WASHINGTON: Democrats charged aggressively into an impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump on Friday, ordering Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to turn over Ukraine-related documents and scheduling testimony for witnesses to alleged abuse of power by the US leader. Three House committees gave Pompeo one week to produce the documents, saying multiple State Department officials […]
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US will enforce Iran sanctions: Pompeo
JEDDAH: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday said that sanctions on Iran have been effective and “we will enforce them” everywhere. Pompeo spoke at a regional youth leadership program in the Thai capital of Bangkok during a wider meeting of Southeast Asian nations with world powers.
China turns its anger on ‘Cold War warrior’ Pompeo
Beijing has found its villain in its multi-fronted conflict with the United States: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. The former CIA chief has been singled out for scorn, in Chinese state media and even at the foreign ministry, over his criticism of everything from Chinese tech giant Huawei to its record on human rights. During […]
US’s Pompeo to hold talks on Iran in Brussels en route to Russia
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will cancel the Moscow leg of his Russia trip, but will meet President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in the Black Sea resort of Sochi as planned on Tuesday, a State Department official said. Pompeo, who departed from Joint Base Andrews near Washington en route for Brussels, […]
EU supports Iran nuclear deal, may talk to US’s Pompeo: Mogherini
The European Union fully supports the international nuclear accord with Iran and wants rival powers to avoid any further escalation over the issue, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said on Monday. “We will continue to support it as much as we can with all our instruments and all our political will,” Mogherini told reporters […]
With ‘swagger,’ Pompeo navigates tightrope between Trump and world
Brusque and resolute in public, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has succeeded in a task of utmost delicacy — pleasing President Donald Trump, even while being forced to mollify America’s often perturbed allies. Pompeo took office on April 26 last year, immediately flying off to Europe and the Middle East as he vowed to […]
Pompeo expects North Korea diplomacy to be ‘bumpy’
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday he expected “bumpy” talks ahead with North Korea but that he still hoped to reach a potentially landmark denuclearization deal. US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un cut short a summit in February in Hanoi, with Pyongyang later blaming Pompeo for pushing a […]
North Korea demands Pompeo’s removal from US nuclear talks
North Korea on Thursday demanded the removal of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo from talks over its banned nuclear programme, hours after the isolated state claimed to have tested a new kind of weapon. Describing Pompeo as “reckless” and immature, the foreign ministry said it wanted him replaced by another interlocutor, a demand that […]
Libya in focus at G7 foreign ministers meeting, minus Pompeo
Foreign ministers from the G7 group of nations will discuss the threat of a resurgence in Libya’s civil war at a meeting in western France on Friday, as world powers scrambled to defuse a dangerous escalation in the oil producer’s power struggle. A military advance towards Tripoli and Libya’s U.N. backed government by eastern commander […]
NATO fetes 70 years, but Trump not partying
Seventy years after it was formed to counter the Soviet Union, Russia has returned to the top of the agenda for NATO. But the alliance faces another, more unlikely problem — criticism from the US president. The 29-nation North Atlantic Treaty Organization is celebrating its 70th anniversary with talks among foreign ministers Wednesday and Thursday […]