Iran 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.
Syria July 1, 2020 The rise and fall of Syria’s first lady: Why the US is going after Asma Assad? For the first time ever, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's British wife Asma has been targeted with economic restrictions of her own.
Afghanistan July 1, 2020 UN says Afghan military mistakenly fired mortars into market, killing 23 civilians in area controlled by Taliban An impartial investigation by the U.N. mission in Afghanistan concluded that a shooting at a market in Sangin on Monday that killed nearly two dozen civilians, including children, was the result of mortars fired by the Afghan Army that was intended to target the Taliban.
UNITED NATIONS 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.
UNITED NATIONS June 27, 2020 UN chief ‘shocked’ by video of sex act in official car in Israel The United Nations is reeling after a video of what appears to be a sex act in an official U.N. car in Israel has gone viral -- a video that has left the head of the U.N. “shocked and deeply disturbed."
Coronavirus June 26, 2020 UN says the world cannot return to ‘previous normal’ after coronavirus The United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohamed told an international forum Friday that society cannot return the “previous normal” as he laid out socioeconomic responses amid the coronavirus pandemic.
State Department June 25, 2020 Pompeo says if UN doesn't extend arms embargo on Iran, US will seek sanctions Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a press conference on Wednesday that if the U.N. Security Council doesn't agree to extend the arms embargo against Iran, then the U.S. will seek to "snap back" multilateral sanctions on the regime.
Israel 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.
Iran 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.
OPINION June 20, 2020 Rep. Greg Walden: Green New Deal would cripple economy – Republicans have better way to fight climate change Democrats are creating a false choice between combatting climate change and having a prosperous economy. We can have both, and America can supply the innovative technologies that will reduce global emissions.