Russian foreign minister to meet with Pompeo in DC next week
WASHINGTON — Russia's foreign minister will visit Washington next week for talks with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, U.S. officials said Friday.
Lisbon excursion offers Netanyahu brief escape from troubles
LISBON, Portugal — In a brief escape from his legal and political struggles in Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu enjoyed a leisurely excursion...
Portugal resists US appeal to bar Huawei from 5G network
LISBON, Portugal — Portugal won’t exclude Chinese companies from supplying technology for the country’s next-generation 5G wireless network, senior Po...
US Navy seizes suspected Iranian missile parts set for Yemen
WASHINGTON — A Navy warship has seized a “significant cache” of suspected Iranian guided missile parts headed to rebels in Yemen, U.S. officials said ...
Israeli PM escapes domestic woes to meet Pompeo in Lisbon
TEL AVIV, Israel — Looking to escape his legal and political woes at home, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was headed Wednesday toward a war...
US criticizes China for abuses revealed by leaked cables
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday that a cache of leaked documents proves that Chinese authorities are engaged in massive and s...
As impeachment swirls, Trump nods toward Pompeo Senate run
TOPEKA, Kan. — President Donald Trump on Friday appeared to open the door for the top U.S. diplomat, Mike Pompeo, to leave his post to run for an open...
Mystery grows over Trump administration hold on Lebanon aid
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is withholding more than $100 million in U.S. military assistance to Lebanon that has been approved by Congress ...
Absent witnesses close to Trump hover over impeachment
WASHINGTON — They are the ghosts of the House impeachment hearings.
Trump’s ‘Gordon problem’ becomes impeachment bombshell
WASHINGTON — Gordan Sondland couldn’t always get President Donald Trump on the phone. Trump now says he barely knows the guy. But for a time, when the...
Impeachment intensifies buzz about Pompeo run for US Senate
TOPEKA, Kan. — A persistent buzz about Mike Pompeo stepping down as the top U.S. diplomat to run for an open Senate seat in Kansas has built to a roar...
US angers Palestinians with reversal on Israeli settlements
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Monday softened the U.S. position on Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, reversing four decades of...
Fired Ukraine ambassador calls out ‘crisis’ in US diplomacy
WASHINGTON — The fired U.S. ambassador to Ukraine sounded an alarm Friday about the denigration of American diplomacy and the hollowing out of the Sta...
Reagan statue unveiled in Berlin at Cold War speech site
BERLIN — The U.S. Embassy in Berlin unveiled a statue of Ronald Reagan on Friday at a site overlooking the location of the former president's iconic s...
Pompeo stresses allied unity, defends Trump policies
BERLIN — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stressed Friday the need for traditional Western allies to work together to face modern threats, while at...
Top US diplomat struggles to shrug off impeachment inquiry
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tries to shrug off the impeachment inquiry that has ensnared the State Department and raised questions abo...
State Dept. undersecretary testifies in impeachment inquiry
WASHINGTON — The State Department's third-ranking official testified Wednesday for more than six hours in the House Democrats' impeachment inquiry as ...
Facing tumult in Washington, Pompeo heads to Germany
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is heading overseas to improve relations with Germany as he comes under increasing criticism at home for h...
Hungary says Huawei to help build its 5G wireless network
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungary's foreign minister says China's Huawei will take part in the construction of the country's next-generation 5G wireless net...
‘Go big or go home’: Key takeaways from impeachment pages
WASHINGTON — House investigators released the first transcripts Monday from the closed-door impeachment hearings into President Donald Trump, providin...
US extends civil nuclear cooperation waivers for Iran
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is keeping alive one of the last remaining components of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal by extending sanctions waive...
Pompeo criticizes China and long-held US views on country
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is lashing out at China and accusing the Chinese Communist Party of adopting policies that run counter to ...