Matthew Lee

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In this May 21, 2014, photo, Russia's President Vladimir Putin, and China's President Xi Jinping, right, smile during signing ceremony in Shanghai, China. China signed a long-awaited, 30-year deal Wednesday to buy Russian natural gas worth some $400 billion in a financial and diplomatic boost to diplomatically isolated President Vladimir Putin. The Obama administration is playing down an increasingly warm relationship between its main global rivals, China and Russia, that it may have inadvertently encouraged.

Analysis: US plays down warming China-Russia ties

Matthew Lee · May 23, 2014 7:59 am

Secretary of State John Kerry addresses the Council of the Americas' 44th Conference of the Americas at the State Department in Washington, Wednesday, May 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Kerry to visit Mexico on Benghazi hearing day

Matthew Lee · May 7, 2014 4:09 pm

Secretary of State John Kerry and Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs & Security Policy for the European Union, leave a news conference at the State Department in Washington, Tuesday, May 6, 2014. Kerry announced sanctions on individuals involved in the conflict in South Sudan and spoke about Ukraine, Nigeria, Iran, and Syria. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

National Security

US denounces referendum plans in east Ukraine

Matthew Lee · May 7, 2014 7:01 am

Kerry says he will comply with Benghazi requests

Matthew Lee · May 6, 2014 7:12 pm

US upgrades status of Syrian opposition offices

Matthew Lee · May 5, 2014 7:23 pm

National Security

US: Al-Qaida affiliates surge, terrorism spikes

Matthew Lee · April 30, 2014 5:48 pm

Secretary of State John Kerry speaks to members of the media at the State Department in Washington, Tuesday, April 29, 2014, during his meeting with Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy. (AP Photo)

Kerry: US wants Egypt to succeed as a democracy

Matthew Lee · April 29, 2014 7:45 pm

Kerry backs off Israel ‘apartheid’ remark

Matthew Lee · April 29, 2014 1:09 pm

Kerry backs off Israel ‘apartheid’ comment

Matthew Lee · April 29, 2014 3:00 am

John Kerry: Internet access a ‘fundamental right’

Matthew Lee · April 28, 2014 4:23 pm

Kerry warns Russia of expensive new sanctions

Matthew Lee · April 24, 2014 10:43 pm

US decries anti-Semitic leaflets in Ukraine

Matthew Lee · April 17, 2014 7:25 pm