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U.S. gives exemptions to sanctions on Iran Revolutionary Guard
The Trump administration on Wednesday granted important exemptions to new sanctions on Iran's Revolutionary Guard, watering down the effects of the measures while also eliminating an aspect that would have complicated U.S. foreign policy efforts. Foreign governments and businesses that have dealings with the Revolutionary ...
North Korean leader's right-hand man and top nuclear negotiator removed from key post, report says
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's right-hand man and one of the top officials involved in nuclear talks with the United States, Kim Yong Chol, has been replaced as chief of a key espionage agency handling inter-Korean affairs, a report said Wednesday. Kim Yong Chol, ...
U.S. warns terrorists continue to plot Sri Lanka attacks and revises travel advisory
The U.S. State Department has warned of possible terrorist attacks in a revised travel advisory for Sri Lanka, after a series of deadly blasts killed nearly 300 people — including Americans — in the island nation on Easter Sunday. Sunday's attacks saw suicide bombers target ...
Top U.S. diplomat Mike Pompeo says he's still in charge of North Korea talks
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday he remained in charge of negotiating with North Korea despite the regime's demands to exclude him, as he voiced guarded hope with Japan on securing a deal. Pompeo led four-way talks in Washington of the U.S. and ...
Iran's parliament labels U.S. troops in Mideast as terrorist
Iran's lawmakers on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a bill labeling U.S. forces in the Middle East as terrorist, a day after the U.S. terrorism designation for Iran's Revolutionary Guard formally took effect, state TV reported. Defense Minister Gen. Amir Hatami introduced the bill authorizing the government ...
Mike Pompeo visits Colombia-Venezuela border and hears critic after praising Peru refugee policy
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ended a visit to Peru on Sunday and traveled to the Colombian border city of Cucuta, crossed through by thousands of Venezuelans fleeing crisis under President Nicolas Maduro. After attending a Sunday service in the Peruvian capital Lima, the ...
China's financing of Nicolas Maduro prolonging Venezuela crisis, top U.S. diplomat says
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday that China's financing of President Nicolas Maduro's government is prolonging the crisis in Venezuela. Pompeo kicked off a four-country tour of Latin America in Chile, where he met with President Sebastian Pinera to discuss the U.S.-China trade ...
Mike Pompeo wants China to join Russia in START nuclear treaty
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday that China should join in the next START treaty on curbing nuclear warheads as Washington prepares for talks on an extension with Russia. The New START treaty, which caps the number of nuclear warheads well below Cold ...
France begins debating digital tax for tech giants, defying U.S. ire
French lawmakers on Monday began debating a new tax on digital giants such as Facebook and Apple that has angered the United States, with Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire boasting that France was proud to be in the vanguard of such a move. The United ...
U.S. declares Iran's Revolutionary Guard a 'terrorist organization'
The United States on Monday designated Iran's Revolutionary Guard a "foreign terrorist organization" in a move to increase pressure on the country that could also have significant military, diplomatic and economic implications throughout the Middle East and beyond. It is the first time that the ...
Kidnapped U.S. woman and driver reported freed in Uganda after ransom is paid
A U.S. tourist and a safari guide kidnapped by gunmen in a Ugandan national park have been recovered safe and sound after a ransom was paid for their release, a safari firm said on Sunday. The pair were hauled from their safari vehicle by four ...
