Secretary of State Marco Rubio unveiled sanctions against the UN rapporteur on Palestinian rights just over a week after the US demanded she be fired for “virulent antisemitism and support for terrorism.

Amid escalating tensions over the conflict in Ukraine, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is scheduled to meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Malaysia during the Asean Foreign Ministers' Meeting.

The meeting is set to take place shortly after the U.S. resumed some shipments of defensive weapons to Kyiv following a pause that was cheered in Moscow.

An impersonator recently used AI to pose as Marco Rubio, the US Secretary of State, to send messages to five senior-level officials. Three of these have been identified as foreign ministers, while the remaining two were US officials, as per reports.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio slapped Treasury sanctions on United Nations Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese on Wednesday, saying her bid to drag American and Israeli officials before the International Criminal Court (ICC) crossed a red line.

The State Department confirmed sanctions were imposed on UN official Francesca Albanese over efforts targeting U.S. and Israeli officials through the ICC.

A person or people imitating the secretary of state used artificial intelligence to send text and voice messages to foreign diplomats and U.S. officials, the department said in a cable to employees.

An AI imposter is making calls to officials. Who is the AI imposter impersonating? United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio.