July 1, 2020 Pompeo warns Iran will become arms dealer 'to the Maduros and the Assads' if arms embargo expires Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday warned that the Iranian regime will become an arms dealer to despots in places such as Syria and Venezuela if a 13-year-old arms embargo is allowed to expire -- and that more people will die in the Middle East as Tehran gets its hands on weapons.
June 30, 2020 Pompeo: If UN lets Iran arms embargo expire, it will 'betray' ideals of peace, security Secretary of State Mike Pompeo addressed the United Nations Security Council Tuesday in another attempt to persuade the international security group to extend the arms embargo against Iran.
June 26, 2020 Pompeo: US imposes restrictions on Chinese Communist Party leaders undermining Hong Kong autonomy Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced new restrictions against members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Friday, declaring that the U.S. has banned visas for CCP members affiliated with the obstruction of Hong Kong’s autonomy.
June 25, 2020 Pompeo: US imposes 9 more sanctions on exports Iran uses to fund its Revolutionary Guard Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Thursday that the U.S. has imposed additional sanctions on Iran’s metal exports that supply revenue for the country’s Revolutionary Guard Corps.
June 25, 2020 State Dept. lays out Iranian terror record amid push to extend arms embargo The State Department on Wednesday issued a report on global terrorism that outlined Iran’s funding and backing of terrorism abroad -- just as the Trump administration escalates its efforts to extend an arms embargo on the rogue regime set to expire in October.
June 24, 2020 UN secretary-general demands Israel renounce West Bank annexation plans United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres called Israel’s U.S. backed plans to annex the West Bank a “water shed moment” and urged Israel to reconsider undermining the two-state solution and destabilizing the area.
June 24, 2020 Pompeo accuses China of 'empty promises' to Africa on coronavirus aid Secretary of State Mike Pompeo criticized China’s economic policies on aiding African nations during the coronavirus, saying they create patterns of “unsustainable debt”.
June 23, 2020 US bid to extend Iran arms embargo under consideration at UN Security Council The United Nations Security Council is set to review the U.S.’s appeal to extend the arms embargo on Iran indefinitely, according to a Reuters report Tuesday.
June 20, 2020 China to create controversial Hong Kong security bureau China’s state-run news agency announced the government’s intentions to create a new national security bureau in Hong Kong Saturday, in a highly controversial move toward strengthening its security reach in the semi-autonomous region.
June 19, 2020 Canadian detainees face charges of spying against the Chinese government Two Canadian detainees in China were charged with spying Friday, in what officials are saying is an attempt to pressure Canada to drop charges against a top Huawei executive under house arrest in Vancouver.