The United Nations voiced concern Monday after the United States imposed unusually harsh restrictions on the movements of Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who was visiting the world body. Weeks after the United States threatened sanctions against Zarif, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that Washington issued him a ...
US President Donald Trump in June nominated Mark Esper, previously the US secretary of the Army, to be the next defence secretary after his first choice, Acting Defence Secretary Patrick Shanahan, withdrew from consideration following accusations of domestic abuse. There has been no confirmed US defence chief since James Mattis ...
