The WHO chief has become the Trump administration’s latest punching bag, with Republicans reviving his past controversies and demanding his ouster.
Author: Deirdre Shesgreen, USA TODAY
A coronavirus travel nightmare: A blur of canceled flights, border closures, and martial law
How one American’s long-planned vacation turned into a blur of border closures, canceled flights, martial law and diplomatic wrangling.
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Countries are competing to secure scarce medical supplies, closing borders with little notice, and lobbing verbal broadsides as COVID-19 spreads.
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Bob Levinson disappeared 13 years ago from an island off Iran’s southern coast. Exactly what the ex-FBI agent was doing there is a matter of dispute.
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President Trump is under fire for his move to dismantle a high-level global pandemic office as his administration struggles to respond to coronavirus.
Pompeo says US will take ‘all necessary measures’ to bar war crimes probe of military
Pompeo’s remarks came after an international court ruled its prosecutors could investigate possible war crimes committed in Afghanistan.
‘It’s a great plan’: Trump to release Middle East peace proposal before meeting with Israeli leaders
President Donald Trump will discuss his still-secret Middle East peace plan next week with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and rival Benjamin Gantz.
Pompeo says US will examine alleged surveillance of ex-Ukraine ambassador Yovanovitch
“We will do everything we need to do to evaluate whether there was something that took place there,” Pompeo told Tony Katz, a radio show host.
Pompeo rebuffs Iraqi leader’s demand for US troop withdrawal as critics warn of ISIS resurgence
“America is a force for good in the Middle East,” said a State Department spokesman, who said the U.S. would not discuss a military withdrawal.