Tag: Iran

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, speaks with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, right, during a round table meeting of the North Atlantic Council with Georgia and Ukraine at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018.

Pompeo warns: Abandoning Saudi Arabia strengthens Iran

Pete Kasperowicz · December 12, 2018 1:47 pm

In this undated photo released by Huawei, Huawei's chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou is seen in a portrait photo. China on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, demanded Canada release the Huawei Technologies executive who was arrested in a case that adds to technology tensions with Washington and threatens to complicate trade talks.

Huawei CFO granted bail by Canadian court

Katelyn Caralle · December 12, 2018 12:06 am

President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin talk during the APEC Summit in Danang, Vietnam.

Energy and Environment

State Department: Anti-Russia energy policy isn’t about US greed

Joel Gehrke · December 10, 2018 5:19 pm

U.S. Ambassador to China and former Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad speaks to reporters following a memorial service for former Iowa Gov. Robert Ray, Thursday, July 12, 2018, at the Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa.

China summons US ambassador over telecom executive’s detention

Steven Nelson · December 9, 2018 8:32 pm

White House chief economic adviser Larry Kudlow talks with reporters about trade negotiations with China, at the White House, Monday, Dec. 3, 2018, in Washington.

Larry Kudlow: No guarantee that Trump won’t release Huawei exec as part of a trade deal with China

Pete Kasperowicz · December 9, 2018 2:33 pm

AT&T CEO: Allies need to join U.S. in curbing Huawei’s influence

Joe Williams · December 6, 2018 7:40 pm

Laborers make final preparations to the Huawei Technologies Co Ltd. stand ahead of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain.

Canadian officials arrest top Huawei official at request of US

Joe Williams · December 5, 2018 10:39 pm

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, present details of the new sanctions on Iran at the Foreign Press Center in D.C.

US banks push for relief from potential Iran sanctions Catch-22

Colin Wilhelm · December 5, 2018 5:31 pm

In this Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018 photo, an Iraqi soldier watches smoke rising after an airstrike by US-led International coalition warplanes against ISIS, on the border between Syria and Iraq in Qaim, Anbar province, Iraq. More than a year after this Iraqi town was freed from the Islamic State group, booms from airstrikes still echo and columns of smoke are visible, rising beyond the earthen berms and concrete walls marking the border with Syria. On the other side, the fight is raging to capture one of the militant groupâs last enclaves.

National Security

ISIS caliphate close to finished in Syria, says general picked to head US Central Command

Jamie McIntyre · December 4, 2018 5:36 pm

CORRECTS SOURCE TO THE IRANIAN ARMY -- In this photo provided Monday, Nov. 5, 2018, by the Iranian Army, a Sayyad 2 missile is fired by the Talash air defense system during drills in an undisclosed location in Iran. Iran greeted the re-imposition of U.S. sanctions on Monday with air defense drills and a statement from President Hassan Rouhani that the nation faces a "war situation," raising Mideast tensions as America's maximalist approach to the Islamic Republic takes hold.

Beltway Confidential

Why Iran’s latest missile test is such a big deal

Tom Rogan · December 3, 2018 6:53 pm

In this Friday, May 4, 2018, photo, a couple walk by the sea with the city skyline in the background, in Doha, Qatar. The diplomatic crisis gripping the energy-rich country of Qatar, the worst to grip the Gulf region since Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait, will turn a year-old on June 5.

Energy and Environment

Qatar plans to leave oil cartel OPEC

Josh Siegel · December 3, 2018 5:56 pm

Syrian army soldier stands at a check-point as Russian military police vehicle, right, passes by near the village of Almajdiyeh, Syria, Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018. The Russian military said Tuesday that its forces in Syria will help U.N. peacekeepers fully restore patrols along the frontier with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, reflecting Moscow's deepening role in mediating between the decades-old foes.

Beltway Confidential

Expect Russia to escalate soon in Syria

Tom Rogan · December 3, 2018 5:09 pm