Guy Taylor
Articles by Guy Taylor
Sri Lanka Easter attack result of international network helping local Islamist group: Authorities
Sri Lankan authorities said Monday that a "wider international network" of terrorists helped a little-known local Islamist group carry out the grisly wave of coordinated bombings that ripped through churches, luxury hotels and other sites in Colombo on Easter Sunday, as the death toll from attacks continued to rise. Published April 22, 2019
Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump ally, wins Israel election over Benny Gantz
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pulled off a squeaker of a win in Israel's election, declaring victory Wednesday as official vote tallies showed his Likud party will be able to form a majority coalition with smaller right-wing parties to control the nation's parliament. Published April 10, 2019
Benjamin Netanyahu secures path to victory in Israeli election; corruption allegations remain
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pulled off a squeaker of a win in Israel's election, declaring victory early Wednesday as vote tallies showed his Likud party will be able to form a majority coalition with smaller right-wing parties to control the nation's parliament. Published April 10, 2019
Benjamin Netanyahu win in Israel election over Benny Gantz projected
The stars appeared to be aligned Tuesday night for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to win a fourth consecutive term after a hotly contested election in which a new centrist party headed by former military chief Benny Gantz won a significant chunk of the country's parliamentary seats. Published April 9, 2019
Israel election underway as PM Benjamin Netanyahu struggles to stay in power
Polls opened across Israel Tuesday in an election widely seen as a referendum on long-time conservative Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is struggling to win a fourth consecutive term amid corruption accusations and a strong challenge from former military chief Benny Gantz. Published April 9, 2019
Benjamin Netanyahu, Benny Gantz election Israel’s defining moment
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is the favorite to win Tuesday's general election, but just about everyone in Israel agrees it's going to be a squeaker as voters decide whether to give the Teflon stalwart of conservatism a fourth consecutive term and make him the longest-serving leader in the nation's history. Published April 7, 2019
Mike Pompeo crafts new ‘ethos’ for U.S. diplomacy, outlines vision in internal letter to State Dept.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in an internal letter circulated to thousands of rank-and-file U.S. diplomats Thursday that he remains determined to get the State Department "its swagger back" as he approaches the one-year anniversary of his appointment atop the department later this month. Published April 4, 2019
North Korea courts Russia after Trump-Kim summit failure
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is deepening his regime's relations with Russia just as South Korea engages in a charm offensive with the Trump administration five weeks after U.S.-North Korean denuclearization talks broke down. Published April 3, 2019
Venezuela’s Juan Guaido vows to fight on as possible arrest looms
Venezuelan opposition leader and U.S.-backed interim President Juan Guaido is vowing to fight on, even as the government of President Nicolas Maduro has stripped him of his parliamentary immunity and set the stage for his potential arrest. Published April 3, 2019
Lolwah Al-Khater, Qatar diplomat, sees long Saudi feud
NEWSMAKER INTERVIEW: A top Qatari diplomat says the damaging feud between her country and Saudi Arabia that has divided the two American allies over the past two years and created a Middle East headache for the Trump administration is unlikely to be put to rest anytime soon. Published March 31, 2019
John Brennan and James Comey, Obama intelligence chiefs, under fire after Mueller report
Special counsel Robert Mueller's finding that there was no Trump campaign conspiracy with Russia to steal the 2016 election has unleashed a tsunami of outrage toward Obama-era intelligence chiefs, particularly former CIA Director John O. Brennan and former FBI Director James B. Comey, who are accused of pushing the allegation during congressional hearings, in social media posts and in highly charged interviews on television over the past two years. Published March 28, 2019
Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga: U.S. losing to China diplomacy in Africa
NEWSMAKER INTERVIEW: The U.S. government must step up with resources and investment dollars if it wants to challenge the growing influence of China across sub-Saharan Africa, the prime minister of the West African nation of Mali is warning. Published March 27, 2019
Mike Pompeo’s influence with Donald Trump at State Department questioned
In an administration that even close allies have trouble assessing, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's clout and evident camaraderie with President Trump have made him a reassuring and consequential figure. Published March 17, 2019
U.S. support Juan Guaido in Venezuela strong as diplomats leave
The withdrawal of the last U.S. diplomats from Venezuela does not mean the Trump administration is abandoning its support for opposition leader Juan Guaido in the escalating clash with socialist President Nicolas Maduro, U.S. officials said Tuesday. Published March 12, 2019
Mike Pompeo denies that U.S. is behind the blackouts in Venezuela
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo denied Monday that the U.S. was responsible for hacking Venezuela's energy grid, asserting that the debilitating power outages now gripping the South American nation are the result of "years and years of neglect" by Venezuelan authorities. Published March 11, 2019
Mike Pompeo denies U.S. role in Venezuela power outages
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo denied allegations Monday that the U.S. was responsible for hacking or meddling with Venezuela's energy grid. Published March 11, 2019
John Bolton: Donald Trump optimistic for more North Korea talks
President Trump and his top advisers expressed optimism through the weekend that diplomatic efforts on denuclearization talks with Pyongyang can be revived, despite reports of North Korean ballistic missile and nuclear activity. Published March 10, 2019
John Bolton ‘honored’ that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro ‘fears’ him
National Security Advisor John Bolton said Sunday he feels "honored" that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro recently named him as among a list of Trump administration officials that Mr. Maduro "fears." Published March 10, 2019
John Bolton, national security advisor, downplays prospect of imminent N. Korean missile launch
National Security Adviser John Bolton tried to tamp down speculation about prospect of North Korea test-launching a missile after recent commercial satellite imagery appearing to show cranes rebuilding a key launch site that Pyongyang had vowed to destroy. Published March 10, 2019
Joseph Yun, ex-U.S. ambassador: No question now Hanoi summit outcome was ‘bad news’ for Kim Jong-un
President Trump and Kim Jong-un's failure to reach an agreement in their second summit was "really bad news" for the North Korean leader, according to a former top State Department official who had a instrumental role in opening the current nuclear diplomacy with Pyongyang. Published March 10, 2019