Tag: Mike Pompeo

Pompeo over the weekend urged the United Nations Security Council to extend the international arms embargo on Iran, set to expire in October.

The US is asking Chinese Communist Party officials for access to the Wuhan Institute of Virology lab to determine if the novel coronavirus originated there.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo did not rule out the possibility of a coronavirus leak from a virology lab in Wuhan, China, in a radio interview on Tuesday.

The Chinese Communist Party is wilfully denying world vital information it needs to stem coronavirus pandemic, Mike Pompeo charged on Tuesday night.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo lashed out Monday at Iran, accusing the country of spreading dangerous rumors about COVID-19

"This is a truly breathtaking action by an unaccountable political institution masquerading as a legal body," Pompeo said of ICC at a news conference.

The US signed a historic peace treaty with the Taliban Saturday, aimed at ending the 18-year war in Afghanistan that began after 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Pompeo slams UN Human Rights council Thursday for releasing list of companies operating in Israeli settlements; Pompeo said he is "outraged" by the decision

The President released a statement Friday announcing he has issued an executive order to impose new sanctions on the Iran regime. Sanction the President says will have "will have a major impact on the Iranian economy."

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Fox News’s Sean Hannity on Friday that Iranian terrorist leader Qasem Soleimani was planning an “eminent” attack – dubbed by the Iranians as “The Big Attack” – that could have killed “hundreds of Americans”

PM lauds raid in phone call with Pompeo; Tehran denounces move, while Moscow urges restraint from both sides; Kataeb Hezbollah vows revenge

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement on Saturday that the United States did not believe Palestinians qualified as a sovereign state, meaning that the recent ICC decision to open an investigation into alleged Israeli war crimes against them is unfounded.

US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman said that he supports Pompeo's letter, adding that the US has restored its historic and appropriate role in mediating the conflict.

The United States is issuing new sanctions on Iran after evidence has surfaced of weapon smuggling; Reports indicate that these entities helped Tehran in their missile production; Pompeo: This decision will put the world on notice those who engage in illicit transactions with these companies will risk exposure to sanctions for themselves.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made progress on a defense pact between their countries in their meeting in Lisbon this week, Netanyahu said on Thursday.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met Wednesday with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Lisbon. At the start of the meeting, Netanyahu told Pompeo, "The first subject that I will raise is Iran. The second subject is Iran, and so is the third. And many more."

United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urges Arab countries to end their boycotts of Israel; Calls for an open dialogue between Arab countries and Israel; Pompeo: Arab thinkers who risk their lives to bravely advocate a regional vision of peace and coexistence shouldn’t face retribution.

106 congressional Democrats, including 12 committee chairs, condemn State Dept. declaration that Israeli settlements are legal.

European members of the UN Security Council made remarks directed at the US decision to no longer consider Israeli settlements illegal, without specifically naming the United States.

The U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem issued a travel warning for visiting Americans in the aftermath of the U.S. announcement that the government does not consider the establishment of Israeli civilian settlements in the West Bank as illegal.

In a historic reversal of US policy, the Trump administration announced on Monday that it does not view Israeli settlements in the West Bank as illegal.

Iran is behind the latest round of Israeli-Gaza violence, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tweeted on Saturday, as the fragile ceasefire understanding held for its third day in spite of sporadic rocket fire.

US State Secretary Mike Pompeo slammed Iraq over the death toll in the security crackdown on the protests, with official count halted after it hit 300 killed.

“The world must work together against this threat and this vicious attack against religious freedom, and in particular the religious freedom of the Jewish people.”

Secretary of State defends ceasefire deal with Turkey. Says it will save lives. US will work to stop Iranian arm transfers.

The US pullout of its troops from northeast Syria has not endangered Israel, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said amid reports that he was heading to Jerusalem to meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, after visiting Ankara on Thursday.