U.S. envoy’s letter, obtained by Haaretz, sent one day before resolution rejecting U.S. move expected to pass by sweeping majority at the General Assembly U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley sent a threatening letter to representatives of member-states of the UN General Assembly who intend to support a resolution rejecting President Donald Trump’s…
AN outbreak of legionnaires’ disease in Majorca which claimed the life of a British tourist and affected 19 other British holidaymakers has been traced to a hotel Jacuzzi. Health officials on the island revealed they had identified the source in a statement in which they said they were closing their investigation. They revealed in mid-October that…
–Freedom Party’s coalition with conservatives in Austria was agreed on Friday –Coalition will be led by world’s youngest leader Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, 31 –More than 2,000 took part in protests yesterday amid heavy police presence –Asylum seekers may have to hand over cash and phones under new set of rules Asylum seekers will be forced…
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Donald Trump is set to drop climate change as a national security threat, as part of a new National Security Strategy that will be released on Monday. In a speech that is expected to prioritize the president’s “America first” security blueprint, the threat of climate change will be downplayed in a sharp change of tack…
Iraqi Kurdish President Masoud Barzani casts his vote during Kurds independence referendum in Erbil, Iraq September 25, 2017. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari BERLIN – 18 December 2017: Germany on Monday said its continued support for Iraq and the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government was contingent on peaceful efforts by both sides to resolve their differences. The German government…
LONDON — British Prime Minister Theresa May is meeting with her senior ministers to begin thrashing out Britain’s plans for a trade deal with the European Union after Brexit. May will meet with the Brexit “war cabinet” Monday to formally discuss what long-term relationship Britain wants with the EU — whether to stay aligned with…
This article first appeared on the Atlantic Council site. US National Security Advisor Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster and his team deserve credit for clear expression of the threat to the United States from autocratic, revisionist powers, especially Russia. Outlining the new National Security Strategy (NSS) to be released today, McMaster last week publicly cited Russia’s…
Israeli forces detain a Palestinian man during protests against US President Donald Trump’s announcement to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel on 16 December 2017 [Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu Agency] Israeli occupation forces arrested 430 Palestinians and wounded more than 3,400 others in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem and the besieged Gaza Strip since…