Trump sows doubt over use of U.S. force to protect Gulf oil after 'very minor' ship attack impact
U.S. President Donald Trump said he was prepared to take military action to stop Tehran from getting a nuclear bomb but left open whether he would back the use of force to protect Gulf oil supplies that Washington fears may be under threat by ...
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has blocked the inclusion of Saudi Arabia on a U.S. list of countries that recruit child soldiers, dismissing his experts' findings that a Saudi-led coalition has been using under-age fighters in Yemen's civil war, according to four people familiar ...
Mike Pompeo vows U.S. will guarantee passage through Strait of Hormuz
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo vowed Sunday that the U.S. will guarantee free passage through the vital Strait of Hormuz, as he accused Iran of recent attacks on oil tankers and the downing of a U.S. drone. Pompeo confirmed in an interview with CBS that ...
Trump to raise Hong Kong protests with Xi at G20, says Mike Pompeo
U.S. President Donald Trump will discuss the mass protests in Hong Kong with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, at the upcoming G20 summit, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday. "I think we'll get the opportunity to see President Xi in just a couple weeks ...
Damaged tankers reach safe waters after Persian Gulf attacks
Two damaged tankers arrived safely Sunday at locations off the Emirati coast after they were rocked by explosions in Gulf waters, in an incident Saudi Arabia blamed on its regional arch-rival Iran. The Japanese-owned Kokuka Courageous was carrying highly flammable methanol through the Gulf of ...
U.S. blames Iran for attacks on tankers, including one operated by a Japanese firm, in Gulf of Oman
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo alleged that Iran “insulted Japan” by attacking the Kokuka Courageous when Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was visiting its leaders.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says U.S. won't obstruct international curbs on plastic pollution
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo promised Tuesday that the United States would not scuttle international efforts to curb plastic pollution, amid complaints that Washington is impeding the growing consensus on the need to clean up the world's oceans. When asked at a Senate hearing if ...
Senators hope to force vote on U.S. arms sales to Saudi Arabia
Opposition to President Donald Trump's Saudi Arabia policy and use of executive power is building in Congress, where senators have introduced more legislation aimed at blocking the sale of weapons to the kingdom. Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut, a Democrat, and Sen. Todd Young of ...
In direct challenge to Trump, senators launch bipartisan bid to block Saudi arms sales
Directly challenging President Donald Trump's use of executive power, Democrats and Republicans in the Senate are banding together to introduce more than a dozen resolutions aimed at blocking the Trump administration's sale of weapons to Saudi Arabia. The maneuver amounts to a remarkable display of ...
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi vowed Tuesday that the United States would preserve the memory of the crushed Tiananmen Square movement, as China imposed a wall of silence on the 30th anniversary. Pelosi, a longtime advocate for human rights in China, said she was making the ...
As U.S. rips China on Tiananmen crackdown anniversary, Japan takes a different tack
In an annual statement, the U.S. State Department marked the 30th anniversary of China's June 4, 1989, Tiananmen crackdown with one of its most harsh criticisms to date, delivering a scathing assessment of the massacre and praising the "heroic protest movement" — a message ...
Netanyahu setback and remarks by Kushner and Pompeo dim hopes for U.S. Mideast peace plan
Already low hopes for a U.S. peace plan in the Middle East dimmed further Monday as President Donald Trump acknowledged widespread doubts and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, suggested Palestinians weren't ready to govern themselves. The Trump administration, which has staunchly supported Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ...
