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Pompeo claims Russia persuaded Maduro not to leave Venezuela
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [USA], May 1 (ANI): Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday (local time) claimed that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was preparing to leave the country for Cuba amid calls for his ouster, but the Russians talked him out of it.
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Obama discouraged Biden from running for president in 2015
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], Apr 29 (ANI): Former United States President Barack Obama had nudged former Vice President Joe Biden to not run for the president in 2015, saying the former secretary of state Hillary Clinton had a better chance of winning.
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Russia will meddle in upcoming US election: Pompeo
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [United States], Apr 29 (ANI): Underlining that Russia posed a threat to the US elections, United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday said that Moscow would interfere in the upcoming presidential election too.
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Nothing has changed, still in charge of North Korea talks team: Pompeo
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], Apr 20 (ANI): A day after North Korea said that it no longer wanted to deal with him, United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he will still lead the negotiations with Pyongyang.
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N Korea wants Pompeo to be dropped from nuclear talks
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 19 (ANI): Within few hours of test-firing the "new-type tactical guided weapon", North Korea on Thursday demanded the removal of U.S. Secretary of State Michael R Pompeo from denuclearisation talks with the United States, state media reported.
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US to allow lawsuits against businesses operating on seized property durin
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], Apr 17 (ANI): United States Secretary of States Mike Pompeo announced on Wednesday (local time) that the US will allow citizens to file lawsuit against foreign businesses that operate on property seized during the 1959 Cuban revolution.
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Pompeo would 'love' to see N Korea denuclearise before 2019-end
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Texas [USA], Apr 16 (ANI): The US Secretary of State, Michael Pompeo on Monday said that he would love to see North Korea denuclearise before the end of this year, appreciating North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's recent remarks showing his willingness to hold a third summit with the USA.
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Pompeo agrees Kim Jong-un is a 'tyrant'
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Apr 10 (ANI): US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Tuesday (local time) acknowledged that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is a "tyrant".
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USA designates Iran's Guard Corps as 'terrorist organisation'
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 8 (ANI): In a first, the United States on Monday designated Iran's elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a "foreign terrorist organisation" in a bid to pressure Iran into abandoning "its deadly ambitions," according to US Secretary of State Michael Pomp
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Venezuela's health system collapsing due to 'corrupt' Maduro's 'disastrous
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Apr 7 (ANI): US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Saturday (local time) hit out at Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, saying that the country's health system is collapsing due to the "disastrous" policies under his "corrupt" regime.
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Confident that Trump, Kim will hold 3rd summit: Pompeo
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 6 (ANI): The US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Friday (local time) said that he is confident that a third USA-North Korea summit will be held to reach an agreement on Pyongyang's denuclearisation process.
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Pompeo portrays Mar-a-Lago breach as Chinese 'threat'
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [USA], Apr 6 (ANI): US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Friday (local time) said that the attempt by a Chinese citizen to enter the private Mar-a-Lago resort without authorisation is an example of the "threat that China poses" to the United States.
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