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‘Big show every day’: China says damage done to Washington’s image by Pompeo will be ‘hard’ to repair

Posted on January 20, 2021January 20, 2021By Editor

Beijing has said that the tenure of outgoing US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has brought “a lot of fun,” but made a dent in America’s prestige and credibility on the world stage. … Read More >‘Big show every day’: China says damage done to Washington’s image by Pompeo will be ‘hard’ to repair

USA

China’s treatment of Uighur Muslims in labor camps amounts to ‘genocide’ and ‘crimes against humanity,’ Pompeo says

Posted on January 20, 2021January 20, 2021By Editor

Outgoing US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has used his last full day in office to accuse China of genocide and crimes against humanity over its alleged abuses of Uighur Muslims in its northwestern Xinjiang region. … Read More >China’s treatment of Uighur Muslims in labor camps amounts to ‘genocide’ and ‘crimes against humanity,’ Pompeo says

Asia & Pacific

US sanctions six Hong Kong officials over their alleged role in security law arrests

Posted on January 17, 2021January 17, 2021By Editor

The US is blacklisting six Hong Kong officials, including police chiefs, who it blames for a Beijing-led crackdown on demonstrators under the national security law, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday. … Read More >US sanctions six Hong Kong officials over their alleged role in security law arrests

USA

Pompeo Says COVID-19 Outbreak in Wuhan May Be Linked to Chinese Laboratories

Posted on January 16, 2021January 16, 2021By Editor

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claimed that the origin of the COVID-19 coronavirus may be linked to activities of Chinese laboratories in the city of Wuhan. … Read More >Pompeo Says COVID-19 Outbreak in Wuhan May Be Linked to Chinese Laboratories

Latin America

Havana Slams US Sanctions Against Cuban Interior Ministry, Its Head as Illegitimate

Posted on January 16, 2021January 16, 2021By Editor

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla on Friday condemned new US sanctions against the Latin American country’s interior ministry and its chief, Lazaro Alberto Alvarez Casas, describing them as illegitimate. … Read More >Havana Slams US Sanctions Against Cuban Interior Ministry, Its Head as Illegitimate

Middle East

‘Warmongering lies’: Tehran hits back after Pompeo claims Al-Qaeda terrorists set up new base in Iran

Posted on January 14, 2021January 14, 2021By Editor

America’s “declassifications” of information about Iran are “fictitious,” Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has tweeted. It followed US State Secretary Mike Pompeo accusing Iran, without proof, of harboring Al-Qaeda’s base. … Read More >‘Warmongering lies’: Tehran hits back after Pompeo claims Al-Qaeda terrorists set up new base in Iran

USA

‘Better Chance Finding a Unicorn’: Pompeo Claims It is Impossible to Normalise Relations With Iran

Posted on January 13, 2021January 13, 2021By Editor

The Trump administration abandoned the hard-negotiated Iran nuclear deal in 2018 and re-introduced hefty sanctions against Tehran, threatening to punish any country for continuing to do business with the Islamic Republic. Washington’s policy was heavily criticised by other signatories to the deal and led to Iran ramping up its uranium enrichment. … Read More >‘Better Chance Finding a Unicorn’: Pompeo Claims It is Impossible to Normalise Relations With Iran

Middle East

Pompeo claims Al-Qaeda has new home base in Iran, but doesn’t provide evidence

Posted on January 13, 2021January 13, 2021By Editor

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has claimed, without providing any hard evidence, that the Islamic terrorist organization Al-Qaeda has established a new base in Iran. … Read More >Pompeo claims Al-Qaeda has new home base in Iran, but doesn’t provide evidence

Middle East

UN: US Plan to Blacklist Yemeni Houthis May Cause ‘Humanitarian and Political Repercussions’

Posted on January 12, 2021January 12, 2021By Editor

United Nations spokesman Stephane Dujarric warned during a 11 January briefing that the US intention to brand Yemen’s Houthi movement as a terrorist organization is “likely to have serious humanitarian and political repercussions.” … Read More >UN: US Plan to Blacklist Yemeni Houthis May Cause ‘Humanitarian and Political Repercussions’

USA

Pompeo Meets With Biden’s Secretary of State Pick for First Time to Facilitate ‘Orderly Transition’

Posted on January 9, 2021January 9, 2021By Editor

US President-elect Joe Biden has tapped Antony Blinken to be the next US secretary of state. Blinken served as deputy national security adviser between 2013 and 2015 and as deputy secretary of state between 2015 and 2017 under then-US President Barack Obama. … Read More >Pompeo Meets With Biden’s Secretary of State Pick for First Time to Facilitate ‘Orderly Transition’