US Secretary of State Antony Blinken attends a signing ceremony with Singapore's Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Singapore on July 31, 2024. - The United States and Singapore signed an agreement July 31 to "deepen" cooperation on the peaceful use of nuclear energy as the city-state considers alternative power sources to cut carbon emissions. (Photo by Roslan RAHMAN / AFP)

By Agence France-Presse

July 31, 2024

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Singapore — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that a ceasefire in Gaza was "imperative" after the killing of Hamas's political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran.

Blinken refused to comment directly on the killing of Haniyeh but said at a forum in Singapore that reaching a ceasefire in Gaza "is the enduring imperative."

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