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Michael Pompeo postpones Ukraine visit after attack on US embassy in Iraq
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jan 2 (ANI): US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Wednesday postponed his visit to Ukraine, after its embassy in Iraq was besieged by Shiite protesters following airstrikes in Iraq and Syria.
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Baghdad embassy attack: US will protect and defend its people, says Michae
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA] Jan 1 (ANI): Amid US embassy siege in Baghdad, Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Tuesday held telephonic conversations with Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi and President Barham Salih separately, saying that the United States will protect and defend its people in Iraq.
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US informs key allies about 'defensive' strikes in Iraq, Syria
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], Dec 31 (ANI): US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday (local time) held telephonic calls with several world leaders including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and dis
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Our mission is to make Iran behave like normal nation: Pompeo
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Dec 31 (ANI): Hours after US forces conducted strikes in Iraq and Syria against facilities linked to Iranian- backed Shia militia group, Secretary of State Michael Pompeo said that US mission is "to make Tehran behave like a normal nation."
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Strikes by US in Iraq, Syria an act of terrorism: Iran
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Dec 30 (ANI): Iran on Monday said that strikes by the United States against five targets of Iranian backed paramilitary groups in Iraq and Syria are an act of terrorism.
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Pompeo won't run for Senate in 2020, says White House official
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Dec 30 (ANI): US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo will not run for a Senate seat in Kansas in 2020, White House national security advisor Robert O'Brien said on Sunday.
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China attempting to erase its own citizens' faiths, cultures through repre
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Dec 29 (ANI): US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Saturday slammed China's ruling Communist Party for ill-treatment of Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang and people in Tibet Autonomous Region, saying that Beijing is attempting to erase its own citizens' faiths and cultures t
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Day after rocket attack on military base, Pompeo arrives in Iraq
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Cairo [Egypt], Dec 29 (Sputnik/ANI): US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited the Iraqi Ayn Al-Asad airbase in western Anbar province, which hosts American troops, shortly after a rocket attack on another Iraqi military base in the northern province of Kirkuk, media reported.
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US slams China, Russia for vetoing UNSC resolution on humanitarian aid to
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Dec 22 (ANI): United States Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Saturday slammed China and Russia over their move to block a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution on cross-border humanitarian aid to Syria, describing their decision as "shameful".
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Moscow no longer wishes to rejoin G-7: Russian Deputy Foreign Minister
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Dec 21 (ANI): Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov on Friday said that his country no longer wishes to rejoin the Group of Seven (G7) as it has other priorities.
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Pakistan takes 'strong exception' to references to it in India-US joint st
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec 21 (ANI): Islamabad on Friday took "strong exception" to what it said were "unwarranted references" to Pakistan in the joint statement issued after the conclusion of India-US 2+2 ministerial dialogue.
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US sanctions two Iranian judges for overseeing 'Iranian regime's miscarria
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C [US], Dec 20 (ANI): The United States on Thursday (local time) sanctioned two Iranian judges for punishing "Iranian citizens and dual-nationals for exercising their freedoms of expression or assembly."
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