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US to return $ 100 mn aid for Afghanistan to Treasury: Pompeo
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [USA], Sept 19 (Sputnik/ANI): The United States will return around USD 100 million which was sanctioned for an Afghan energy project to the Treasury and withhold another USD 60 million in aid after concluding that Kabul is mismanaging resources, as per the US Secretary of State Mi
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US stands with Saudi Arabia, says Mike Pompeo after meeting Crown Prince
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], Sept 19 (ANI): Amidst heightened tensions in the region following the drone attack on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday met Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman (MBS) and expressed support for the Kingdom's right to defend itsel
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Pompeo describes attack on Saudi oil facilities as 'act of war'
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [USA], Sept 19 (ANI): US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo on Wednesday termed the drone attack on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia as an "Iranian attack" while also described it as an "act of war."
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Pompeo departs for Jeddah to discuss drone attacks on Saudi oil facilities
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Jeddah [Saudi Arabia], Sept 18 (ANI): Amid rising tensions in the Gulf, the US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Wednesday embarked on a two-state visit to Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
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Amidst heightened tensions, US Secretary of State to visit Saudi Arabia an
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [USA], Sept 18 (ANI): Amidst heightened tensions in the region following a drone attack on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will embark on a two-day visit to the Middle East.
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US Secretary of State holds telephonic conversation with his Japanese coun
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [USA], Sept 17 (ANI): US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo held a telephonic conversation with his Japanese counterpart Toshimitsu Motegi.
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US allegations of Iran's involvement in Saudi oil facilities attacks dismi
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Sept 15 (Sputnik/ANI): The Iranian Foreign Ministry dismissed US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo's statement which accused Tehran of being involved in the recent drone attacks on Saudi oil facilities.
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Trump to not appoint Pompeo as next NSA
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sep 13 (ANI): US President Donald Trump has said that he does not plan to make Secretary of State Mike Pompeo his national security adviser.
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US is still working toward a Taliban peace deal: Pompeo
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], Sept 8 (ANI): Despite President Donald Trump announcing the decision to call off US-Taliban peace talks, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday said that the administration is still working toward a deal and but it will not proceed until the Taliban delivers on its commitm
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Amber Rudd quits UK cabinet over Boris Johnson's Brexit stance, sacking of
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], Sept 8 (ANI): Amber Rudd, UK's Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on Saturday resigned from the cabinet over Prime Minister Boris Johnson's stance on Brexit and the move to remove 21 Conservative MPs from the party, saying she cannot support an "act of political vandal
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Mike Pompeo declines to sign Afghan peace deal
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Sep 5 (ANI): United States Secretary of State Michael Pompeo has declined to sign an agreement reached "in principle" between the US and Taliban under which Washington would withdraw about 5400 of its troops from Afghanistan, TIME Magazine has exclusively reported, citin
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India bats for including shooting as event in CWG 2022
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 4 (ANI): India has pitched to get shooting included in the Commonwealth Games 2022. Kiren Rijiju, the Union Youth Affairs and Sports Minister, has written to Nicky Morgan, UK Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport seeking her 'personal intervention'
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