a Sunday deadline to notify Congress whether Iran is complying with the accord that was negotiated over 18 months by the Obama administration.

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  Donald Trump suggests he’s smarter than Secretary Rex Tillerson

  World | October 10, 2017 20:56 IST

  Donald Trump’s tense relationship with Rex Tillerson burst into public view last week when a news story claimed Mike Pence had to talk Tillerson out of resigning this summer, and that Tillerson had called Trump a moron.

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  Rex Tillerson denies resignation reports, reaffirms commitment to Donald Trump

  World | October 05, 2017 12:17 IST

  Tillerson also denied reports that Vice President Mike Pence had to urge him to stay in the job and sidestepped questions about whether he called Trump a "moron".

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  I never considered leaving post of top diplomat, says Secretary Rex Tillerson

  World | October 04, 2017 23:18 IST

  Tillerson, however, didn’t deny a story that he had called the president a “moron” after a contentious July 20 meeting at the Pentagon.

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  US has direct channels to talk to North Korea, says Secretary of State Rex Tillerson

  World | October 01, 2017 12:22 IST

  Tillerson said the US was probing North Korea's willingness to talk, and called for a calming of the situation on the Korean Peninsula, adding it was incumbent on the North to halt the missile launches

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  Trump's visit to China 'most important bilateral event': Xi Jinping

  World | September 30, 2017 22:47 IST

  Xi met US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson here, amid mounting pressure from Trump on Beijing to rein in its close ally Pyongyang.

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  Rex Tillerson meets Chinese President Xi Jinping, discusses North Korea, Trump visit

  World | September 30, 2017 17:15 IST

  Rex Tillerson met Xi Jinping and other officials on issues including trade, North Korea and preparations for an anticipated visit by President Donald Trump to China in November.

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  In trilateral meet, India-US-Japan discuss China’s aggressive policies, North Korea crisis

  World | September 19, 2017 10:53 IST

  India, Japan and the US sought to expand their Indo-Pacific partnership by exchanging views on maritime security, connectivity and proliferation issues.

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  Sushma Swaraj in New York to attend UNGA session, India-Japan-US trilateral meet today

  World | September 18, 2017 12:14 IST

  External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj arrived in New York on Monday to represent India at the 72nd annual UNGA session with a packed schedule of super diplomacy among an array of world leaders

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  India emerging as important partner for US, Pakistan could lose ‘Major Non-NATO Ally Status’: Rex Tillerson

  World | August 23, 2017 8:53 IST

  Tillerson’s remarks came after President Donald Trump unveiled the US strategy in Afghanistan which included expanded authorities to target terrorists.

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  US, Japan vow to boost defence cooperation with India

  World | August 18, 2017 11:11 IST

  “We will cooperate to advance trilateral and multilateral security and defence cooperation with other partners in the region, notably the Republic of Korea, Australia and India," Rex Tillerson said.

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  US State Department’s religious freedom report highlights cow protection violence in India

  World | August 16, 2017 8:13 IST

  The report released by Rex Tillerson also mentioned instances of attacks on people suspected of making what were claimed to be derogatory remarks against Islam.