Pakistan warns world of grave consequences of Kashmir crisis
* US senators say danger of a ‘miscalculation’ is always there if tensions between Pakistan and India escalate * Call upon India to afford similar transparency as Pakistan offered them in Azad Jammu and Kashmir Prime Minister Imran Khan on … Read More
EU Divisions Over Russia Mount as France, Germany Seek Peace in Ukraine
French President Emmanuel Macron, right, shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin after their meeting at the fort of Bregancon in Bormes-les-Mimosas, southern France, Aug. 19, 2019. BRUSSELS – French and German attempts to end the conflict in east Ukraine … Read More
Incoming EU foreign affairs chief declares Brussels needs more troops and must be ready to intervene
Josep Borrell The EU must have more troops and be prepared to use them across the globe, the bloc’s incoming foreign affairs chief has told the European Parliament. Josep Borrell, who is nominated to be the EU’s next chief diplomat, … Read More
Boris Johnson Accepts Emmanuel Macron’s Deadline For A Brexit Deal
“Everyone understands that we need to know by the end of this week where this is heading.” Boris Johnson has accepted that he has until the end of the week to save his Brexit plan, it is understood. French President Emmanuel Macron told … Read More
Pentagon calls Russia as US announces Syria withdrawal
US Defense Secretary Mark Esper/ Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu © REUTERS/Christian Hartmann; Sputnik/Alexey Druzhinin US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper called his Russian counterpart Sergey Shoigu on Monday, as US President Donald Trump announced the US pullout from northeastern Syria. … Read More
Russia Responds: All Foreign Troops “With Illegal Presence” Should Leave Syria
Russia’s response to the White House’s late Sunday shock announcement saying “Turkey will soon be moving forward with its long-planned operation into Northern Syria” has been relatively muted. Though Trump reportedly told Erdogan the US won’t back the operation in a ‘last-minute’ weekend phone … Read More
Merkel’s Government says Iran’s call to ‘wipe Israel off the map’ not antisemitic
German Chancellor Angela Merkel holds a joint news conference with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte (not pictured) at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, on October 2, 2019. (photo credit: MICHELE TANTUSSI/REUTERS) German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government has declared that Iran’s call … Read More
Tsunamis linked to spread of deadly fungal disease
The tsunamis that followed a huge earthquake in Alaska in 1964 caused massive damage – Education Images A major earthquake in Alaska in 1964 triggered tsunamis that washed ashore a deadly tropical fungus, scientists say. Researchers believe it then evolved … Read More
Nunes says Dems enlisted ‘media mouthpieces’ to gin up ‘fake’ impeachment grounds
California Rep. Devin Nunes said on Thursday that Democrats enlisted the mainstream media to gin up a “fake story” to get President Trump impeached. “I want to congratulate the Democrats on the rollout of their latest information warfare operation against the president, and their extraordinary … Read More
Dan Gainor: Anti-Trump media doing their best to get president impeached
It looks like Trump-hating journalists are getting their dearest wish — the beginning of impeachment proceedings against the president. The media have been clamoring to remove Trump from office since he was elected. Here’s a great compilation of just a few examples across 35 … Read More
‘Britain’s been sacrificed!’ Brexit Party MEP launches ferocious attack on ‘EU superstate’
BREXIT PARTY MEP Rupert Lowe has hit out at the EU, branding the institution a “federal superstate” that has “sacrificed Britain on the alter”. Mr. Lowe launched a scathing attack on the European Union as he condemned the bloc for … Read More
Johnson faces new constitutional crisis as Brexit talks grind to a halt
It appears increasingly unlikely PM will hit deadline for deal laid down in Benn act. With a Brexit delay forced on him, Johnson could fight a general election on a platform of a hard Brexit. Photograph: Han Yan/Xinhua/Barcroft Media Boris … Read More
Is China’s ‘social credit’ surveillance system coming to America?
Unsplash/Suhyeon Choi China’s “social credit” system, a high-tech operation that tracks and assigns points in relation to the daily activities and behavior choices of its citizens, is being developed in Silicon Valley. The Communist government’s digital efforts, which have been … Read More
Hong Kong’s fight for freedom
The western democratic world must back the protesters, says Janet Nichol, while Esther Cheo Ying Samson remembers parading in Beijing on 1 October 1949. A protest against a teenage demonstrator being shot at close range in the chest by a police officer in … Read More