Tag: State Mike Pompeo
N. Korea seeks Pompeo’s removal from nuclear talks
AFP | North Korea on Thursday demanded the removal of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo from talks over its nuclear programme, hours after the...
Trump accepts Israeli sovereignty over Golan Heights
AFP | President Donald Trump said on Thursday the United States should acknowledge Israeli sovereignty over the hotly-contested Golan Heights, in what amounted to a...
Time for N. Korea to take concrete steps: Moon adviser
AFP | North Korea should take "actual action" towards giving up its nuclear weapons to break the deadlock in talks with Washington, a top security...
Pompeo to press Saudi crown prince over Khashoggi’s murder
AFP | US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday arrived in Riyadh, where he is set to press Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman...
Moscow slams US ‘hysterics’ over planes sent to Caracas
AFP | The Kremlin on Tuesday slammed Washington's "undiplomatic" response to its deployment of two bomber planes to Venezuela for exercises. Two Russian long-range strategic bombers...
No Aid: US sets requirements for Syrian reconstruction
AFP | The United States said Wednesday it will refuse any post-war reconstruction assistance to Syria if Iran is present, expanding the rationale for US...
US-Saudi Ties:Trump demands Saudis explain missing journalist
AFP | US President Donald Trump on Wednesday demanded that Saudi Arabia provide answers over the disappearance of journalist and US resident Jamal Khashoggi, whom...
Markets sag on China, Italy, US rate concerns
AFP | Global stocks mostly fell Monday as worries about China and Italy added to unease over last week's sudden rise of US interest rates. Analysts...
China tells Pompeo US must stop ‘misguided actions’
AFP | US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo faced a testy exchange with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing on Monday, days after a blistering US...
US uneasy as India buys S-400
News Analysis | New Delhi seems all set to purchase the most powerful missile defense system in Moscow’s arsenal as the Russian President concludes a...
Qureshi Meets Pompeo Again
News Analysis | The foreign minister of Pakistan, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, will meet American counterpart, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday, the 2nd of...
Pakistan urges US to resume aid, backs Taliban outreach
AFP | Pakistan pledged Wednesday to support negotiations with the Taliban to end Afghanistan's 17-year war as it asked the United States to restore military...
US-China ties sour as Xi, Trump friendship fades
AFP | For more than a year, Chinese leader Xi Jinping could count on one thing even as his government clashed with the United States...
US-EU rift cracks wide open over Iran sanctions
AFP | Tensions between the United States and the European Union over Iran soared into the open Tuesday after the Europeans announced plans for a...
Qureshi-Pompeo meeting for a “Reset” & Indian strategy
News Analysis | Pakistan's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, arrived in Washington on Saturday night for a day-long stay before departing for the...
US bases must be closed, say Taliban
News Analysis | Taliban leaders are calling for US bases in Afghanistan to be closed down, sources say. They are also demanding the release of...
Why IMF looks unavoidable?
News Analysis | International Monetary Fund (IMF) team is scheduled to visit Pakistan on September 27 with a bailout package of $7.5 billion after clearance from the...
U.S quest for regional dominance and IMF’s role
News Analysis | Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry has said on Tuesday that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo assured Pakistan last week that Washington would not try to...
Foster new partnerships & alliances – Dr. Zafar Jaspal
Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | Pakistan stands on the verge of fundamental foreign policy choices. The changing international environment requires a change in the Pakistani...
Trump calls on Times to reveal ‘coward’ behind critical op-ed
AFP | Donald Trump on Thursday called on the New York Times to reveal the name of the "coward" who wrote an explosive, anonymous article...
Opening shots of the new cold war? Pompeo’s back to back...
News Analysis | US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defence Secretary Jim Mattis are expected to arrive in New Delhi on September 6 (today)...
Pompeo set to land in ‘sovereign’ Pakistan today
News Analysis | US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will arrive Pakistan today (Wednesday) for the first high-level official meetings with leaders of the newly-elected...
Visit of bullies to Pakistan – Asif Haroon Raja
Asif Haroon Raja | Bullying is the hallmark of the US foreign policy. The bullying tools employed to achieve foreign policy goals are threats, coercion,...
National unity: PM & COAS meet 3rd time in a week
News Analysis | Ahead of the visit by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tomorrow, Prime Minister Imran Khan and Chief of Army Staff (COAS)...
U.S-Pak Relations: the United States has a clear engagement policy but...
News Analysis | The upcoming visit of the U.S Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is believed to be crucial for the future of U.S-Pak relations...
Beginning of a new Government – Dr. Zafar Jaspal
Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | Prime Minister Imran Khan’s cabinet has started working. The ministers are making promising announcements. The critics seem unconvinced with the...