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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, US, January 12, 2021. Andrew Harnik/Pool via REUTERS
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US imposes fresh sanctions on Iran in final days of Trump presidency

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Washington had sanctioned seven companies, including Chinese-based Jiangyin Mascot Special Steel Co and UAE-based Accenture Building Materials, and two people...

US Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft speaks next to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, during a news conference to announce the Trump administration's restoration of sanctions on Iran, at the US State Department in Washington, U.S., September 21, 2020. Patrick SemanskyPool via REUTERSFile Photo
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US cancels UN envoy's trip to Taiwan citing Biden transition

FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at a press briefing at the State Department in Washington, US, April 22, 2020. Nicholas Kamm/Pool via REUTERS
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Pompeo says Iran gives al Qaeda new 'home base,' analysts skeptical

FILE PHOTO: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at a business leaders reception at the Museu de Moeda in Luanda, Angola February 17, 2020. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via REUTERS
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Trump returns Cuba to US list of state sponsors of terrorism

People walk past a house destroyed by an air strike in the old quarter of Sanaa, Yemen August 8, 2018/Reuters
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What impact could US blacklisting of Houthis have on Yemen's war?

FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at a press briefing at the State Department in Washington, US, April 22, 2020. Nicholas Kamm/Pool via REUTERS
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US lifts restrictions on contacts with Taiwan as clock runs out on Trump administration

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US considering sanctions on those involved in arrests in Hong Kong: Pompeo

FILE PHOTO: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers remarks to the media at the State Department in Washington, US, March 5, 2020. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
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No breakthrough as Pompeo meets Taliban, Kabul negotiators in Doha

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is seen during a press conference in the garden of Marienborg Castle north of Copenhagen, Denmark, July 22, 2020. Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix/via REUTERS
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Pompeo expected to visit Israeli settlement in parting gift

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Biden tells world leaders ‘America is back’ but Pompeo digs in

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with Kosovo's Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti (not pictured) at the State Department in Washington, DC, US, September 4, 2020. Photo:Reuters
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US Secretary of State says up to Afghans to determine political system during peace talks

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Pompeo meets Oman's Sultan on last leg of Mideast tour

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is seen during a press conference in the garden of Marienborg Castle north of Copenhagen, Denmark, July 22, 2020. Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix/via REUTERS
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Pompeo insists 'tide is turning' on China