Migrants’ journey to Europe turns deadly as boat capsizes in Mediterranean

posted in: News, Refugee Crisis Europe

At least 41 refugees and migrants have drowned with more than 70 others rescued by a commercial vessel that took them to Sicilian port town Porto Empedocle. Migrants wearing lifejackets on a rubber dinghy are pictured during a rescue operation … Read More

Newly elected Jewish Democrat wants Biden to take tougher line on Iran nuke deal

posted in: Israel, News

Kathy Manning is seen during an election rally at Bennett College in Greensboro, N.C., Friday, Oct. 19, 2018. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome) A freshman Democratic congresswoman who sits on the key House Foreign Affairs Committee has come out against the Biden … Read More

US claim for legitimate self-defense in case of terror of Gen Soleimani rejected

posted in: Middle East, News

New York, Feb 25, IRNA – Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Majid Takht Ravanchi has announced that the US claim for legitimate self-defense in case of the Jan 2020 assassination of General Qassem Soleimani was overwhelmingly … Read More

Germany urges Iran to accept US overtures

posted in: Germany, News

Germany’s Foreign Minister: Iran should accept the offer of diplomacy that’s on the table, including from the United States. German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas – Reuters Germany’s Foreign Minister, Heiko Maas, on Wednesday urged Iran to accept diplomatic overtures from … Read More

Germany’s Merkel warns of third virus wave due to new strains

posted in: Germany, News

© Getty Images German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in an interview published Wednesday that a third wave of coronavirus infections could hit the country due to new strains that are emerging. In an interview with Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Merkel said … Read More

Biden, Pelosi, Schumer push $1.9T stimulus as debt, deficit balloon to eye-popping amounts

The U.S. is set to borrow more money in the next 12 months than the previous 200+ years combined The U.S. national debt will swell to nearly $30 trillion if Democrats are able to ram through their COVID-19 relief package via … Read More

US: Millions of Texas Residents Still Without Water Supply

8,800,000 Texans are still under boil water notices while 120,000 still have no water service at all. | Photo: Twitter/@NBCNews More than 30 percent of Texas residents, United States, are still without water service today, after the blackouts caused by … Read More

Thanks to North Korea and China, Japan’s Navy Has a Reason to Grow

posted in: Far East, News

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force increasingly resembles the former Imperial Japanese Navy, but in a smaller size. Here’s What You Need to Remember: One type of warship the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force won’t operate is a battleship, and there are … Read More

Why Russia politics threaten European security

posted in: News, Russia

Russian president Vladimir Putin during a video-conference with security chiefs last week (Photo: kremlin.ru) Arguments over the plight of opposition leader Alexei Navalny and Saturday’s (23 January) street protests across Russia demonstrate that there is no such thing as purely … Read More

EU makes first use of Magnitsky Act, on Russia

posted in: European Union, News

EU foreign relations chief Josep Borrell speaking to US secretary of state Anthony Blinken by video-link on Monday (Photo: consilium.europa.eu) The EU has agreed to blacklist Russian officials guilty of wrongly jailing opposition figure Alexei Navalny, in a new “low” … Read More

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