U.S. spy agencies may already have access to what President Trump discussed during his private meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki last year, according to intelligence community sources. Published January 17, 2019
North Korea's top nuclear negotiator is slated to arrive in Washington Thursday for meetings with the Trump administration, according to diplomatic sources, who say U.S. officials are hoping for a breakthrough in the stalled denuclearization process and a possible second summit between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Published January 16, 2019
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sharply condemned Iran's firing of a satellite-carrying rocket into space Tuesday, claiming it was carried out in "flagrant" defiance of a United Nations Security Council resolution that calls on Iran to refrain from any activity relating to ballistic missiles. Published January 15, 2019
The State Department would neither confirm nor deny South Korean media reports Tuesday that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will hold high-level talks with his North Korean counterpart in Washington later this week. Published January 15, 2019
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo wrapped up an eight-nation Middle East tour Monday by defending Saudi Arabia as a key strategic partner in isolating Iran. Published January 14, 2019
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sought in Egypt Thursday to reassure Middle East allies of America's staying power as a "liberating force" in the region, while also calling on them to back President Trump's efforts to isolate Iran and to "shoulder new responsibilities for defeating Islamist extremism." Published January 10, 2019
South Korea's top diplomat in Washington believes President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will hold a second summit in 2019 and says progress on denuclearization can come despite a lack of momentum since the two first met in Singapore last June. Published January 9, 2019
The fate of Kurds whom the U.S. relied upon to battle the Islamic State continued to roil President Trump's hope for a Syria troop pullout Tuesday, with Turkey's leader rejecting outright Washington's demand that it hold back on attacking Kurdish forces after American forces depart. Published January 8, 2019
Chinese President Xi Jinping hosted North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Beijing Tuesday for a discussion on ways the two might better coordinate their strategies ahead of a possible second summit between Mr. Kim and President Trump. Published January 8, 2019
The Trump administration scrambled Monday to straighten out the messaging of its Middle East policy and assure allies of America's staying power amid confusion in the region over the scope and pace of the president's plan for withdrawing U.S. troops from Syria. Published January 7, 2019
American diplomats have quietly held multiple meetings with North Korean officials in Vietnam to discuss holding a second summit between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in the southeast Asian nation, a South Korean newspaper reported Monday. Published January 7, 2019
Turkish media claimed Friday that an American delegation including FBI officials was in the second day of meetings in Ankara to discuss Turkey's outrage over U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, whom Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accuses of masterminding a failed 2016 coup in the country. Published January 4, 2019
A former top CIA officer in Russia says the ex-U.S. Marine indicted on espionage charges by Moscow doesn't fit the profile of U.S. intelligence and may have been arrested as part of a Kremlin plot to muscle Washington into freeing a high-profile Russian spy held by the United States. Published January 4, 2019
Chinese President Xi Jinping stated outright on Wednesday that Beijing's goal is to absorb Taiwan and that China could use "force" to achieve the goal if necessary. Published January 2, 2019
President Trump's high-wire nuclear diplomacy with North Korea could collapse or achieve a major breakthrough. The same goes for contentious trade talks with China, Mr. Trump's withdrawal of troops from Syria and Afghanistan, an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal and the administration's nuclear brinkmanship with Iran. Published December 31, 2018
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will use a trip to South America next week to forge an alliance against rising Chinese influence in the region with incoming Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, a hardline conservative who's made headlines by accusing Beijing of trying to "buy" Brazil. Published December 28, 2018
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sought to put a positive face on the struggling denuclearization talks with North Korea Thursday -- even as Pyongyang escalated its aggressive rhetoric with a fresh demand that Washington remove a U.S. nuclear umbrella currently protecting South Korea and Japan. Published December 20, 2018
An abrupt U.S. withdrawal from Syria will have major spillover effects on a number of players in the conflict, including Iran, but the biggest short-term impact is likely to be felt by Syria's Kurdish minority, who have provided critical help in the fight against the Islamic State but rely on American protection for their survival in the war zone. Published December 19, 2018
The Trump administration is struggling to inject new momentum into the denuclearization talks with North Korea, amid signs the U.S.-South Korean alliance is facing new strains over Seoul's unwillingness to pay more for American troops stationed in the South. Published December 18, 2018
Saudi Arabia lashed out at Washington Monday, saying the kingdom "rejects any interference in its internal affairs," days after the U.S. Senate blamed the Saudi crown prince for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and demanded an end to U.S. support for the kingdom's military campaign in Yemen. Published December 17, 2018
