US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud. Photo: Collected
Crime

Al-Qaeda has no presence in Bangladesh: Info Minister

Mahmud referred to the Jan 6 US Capitol insurrection in which five people were killed, and said no such attack took place in Bangladesh or neighbouring countries

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, US, January 12, 2021. Andrew Harnik/Pool via REUTERS
World+Biz

US imposes fresh sanctions on Iran in final days of Trump presidency

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
World+Biz

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
World+Biz

Pompeo says Iran gives al Qaeda new 'home base,' analysts skeptical

Mike Pompeo. Photo:Reuters
World+Biz

Pompeo, in Tuesday speech, to accuse Iran of al Qaeda links - sources

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
World+Biz

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
World+Biz

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
World+Biz

US lifts restrictions on contacts with Taiwan as clock runs out on Trump administration

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World+Biz

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

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World+Biz

Saudi foreign minister denies meeting between Crown Prince and Israeli officials

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
World+Biz

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
World+Biz

Pompeo expected to visit Israeli settlement in parting gift

A combination picture of US President-elect Joe Biden and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
US Election 2020

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