The secretary of state rejected convincing evidence documented in news reports and by disease modelers. “That question about people dying around the world is an unfair one.”

The United States said Wednesday it will refuse visas to foreign officials who block Americans' social media posts, as President Donald Trump's administration wages a new battle over free expression.

Secretary Marco Rubio is meeting with German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul on Wednesday morning at the Department of State.

Secretary of state Marco Rubio said he was acting against ‘flagrant censorship actions’ overseas against US tech firms.

Watch live as U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio meets with German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul at the State Department.

Marco Rubio refused to call Vladimir Putin a "war criminal," despite grilling former secretary of state Rex Tillerson over the same issue in 2017. At a House Committee on foreign affairs session on Wednesday, the current secretary of state dodged questions on Putin, though admitted there had been "war crimes" in the war.

There was shouting and gavel banging as Marco Rubio and his former Senate Democratic colleagues clashed over U.S. foreign aid.

German foreign minister Johann Wadephul said the country was backing U.S. President Donald Trump’s call to increase the defense spending target of NATO members.

Ukraine and Russia have agreed to swap 1,000 prisoners of war each after the first face-to-face talks in three years. The date for the transfer has been set, but is not being made