Fears of a military clash between the U.S. and Iran reached new heights Thursday as the Trump administration roundly blamed Tehran for fresh attacks on two oil tankers near the Strait of Hormuz that left a massive ship in flames, triggered a spike in global oil prices and set nerves on edge over the prospect of a military response from Washington. Published June 13, 2019
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Thursday afternoon that attacks earlier in the day on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman were carried out by Iranian forces. Published June 13, 2019
A group of South Korean businessmen who own factories inside a shuttered joint industrial complex between North and South Korea is pressing the Trump administration to allow the complex to reopen as a way to boost detente on the divided Korean Peninsula and spark movement in stalled denuclearization talks with Pyongyang. Published June 11, 2019
On the eve of the first anniversary of his precedent-shattering summit in Singapore with Kim Jong-un, President Trump heaped fresh praise on the North Korean leader Tuesday even as critics, including some conservatives, complained that Pyongyang had made no real progress on denuclearization over the past year despite Mr. Trump's intense personal diplomacy. Published June 11, 2019
North Korea has made no serious progress on denuclearization, according to conservative experts, who say the Trump administration should more aggressively enforce sanctions against Pyongyang ahead of Wednesday's one year anniversary of President Trump's Singapore summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Published June 11, 2019
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he's firmly convinced "the world will be successful" in overcoming any challenges caused by climate change, especially if America fosters a growing economy in which "structural innovators and creative people can go build out solutions" to problems that might be on the horizon. Published June 7, 2019
A push by leaders in Norway to facilitate talks toward a negotiated settlement of Venezuela's political standoff will have the Trump administration's support only if the talks are built from the premise that socialist Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro step down, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said. Published June 7, 2019
The U.S. is not pursuing a policy regime change in Iran, according to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who says the Trump administration is committed to a strategy of applying economic pressure to get the Islamic republic's existing leadership to "behave like a normal nation." Published June 7, 2019
Susan Pompeo has made it her mission to ease the difficult transition faced by rank-and-file American diplomats. Published June 6, 2019
President Trump is not trying to tear apart the European Union. He is also not bent on abandoning any of the big multinational institutions -- NATO, the United Nations, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the World Trade Organization and others -- that the U.S. built up after World War II. Published June 6, 2019
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday brushed aside North Korean demands that the Trump administration soften its nuclear negotiating posture, saying the Trump administration remains open to talks with Pyongyang, despite provocative rhetoric recently issued by the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's regime. Published June 4, 2019
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday downplayed the notion that the Afghan government is not being included in U.S.-led peace talks with the Taliban, despite reports that Afghan President Ashraf Ghani is frustrated about being left out of the direct dialogue between the Islamist insurgent group and American officials. Published June 4, 2019
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo leveled a new warning against Chinese economic expansion into Europe Monday, telling Dutch leaders that "China wants to be the dominant economic and military power in the world, spreading its authoritarian vision for society and its corrupt practices worldwide." Published June 3, 2019
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday defended the Trump administration's pending Israeli-Palestinian peace plan as beneficial to both sides, even as he stood by leaked comments that some in the region will see the plan as overly deferential to Israel. Published June 3, 2019
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the United States is willing to get direct talks going with Iran without any preconditions, but will continue to increase pressure on the Islamic republic unless it ends its "malign activity" around the world, including its support for Hezbollah. Published June 2, 2019
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made a quick side trip to Montreux, Switzerland, Saturday, for a visit to a meeting of the Bilderberg conference. Published June 1, 2019
Stark transatlantic disagreements over Iran and China loomed heavily over high-level meetings between U.S. and German officials here Friday, even as visiting Secretary of State Mike Pompeo insisted that the Trump administration views Germany as "a great, important partner and ally." Published May 31, 2019
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo would neither confirm nor deny reports Friday that the North Korean government had executed one of its top nuclear negotiators as punishment for the failed February summit with President Trump in Vietnam. Published May 31, 2019
Germany doesn't spend enough on defense. Germany is foolishly clinging to a bad nuclear deal with Iran. Germany is putting European energy security at risk by working with Russia on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. Published May 30, 2019
China conducted more ballistic missile tests than the rest of the world combined in 2018 and is on pace to double its nuclear arsenal over the coming decade, according to the head of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency, who also underscored new threats posed by Russia's expanding nuclear capabilities in rare public remarks Wednesday. Published May 29, 2019
