Marco Rubio

Marco Rubio is a US lawmaker who served as a Republican senator for the state of Florida. In 2025, US President Donald Trump appointed Rubio as secretary of state.

Rubio imposes sanctions on UN's Albanese over 'political, economic warfare' against Israel, US

"A clear message. Time for the UN to pay attention!" Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar wrote in response.

 UN Special Rapporteur for the Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese gives a press conference at the UN City in Copenhagen, Denmark February 5, 2025.
 US Secretary of State Marco Rubio reacts as he testifies at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on US President Donald Trump's State Department budget request for the Department of State, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, May 20, 2025.

Rubio impersonator uses AI to contact US gov't officials, attempts to steal information

 U.S. President Donald Trump holds a bilateral dinner with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 7, 2025.

Netanyahu nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize, says Middle East peace possible

 US President Donald Trump meets with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in this handout released on May 14, 2025.

Trump executive order terminates Syrian Sanctions Program, national emergency


'We've waited long enough,' hostage families meet with Secretary of State Rubio in Washington

During the meeting Rubio stressed that true victory in Gaza will only be realized when all the hostages return home.

 Family members of hostages held in Gaza met with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday, 26 June, 2025.

US strikes caused significant damage to nuclear sites, Iran admits

"Our nuclear installations have been badly damaged, that’s for sure," Baghaei said, according to the report.

 Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman, Esmail Baghaei, said US strikes on Sunday had caused significant damage to nuclear facilities.

Iran 'much further away' from building nuclear weapon after US strike, Rubio tells Politico

Rubio's comments come after Reuters and others reported Tuesday that those US strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities set back Tehran's program by only a matter of months.

 US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to the media during a refueling stop at Shannon Airport in Shannon, Ireland, March 12, 2025, as he travels from talks with Ukraine in Saudi Arabia to attending a G7 Foreign Ministers meeting in Canada.

Iran spoke to US envoy Steve Witkoff in bid to end crisis with Israel, diplomats say

US President Donald Trump wants Tehran to end uranium enrichment on its soil, while Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said Tehran's right to enrichment is non-negotiable.

 US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff speaks at the White House in Washington, D.C., US, May 28, 2025

Trump wants Iran to 'give up entirely' on nuclear weapons, seeking 'real end' rather than ceasefire

Trump believes that Israel will not slow down on its military campaign against Iran, noting, "you're going to find out over the next two days...Nothing's slowed up so far."

 US President Donald Trump gestures as he attends a family photo session during the G7 Summit, in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada, June 16, 2025.

Israel trying to persuade US to join in continuing strikes on Iran, sources tell 'Post' - exclusive

The strikes were in 'full coordination" with the US, as Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced shortly after the strikes began, but conducted without US assets or support.

 A joint exercise between the IAF and US Air Force

Trump: Iranian hardliners who rejected nuclear deal are now all dead

Trump further called on Iran to reach a deal, as "there is still time to make this slaughter and the next come to an end... Iran must make a deal, before there is nothing left."

 Donald Trump seen with a model of an Iranian missile (illustrative)

Global sanctions against Israel ministers show dangerous hypocrisy - editorial

As US Secretary of State Marco Rubio put it, the sanctions “do nothing to promote a ceasefire in Gaza, bring the hostages home, or end the war.”

(L-R) Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir

US pushes Mexico to prosecute politicians with ties to drug cartels

The requests seek to push President Claudia Sheinbaum's government to investigate current elected officials and launch an unprecedented crackdown on narco corruption.

Demonstrators seen during a protest against federal immigration sweeps in downtown Los Angeles, California, US, June 8, 2025

US Secretary of State Rubio presses to open sanctions investigation into Harvard, NYT reports

Rubio is pushing to investigate if Harvard violated sanctions by collaborating on a health insurance conference in China that may have included officials blacklisted by the US, the report said.

 People leave a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's administration and against student visas being revoked, at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., April 17, 2025.

Knesset dispersal vote may be postponed, At least five killed in Hamas attack on GHF bus

Two hostages' bodies recovered from Gaza • Gov't to vote on Knesset dispersal • US, Iran not likely to hold sixth round of nuclear talks

US President Donald Trump seen over an illustrative image of American-Iranian ties. (illustrative)