May 23, 2018 State Department issues warning after US employee in China suffers possible sonic attack A U.S. government employee in southern China reported abnormal sensations of sound and pressure, the State Department said Wednesday, recalling similar experiences among American diplomats in Cuba who later fell ill.
May 21, 2018 Re-election of Venezuelan president denounced as sham, calls grow for more sanctions Trump administration officials on Monday denounced the Venezuelan presidential election as fraudulent, and vowed to take punitive economic and diplomatic steps to restore democracy.
May 15, 2018 Pompeo lifts hiring freeze at State Department Newly-installed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday said he is lifting the department’s hiring freeze, a policy put into place by his predecessor that irked State Department employees.
May 11, 2018 North Korea will receive US economic assistance if it gives up nuclear weapons, Pompeo says Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday extended America’s potential economic assistance to North Korea, under the assumption that it'll get rid of its nuclear weapons.
May 10, 2018 Money to burn? US fumes as UN agency hands out millions in staff bonuses The World Intellectual Property Organization, an obscure United Nations agency in Geneva, has twice dismayed much of the world by its cavalier disregard for U.N. sanctions against North Korea.
May 5, 2018 John Kerry under fire for reported 'shadow diplomacy' to save Iran deal Former Secretary of State John Kerry is under fire over a report that claims he has been engaged in “shadow diplomacy” with officials from Iran and Europe as part of a final attempt to save the seemingly doomed 2015 Iran nuclear deal.
May 3, 2018 'Still some work to do' to free US prisoners in North Korea, official says A senior Trump administration official told ӣƵ Thursday that "there is still some work to do" to gain the release of three Americans held as prisoners in North Korea, despite a claim by Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani that the men would be freed that day.
April 25, 2018 Trump targets Africa: Inside America's quiet war against terror It all started at Baledogle, the old Soviet airport 70 miles northwest of Mogadishu, Somalia’s capital, where the U.S. runs a deeply clandestine drone operation with around 30 to 40 American personnel.
April 24, 2018 Pushback against Pompeo: Why panel's vote was pure politics On paper, there is simply no question: Mike Pompeo is qualified to be secretary of State.
April 23, 2018 Mike Pompeo will be a great secretary of state (no matter what Democrats say) There is no one better to have as our secretary of state at this dangerous time.