Tag: Mike Pompeo

• Tuesday, June 18th 2019 - 09:00 UTC

  Deputy Italian PM calls himself a Trump admirer and pledges a “Trumpian” budget, despite EU warnings

  

  Italy is the United States' most reliable ally in Europe, Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said on Monday, keen to present himself as a strong, trustworthy statesman during a visit to Washington.

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• Tuesday, June 4th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  Mexico and US begin talks to defue illegal inmmigration controversy

  

  Fighting to stave off punitive tariffs announced by U.S. President Donald Trump, a senior Mexican delegation had started high level talks on Monday in Washington, where it will be pushed to do more to hold back Central American migrants.

• Friday, May 31st 2019 - 09:24 UTC

  Pompeo blames Iran for attacks on oil tankers: “they want to raise the price of crude”

  

  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday blamed Iran for attacks this month on oil tankers in the Gulf, saying it was an effort by Tehran to raise the global price of oil.

• Friday, May 10th 2019 - 08:34 UTC

  Pompeo threatens Teheran with “swift and decisive” response to any attack by Iran

  

  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday threatened a “swift and decisive” US response to any attack by Iran, in the latest of a series of escalating statements and actions.

• Thursday, May 9th 2019 - 13:22 UTC

  Pompeo warns UK on intelligence sharing if Huawei is involved in a British network

  

  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has made a blistering attack against China as he stepped up pressure on Britain, warning that US intelligence-sharing could be risked by the involvement of a Chinese company in a new British telecommunications network.

• Wednesday, May 8th 2019 - 09:56 UTC

  US objections to climate change derail Arctic nations joint statement

  

  US objections to the wording on climate change prevented Arctic nations signing a joint statement at a summit in Finland, delegates said. It is the first time such a statement has been cancelled since the Arctic Council was set up in 1996.

• Monday, May 6th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Guaidó considering asking Trump to launch a military intervention in Venezuela

  

  Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó has said he is considering asking the US to launch a military intervention in the embattled country. Speaking to the BBC's Nick Bryant, he said he would “evaluate all options” to oust President Nicolás Maduro.

• Monday, May 6th 2019 - 09:04 UTC

  Arctic countries meet in Finland, but not all participants are happy with China's presence

  

  Top diplomats from the United States, Russia and other nations which border the Arctic meet in Finland on Monday to discuss policies governing the polar region, as tensions grow over how to deal with global warming and access to mineral wealth.

• Saturday, May 4th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Trump and Putin discuss Guaidó/Maduro situation: “both leaders stand with the Venezuelan people”

  

  US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Friday discussed the crisis in oil-rich Venezuela, where Washington has thrown its weight behind a campaign to oust the Moscow-backed socialist president.

• Friday, May 3rd 2019 - 13:47 UTC

  Venezuela will be a central issue of the Lavrov and Pompeo meeting

  

  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will hold talks with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of the Arctic Council meeting, which begins Monday in the city of Rovaniemi. The tension in Venezuela will mark the meeting where