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Incoming Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was warmly greeted by State Department staffers on Thursday morning, his first day on the job.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Friday the threat of an attack by Pyongyang against Japan and South Korea is real and urged the U.N. Security Council to act “before North Korea does.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was on CBS’ ‘Face the Nation’ Sunday, and said he doesn’t believe there would be retaliation from Russia after the missile attack on Syria. He claimed it was a targeted strike as a result of the chemical weapons attack against civilians.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was on CBS’ ‘Face the Nation’ Sunday, said the Trump administration is hopeful to work with the Chinese to change conditions in the minds of the DPRK leadership in North Korea.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Thursday, Russia should reconsider their relationship with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad after a chemical weapons attack that killed scores of people.

The United States pressed China on Wednesday to exert more diplomatic and economic pressure to help rein in North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs during a round of high-level talks in Washington, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said.

The United States and Qatar signed an agreement on Tuesday on combatting terrorism and its financing during a visit to Doha by U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson spoke to media following a two hour meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin claiming both leaders agreed on a wide range of issues including the defeat of ISIS and working together in Syria.

Rex Tillerson says U.S., Russia, differ on how to deal with North Korea U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Friday, President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have differing views on how to deal with North Korea’s weapons program during talks in Germany, but that Washington will continue to press Moscow to...

Rex Tillerson said during a Senate hearing on Wednesday that he is not concerned by tweets shared by President-elect Donald Trump, and doesn’t believe it would effect his role as the country’s top diplomat.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Friday that an “inability to assimilate” newcomers in countries like the U.S. and Britain is a “significant challenge” in combating terrorism.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Friday urged Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states to ease their blockade against Qatar, saying it was causing unintended humanitarian consequences and affecting the U.S.-led fight against Islamic State.

Secretary Tillerson gaggled to the press Wednesday about President Trump’s progress thus far on his first overseas trip.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Wednesday he had a lengthy discussion with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Tillerson expressed the current state of U.S.-Russia relations is at a low point, but both parties agreed to improve communication.

The United States hopes Russia will abandon its support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad because actions such as last week’s chemical attack have stripped him of all legitimacy, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said during his G7 trip in Italy.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will be in Moscow today, ahead of a much-anticipated sit-down with Russia’s top diplomat, though not with Vladimir Putin himself. Before the visit, Tillerson held numerous talks with G-7 leaders to discuss the situation in Syria. Roxana Saberi has the latest from New York.

Sean Spicer said sending Secretary Rex Tillerson and Secretary John Kelly to Mexico City as one of their first foreign trips is a “symbolic of the meaningful relationship” the U.S. has with Mexico.

Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland is in Washington for a round of talks. She began the day at the U.S. State Department where she met with the new US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.

The White House said Tuesday U.S. President Donald Trump was “making a joke” when he challenged Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to an IQ test and said he has “100 per cent” confidence in Tillerson.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Sunday the United States could remain in the Paris climate accord “under the right conditions.