Mike Pompeo

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Crude mood: Oil prices soar as US set to sanction countries buying Iranian crude
The Trump administration is expected to announce on Monday that all countries will soon have to stop buying Iranian oil or be subject to US sanctions. Crude prices jumped to their highest level for 2019 so far.
Apr 22, 2019 10:01
Business News
Replace Pompeo with someone ‘more cautious & mature’ if you want to talk, N. Korea tells US
North Korea signaled that it would like to see US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo replaced by someone more careful and "mature” in talks with Pyongyang. If he engages in nuclear talks again, the “table will be lousy,” it warned.
Apr 18, 2019 08:40
World News
‘Pompeo lost his mind’: Chinese diplomat hits back at US attacks on Beijing’s investments in Chile
The Chinese ambassador to Santiago called US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo “a hypocrite” after he tried to dissuade the South American nation from dealing with Beijing, as the US and China remain locked in a trade war.
Apr 16, 2019 07:50
World News
Pompeo denies Netanyahu's promise to annex West Bank will hurt ‘peace plan’
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said he doesn’t think Benjamin Netanyahu's election vow to annex the West Bank will have a negative impact on a two-state peace plan, despite the removal of a large part of one state.
Apr 13, 2019 07:26
World News
Despair or distraction? Pompeo’s ‘push for peace’ in Libya does not pass smell test
The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo may have called for peace in Libya but his lack of credibility makes one suspect something else is going on.
Apr 12, 2019 17:59
‘No military solution!’ US demands immediate halt to Haftar’s march on NATO-ravaged capital of Libya
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has urged the forces of Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar to halt their advance on Tripoli ‘immediately,’ somewhat ironically saying there’s ‘no military solution’ to the conflict NATO helped to start.
Apr 8, 2019 02:10
World News