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President Donald Trump is flying out to Belgium on Tuesday for two days of NATO meetings, and if member states — and U.S. allies — were under the impression that he might be rethinking the antagonistic strategy he unleashed during June’s G7 summit in Italy, they can forget … [Read More...]
President Donald Trump has again lashed out at an international body — this time, it’s the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), which he accused Wednesday afternoon of driving up gas prices. He called on them to increase their production (of course, via Twitter): The OPEC Monopoly must … [Read More...]
German Chancellor Angela Merkel had her back against the wall on Wednesday as she tried to defend her migration policy to the far right, which accuse her of being too soft, and to the center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD), which is angry at Merkel’s increasingly hardline turn. “… [Read More...]
Sanctions imposed by the United Nations on six individuals involved in smuggling migrants and refugees are being lauded as a landmark move sending a powerful message to the lawless country’s criminal networks. On Friday, Reuters reported that the U.N. Security Council has placed the six men — four … [Read More...]
The events of the past few days signal a worrying trend for the administration of President Donald Trump: The world will not hold its breath for the United States on issues of international politics and security. In trying to isolate his targets — Iran and North Korea — what Trump … [Read More...]
It feels like only a short time ago that President Donald Trump was insulting North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, engaging in name calling and threats everywhere from Twitter to the floor of the United Nations. And yet, on Monday, CNN’s Jim Acosta tweeted an image of a commemorative … [Read More...]
President Donald Trump has sent a letter to Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, assuring her that the United States will support the country with its refugee crisis, while continuing to “pressure Myanmar” to safely repatriate the nearly 700,000 Rohingya Muslims fleeing military crackdowns, Reuters reported Friday. President Trump has made … [Read More...]
In two early morning tweets, President Donald Trump went after Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) on Saturday, demanding his resignation for killing the nomination of White House doctor Ronny Jackson to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs. Allegations made by Senator Jon Tester against Admiral/Doctor Ron Jackson are proving … [Read More...]
In what should have been an easy bit of positive PR for the White House as well U.S. Olympian and Paralympian athletes, President Donald Trump managed to slip in some self-congratulation and a few jaw-dropping insults. The White House on Friday hosted the athletes who had competed … [Read More...]
Images of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in meeting and shaking hands are the stuff of history books, their passionate statements committing to peace and denuclearization reassuring after months of escalated tensions. The Koreas have had an adversarial relationship for decades, and Friday’… [Read More...]
On Saturday, Palestinians buried the 29th person killed by Israeli border forces in about a week. Journalist Yaser Murtaja, a cameraman for Palestinian Ain Media, was wearing a blue flak jacket marked with “PRESS” in capital letters when he was shot, Reuters reports. The “Great March of Return” … [Read More...]
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is looking to compile a database of journalists, bloggers and social media “influencers” here and overseas, Bloomberg reported. A request filed on April 3 sought a contractor to gather information on people posting across all platforms — radio, print, digital, and television — … [Read More...]
Things have moved rapidly in the week since President Donald Trump dropped a series of heated tweets about the “caravan” of Central American migrants heading to the U.S. border. By Saturday, Texas had moved to send 250 National Guard troops to the border and Arizona is poised to send 150, … [Read More...]
Less than 24 hours after he’d made a deal with the United Nations to send over 16,000 African migrants to be resettled in Western countries, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu backed away from the agreement. He did so not because he came to think that Israel should be a country that … [Read More...]
In response to President Donald Trump’s approval of higher duties on Chinese steel and aluminum last month, Beijing on Sunday raised import duties on some U.S. goods by $3 billion. And by midday Monday, the Washington Post reported that the markets had taken a hit: The Dow Jones … [Read More...]
Totally countering his Secretary of Defense, Gen. James Mattis, President Trump on Thursday said the United States is on its way out of Syria. “We’ll be coming out of Syria, like very soon. Let the other people take care of it now. Very soon. Very soon. We’re … [Read More...]
Speaking before Russia’s March 18 election — which he’s widely expected to win — President Vladimir Putin on Thursday unveiled a number of new nuclear weapons, a nuclear warhead that could fit onto a cruise missile, including underwater nuclear drones, supersonic weapons, and laser weapons. In a speech that … [Read More...]
Against the background of the Winter Olympics in PyongChang, North and South Korean leaders are planning to meet for the first time in over a decade, Seoul announced on Saturday. So, while Vice President Mike Pence has made no effort to extend a diplomatic hand — he actually avoided shaking … [Read More...]