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
North Korea's latest threat to engage in "fiercer" provocations if Washington doesn't soften its denuclearization demands is the latest example of Pyongyang using a summit of U.S. and Japanese leaders to amplify its demands. Published May 24, 2019
A high-level Turkish delegation visiting Washington said Wednesday that Ankara will receive the advanced Russian-made S-400 missile defense system by July, despite Trump administration threats to sanction Ankara amid fears it is shifting increasingly into Moscow's orbit. Published May 22, 2019
Imagine driving from Tokyo all the way to Paris. It sounds crazy, but that's just what some of the world's top international investors say could one day become reality -- if the North Korean nuclear crisis ever gets resolved. Published May 21, 2019
A group of 62 predominantly left-leaning organizations sent an open letter to Capitol Hill Tuesday calling on lawmakers to push through legislation that would block President Trump from authorizing military action against Iran without explicit new approval from Congress. Published May 21, 2019
More than 200 Chinese companies and dozens from Russia, Pakistan, Poland and other nations are participating in a major trade fair in Pyongyang, despite U.S. and U.N. sanctions aimed at blocking foreign investment across much of North Korea's economy. Published May 21, 2019
President Trump defended his aggressive Iran policy Wednesday, claiming his expanding pressure campaign will force Tehran into direct talks, even as critics and supporters alike on Capitol Hill demanded explanations and American allies overseas expressed concerns about another war in the Middle East. Published May 15, 2019
The current ramping up of U.S. military posturing against Iran was triggered by U.S. intelligence that showed Tehran-backed militias in Iraq moving rockets to locations that could hit bases where American troops are positioned in the nation, according to sources familiar with the intelligence. Published May 15, 2019
A drone strike on Saudi oil assets by Iran-backed Yemeni rebels escalated tension between Tehran and Riyadh and triggered fresh unease in Washington on Tuesday, even as President Trump denied a report that he was weighing plans to send 120,000 U.S. troops to the region if Iran continues its provocations. Published May 14, 2019
Russian President Vladimir Putin says he believes U.S. special counsel Robert Mueller conducted an "objective" probe into whether there was collusion between Russia and President Trump's 2016 campaign, and that ties might improve between Moscow and Washington now that the investigation has concluded. Published May 14, 2019
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made an unexpected detour Monday to Brussels to try to sway European leaders skeptical of the administration's growing brinkmanship with Iran -- just as reports emerged that U.S. allies in the Middle East had four of their oil tankers sabotaged in attacks likely to be pinned on Tehran. Published May 13, 2019
