The US State Department has added five more Russians to the Magnitsky list which prohibits them from the entering the US as punishment for human rights violations in Russia.
House Speaker John Boehner had said in a statement on Friday that he plans to introduce a proposal to create a select committee dedicated to investigate the Benghazi attacks, of which New York Daily News believed will go through in a Republican-led Congress.
The Obama administration is preparing $1 billion aid package in loan guarantees to the interim Ukrainian government following heightened tensions with Russia, after President Vladimir Putin ordered troops to invade the Crimean peninsula over the weekend.
Kerry underscored that Chinese leaders must put added pressure on their ally North Korea in an effort to end its nuclear weapons program. After meeting with President Xi Jinping in Beijings's Great Hall of the People, Kerry also met with China's senior leaders, including Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
