The European Union’s top diplomat said Tuesday that since the United States has already withdrawn from an international agreement curbing Iran’s nuclear ambitions, it can’t now use its former membership of the pact to try to impose a permanent arms embargo on the Islamic Republic.
Wednesday, 10 June , 2020Whatever the economic benefits to be reaped from closer ties to China, the military and strategic alliance with the US is of paramount importance to Israel’s security.
Tuesday, 12 May , 2020Mike Pompeo is attempting to pressure the UN to extend an arms embargo on Iran or reimpose much more crippling sanctions on the country.
Sunday, 10 May , 2020A nationalist tabloid controlled by the Chinese Communist Party has dismissed claims by the Trump administration that the novel coronavirus originated from a laboratory in Wuhan.
Tuesday, 5 May , 2020The Trump administration is slashing $1 billion in assistance to Afghanistan and threatening further reductions if the country failed to agree on forming a new government.
Tuesday, 24 March , 2020The United States killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani has changed the rules of engagement between Iran and the US, Iranian analysts say.
Saturday, 4 January , 2020US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday that negotiations with North Korea were going too slowly after Pyongyang fired two more short-range projectiles.
Sunday, 3 November , 2019The United States on Thursday added Saudi Arabia and Cuba to its list of worst offenders on human trafficking, a designation that could make them “subject to certain restrictions on assistance.”
Saturday, 22 June , 2019The United States is prepared to engage with Iran without pre-conditions about its nuclear program but needs to see the country behaving like “a normal nation”, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday.Iran dismissed the offer as “word-play”.
Monday, 3 June , 2019Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is off to Europe on Thursday to seek support and a potential diplomatic climb-down to ease rising tensions between the U.S. and Iran.
Saturday, 1 June , 2019U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made an unannounced visit to Baghdad on Tuesday and met with the Iraqi prime minister after telling reporters the United States was concerned about Iraqi sovereignty because of increasing Iranian activity.
Wednesday, 8 May , 2019Mike Pompeo is returning to the Middle East to again push for action against Iran, his chief foreign policy foe. But the message of this trip, his second to the region this year, will find three very different audiences, likely with varying degrees of acceptance.
Tuesday, 19 March , 2019Lawrence Wilkerson, one of former US Secretary of State chief members lambasted US broad support of UAE and Saudi Arabia and condemned Mike Pompeo of endangering US National Security.
Wednesday, 13 March , 2019US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to eight Middle East capitals next week for talks on security expected to focus on Yemen, Syria and Iran, the State Department announced Friday.
Sunday, 6 January , 2019The US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, has said China should free two Canadian citizens who were detained this week following the arrest in Canada of a senior Huawei executive on a US extradition warrant.
Saturday, 15 December , 2018Pakistan on Wednesday condemned a US decision to add it to a list of nations that infringe on religious freedom, calling the move “unilateral and politically motivated.”
Wednesday, 12 December , 2018U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis discussed peace process as he met with Afghan leaders during a surprise visit to Kabul on Friday.
Saturday, 8 September , 2018