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All American Diplomats Have Left Venezuela: Pompeo

The United States has withdrawn all remaining diplomatic personnel from its embassy in Caracas as the crisis in Venezuela deepens, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Thursday. “Today, all US diplomats remaining in Venezuela departed the country. I know it is a difficult moment for them,” he said in a ...

March 14, 2019

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Democrat Beto O’Rourke Announces Run for US President: AFP

Democrat Beto O’Rourke announced Thursday he is running for president, joining a crowded field of candidates vying to challenge Donald Trump in 2020. “The only way for us to live up to the promise of America is to give it our all and to give it for all of us,” ...

March 14, 2019

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According to US State Department, “Israel No Longer Occupies Golan Heights”

The US State Department has dropped references to the Israeli occupation in its 2018 human rights report on the Zionist entity, the Golan Heights, the West Bank and Gaza. In contrast with earlier reports, the new paper does not describe the Golan Heights as an “occupied” area, watering down the ...

March 14, 2019

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Senate Urges Halt to US Support for Saudi War on Yemen in Rebuke to Trump

The US Senate has once again rebuked President Donald Trump for his policy toward Riyadh by approving a resolution that would put an end to Washington’s support for the Saudi-led coalition in the devastating war it has waged on Yemen since 2015. The Republican-led Senate passed the resolution on ...

March 14, 2019

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9/11 Victim’s Wife Slams US over Prioritizing Ties with Saudi Over Justice

National chairwoman of 9/11 Families and Survivors United for Justice Against Terrorism Terry Strada told Hill.TV that both Republican and Democratic administrations have taken the side of Saudi Arabia in the lawsuit on Riyadh’s role in the terror attack. “They have sided with the Saudis more than they have sided ...

March 12, 2019

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CIA director Mike Pompeo, who was picked by President Donald Trump to lead US foreign policy

US to Pull All Remaining Diplomatic Staff from Venezuela

The United States will withdraw all remaining diplomatic personnel from its embassy in Caracas, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said late Monday. The move worsens already tattered relations, with President Donald Trump having said he rules out no options including military intervention to oust President Nicolas Maduro. The US has ...

March 12, 2019

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US Sanctions Russia-based Bank over ‘Venezuela Dealings’

The US Treasury slapped sanctions Monday on a Russia-based bank partly owned by Venezuela for its support for the government of President Nicolas Maduro and the sanctioned state oil company PDVSA. The sanctions targeted Moscow-based Evrofinance Mosnarbank, which when founded in 2011 was 50 percent-owned by leading Russian banks and ...

March 11, 2019

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Arms Sales to Middle East Have Increased Dramatically: US Top Exporter

Arms flows to the Middle East have increased by 87 percent over the past five years and now account for more than a third of the global trade, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said in a report on Sunday. The defense think-tank’s annual survey showed that Saudi Arabia ...

March 11, 2019

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Venezuelan Gov’t Making Efforts to Restore Electricity within Few Hours: Maduro

Venezuelan authorities are making every effort so that the national electricity supply system can be restored within a few hours, the country’s president, Nicolas Maduro, said on Sunday. “The national power supply system has been subject to numerous cyberattacks, which led to its disruption and prevented attempts to restore ...

March 10, 2019

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Maduro: Cyber-Attack Prevented Power Restoration

Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro said on Saturday that a new cyber-attack had prevented authorities from restoring power throughout the country following a blackout on Thursday that caused chaos. Maduro told supporters in Caracas that almost 70 percent of power had been restored when “we received at midday another cyber-attack at ...

March 10, 2019