Tag: Sanctions

Mike Pompeo listens to questions at an event in Washington, D.C.

Pompeo predicts flurry of terror threats from Iran

Joel Gehrke · October 3, 2018 4:54 pm

U.S. Withdrawing From Treaty With Iran After International Court of Justice Ruling

Jenna Lifhits · October 3, 2018 4:17 pm

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a news conference at the State Department, Friday, March 15, 2019, in Washington.

US terminates ‘treaty of amity’ with Iran

Joel Gehrke · October 3, 2018 3:54 pm

In this photo provided by the Miraflores Presidential Palace, President Nicolas Maduro stands at attention during a event marking the 81st anniversary of the National Guard, in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, August 4, 2019. Venezuela's government says several explosions heard at a military event were an attempted attack on President Maduro. Information Minister Jorge Rodriguez said in a live broadcast that several drone-like devices with explosives detonated near the president. He said Maduro is safe and unharmed but that seven people were injured.

Cut Venezuela’s oil exports, and cut its tyrant down to size

Washington Examiner · October 1, 2018 12:12 pm

North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly on Saturday at U.N. Headquarters.

North Korea: US needs to build our trust, and sanctions lower it

Associated Press · September 29, 2018 5:05 pm

Surrounded by security, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks briefly to people at a protest against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro outside U.N. headquarters in New York, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018.

Nikki Haley joins megaphone protest against Venezuela’s Maduro

Allison Elyse Gualtieri · September 28, 2018 1:50 am

National Security

John Kerry accuses Trump team of ‘interfering’ with the Obama administration before the inauguration

Daniel Chaitin · September 28, 2018 1:15 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Moscow on Tuesday. Russia and China agreed Tuesday that North Korea should halt missile tests and the United States should not deploy a missile shield or conduct large-scale military exercises with South Korea. (Sergei Ilnitsky/Pool photo via AP)

China and Russia call for easing of North Korea sanctions

Joel Gehrke · September 27, 2018 5:29 pm

FILE - This is Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017 file photo of CIA Director Michael Pompeo, as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Iran nuclear deal was in near terminal condition and on life support even before President Donald Trump fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, but his dismissal this week may hasten its demise. As CIA chief and Iran hawk Mike Pompeo prepares to take the helm of the State Department, the Trump administration is weighing whether to withdraw from the agreement earlier than the president has threatened, according to officials and outside advisers briefed on the matter.

Pompeo warns China, Russia to stop violating North Korea sanctions

Joel Gehrke · September 27, 2018 4:16 pm

Trump Maduro.

Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro proposes to meet ‘imperialist’ Trump

Joel Gehrke · September 27, 2018 1:13 am

Photos, documentaries, and other media capturing Qassem Soleimani, commander of Iran's elite Qods Force, push the message Iran's role is more pervasive and effective than it actually may be.

Would Iran support a terrorist attack against the United States?

Justin Conrad · September 27, 2018 12:00 am

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell pauses as he considers a reporter's question, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019, in Washington.

Fed chair downplays risks of trade war, sidesteps Trump criticisms

Colin Wilhelm · September 26, 2018 7:25 pm