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Pompeo cancels EU trip amid apparent 'snub' by Luxembourg
Luxembourg declined to comment on the reason, but confirmed the planned trip had been cancelled.
US scraps longstanding restrictions on contact with Taiwan
“Today’s statement recognizes that the US-Taiwan relationship need not, and should not, be shackled by self-imposed restrictions of our permanent bureaucracy,” said Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
NATO meeting: US-Turkey row takes centre stage as FMs discuss China
Outgoing US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo locked horns with Turkish FM Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu as NATO foreign ministers met at a virtual conference.
Pompeo becomes first top US diplomat to visit an Israeli settlement
Pompeo later visited the Golan Heights, a strategic plateau Israel captured from Syria in the 1967 Mideast war and later annexed.
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Is the Three Seas Initiative an American-funded alternative to the EU?
Regional leaders are set to meet at a summit hosted by Estonia to discuss improvements to infrastructure and living standards among Eastern European EU members
Trump administration declares UN sanctions on Iran 'restored'
Mike Pompeo has said that UN sanctions on Iran are restored in a move that most other countries consider illegal.
US Secretary of State urges Venezuelan president to leave office
Mike Pompeo delivered his unequivocal message while visiting Suriname, Guyana, Brazil and Colombia.
US signs defence cooperation agreement to move troops to Poland
The US and Poland have "proudly executed" this defence agreement and it "paves the way" for an additional 1,000 troops on top of the 4,500 already present, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said.
WHO chief hits back at Pompeo's 'co-opted by China' claims
Dr Tedros said such allegations are "untrue and unacceptable" and warned against politicising the coronavirus pandemic.
Airlines urge joint US-EU COVID-19 testing programme for travellers
Airlines wrote a letter to US Vice President Mike Pence and EU home affairs commissioner Ylva Johansson requesting a joint testing programme.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in 'constructive' talks with Johnson
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in London to holds talks with UK prime minister, Boris Johnson.
Is it time to kick Huawei out of Europe?
Banned by America and now ditched by the UK, Chinese tech giant Huawei is under fire across the globe. How will the rest of Europe react?
Pompeo goes against US intelligence on virus being man-made
The US Secretary of State says he sees no reason why the intelligence services would get it wrong, yet maintained the 'man-made' assertion regarding COVID-19.
Euroviews. Hossein Dehghani: Should Iran make a direct plea for sanctions relief? ǀ View
Against the backdrop of overwhelming international calls for the easing of sanctions that have obstructed Iran’s humanitarian trade, some US officials have claimed that Iran never asked for sanctions relief. By this, they probably mean a direct plea to the US government to obtain the relief.
US and Taliban reach Afghanistan truce on sidelines of Munich summit
The truce came after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary Mark Esper met in Munich with Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani.
Pompeo visits Kazakhstan with warning over Chinese investment
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told senior Kazakh officials that Chinese investment comes with a cost to sovereignty.