• Four U.N. secretary-general candidates audition this week. That's far fewer than in 2016

    Four U.N. secretary-general candidates audition this week. That's far fewer than in 2016

    Apr 20, 2026 09:03 PM EDT

    ... his government withdrew its support for Bachelet, a leftist. However, she remains a candidate because of nominations from Brazil and Mexico. Grossi, 65, a former Argentine diplomat who has been director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency since 2019, was nominated by his home country. Grynspan, 70, a former ...

  • Live updates: Donald Trump's 2025 Inauguration Day

    Live updates: Donald Trump's 2025 Inauguration Day

    Jan 20, 2025 01:07 PM EDT

    All 9 Supreme Court justices are at the Capitol The entire court entered, led by Roberts. Retired Justice Stephen Breyer also is there. 11:07 a.m. EST Italian, Argentine leaders are in the Rotunda Argentine President Javier Milei and Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni are in the Rotunda. Trump broke ...

  • Biden administration restores U.S. policy calling Israeli settlements 'illegitimate' under international law

    Biden administration restores U.S. policy calling Israeli settlements 'illegitimate' under international law

    Feb 23, 2024 11:34 PM EDT

    ... law. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the U.S. believes settlements are inconsistent with Israel’s obligations, reversing a determination made by his predecessor, Mike Pompeo, in the Biden administration's latest shift away from the pro-Israel policies pursued by former President Donald Trump. Blinken’s comments came ...

  • WHO calls monkeypox outbreaks containable, proposes stockpile to share vaccines and treatment

    WHO calls monkeypox outbreaks containable, proposes stockpile to share vaccines and treatment

    May 27, 2022 02:12 PM EDT

    ... monkeypox could mostly be controlled by isolating contacts and continued epidemiological investigations. Given the limited global supply of smallpox vaccines, WHO's emergencies chief Dr. Mike Ryan said the agency would be working with its member countries to potentially develop a centrally controlled stockpile, similar to the ones it has ...

  • Guaido returns to Venezuela and calls for more anti-Maduro protests

    Guaido returns to Venezuela and calls for more anti-Maduro protests

    Mar 04, 2019 11:15 PM EDT

    Guaido visited Colombia, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina and Ecuador over the past week — all countries that support his claim to be Venezuela's interim president and call on Maduro to resign so that the country can prepare for free and fair elections. The United States, which has warned Maduro not to ...

  • Nicolas Maduro sworn in to 2nd term amid Venezuela's economic crisis

    Nicolas Maduro sworn in to 2nd term amid Venezuela's economic crisis

    Jan 10, 2019 03:13 PM EDT

    ... of its constitutional powers and national sovereignty, adopts the decision to break diplomatic relations with the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela." U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement that the United States will keep up pressure in support of the Venezuelan people. "It is time for Venezuelan ...

  • U.S., China hold security talks amid trade tensions

    U.S., China hold security talks amid trade tensions

    Nov 09, 2018 05:14 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON — Even as the United States and China butt heads over trade, their top diplomats and defense chiefs were meeting in Washington on Friday, looking to tamp down tensions on other issues that have put a chill on relations between the two world powers. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and ...

  • U.S. charges China-controlled company in trade secrets theft

    U.S. charges China-controlled company in trade secrets theft

    Nov 01, 2018 10:05 PM EDT

    ... the United States. The U.S. has taken an increasingly confrontational stance toward what it characterizes as China's "predatory" economic policies. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo set the tone in a June speech where he accused China of an "unprecedented level of larceny" of intellectual property.Tensions over trade ...

  • Trump delays proposed Putin meeting until 2019

    Trump delays proposed Putin meeting until 2019

    Jul 25, 2018 07:08 PM EDT

    ... days after the White House rejected a Putin-backed effort to hold a referendum in eastern Ukraine on the region's future. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday, prior to the announcement, that the U.S. would never recognize Russia's annexation of Crimea and demanded that Ukraine's ...

  • Analysis: Pence carries Trump’s baggage to Latin America summit

    Analysis: Pence carries Trump’s baggage to Latin America summit

    Apr 12, 2018 08:33 PM EDT

    Earlier this week, Trump said he would not go to Lima, Peru and Colombia as planned to focus on a possible U.S. attack on Syria. Now, it's Vice President Mike Pence who will be carrying America's and President Donald Trump’s baggage to the Summit of the ...