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June 24, 2020

Pompeo increases bounty on new, shadowy ISIS leader to $10M as rumors of his death in Syria swirl

Almost nine months after the death of Islamic State (ISIS)聽leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi by U.S. Special Forces, it was rumored聽Tuesday morning that his successor --聽the shadowy Abu Ibrahim al-Quraishi -- had also been taken out,聽this time in an American-led drone strike in the northern pocket of war-torn Syria at some point earlier this week.

June 22, 2020

Pompeo blasts Bolton over 'sad and dangerous' book, says ex-adviser 'not dissimilar' to Edward Snowden

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claimed on聽"Hannity" Monday that former National Security Adviser John Bolton was left out of meetings "because he was leaking or he would twist things or he'd lie."

June 22, 2020

House Dems schedule depositions with top Pompeo aides in probe of State Department inspector general's firing

Reps. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., and Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D- N.Y., scheduled depositions with top aides to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to probe the firing of State Department inspector general, Steve Linick.聽

June 22, 2020

State Department designates 4 more Chinese news outlets as propaganda

The State Department designated four more Chinese news outlets as propaganda on Monday--聽 China Central Television, China News Service, People鈥檚 Daily and Global Times-- bringing the total to nine.聽

June 17, 2020

Pompeo meets Chinese counterpart in Hawaii to talk trade, Hong Kong, human rights

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday met with his Chinese counterpart in Hawaii as the relationship between the two nations dipped to its lowest level in a decade over everything from Beijing's handling of the coronavirus pandemic to Hong Kong's autonomy.聽

June 17, 2020

Trump administration hits Assad regime with new economic and travel sanctions

The Trump administration聽on Wednesday announced new聽sanctions against the regime of Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad for human rights abuses in the country鈥檚 bloody nine-year civil conflict.

June 15, 2020

Why US is trying to curtail ICC investigation over 'war crimes' in Afghanistan

The U.S. government made it clear in March that it would not cooperate with an International Criminal Court (ICC) investigation into alleged war crimes committed by U.S. military and intelligence personnel in Afghanistan, and late last week, the Trump administration doubled-down on its stance by issuing an executive order that paves the way for ICC employees and their families to be barred from entry to the United States, and slapped with economic sanctions.

June 15, 2020

Black Lives Matter banner hung at US Embassy in South Korea ordered down

A massive "Black Lives Matter" banner that had been draped聽on the outside of the U.S. embassy in South Korea since Saturday was removed Monday after President Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo purportedly complained about it, multiple news outlets reported.聽

June 15, 2020

Pompeo decries Russian conviction of American on espionage charges, demands release

Both Whelan and his family have said that he is innocent, and was only in Russia at the time of his arrest to attend the wedding of a friend from his time in the Marines.

June 12, 2020

Pompeo tears into Engel in escalation of battle over IG firing

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo聽tore into House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., over the committee's investigation into the firing of former State Department Inspector General Steve Linick -- while offering聽a high-ranking department聽official聽to testify in his defense on the matter.聽