Mueller Delivers Report on Trump-Russia Investigation to Attorney General
WASHINGTON — The special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, has delivered a report on his inquiry into Russian interference in the 2016 election to Attorney General William P. Barr, according to the Justice Department, bringing to a close an investigation … Read More
Widespread Misery: The EU Continues to Erode The Rights of Refugees
By the beginning of 2018, nearly 13 million Syrians were displaced. Photo: Nikolay Doychinovnikolay, AFP Millions of refugees – mostly from Syria – have poured into Turkey since the outset of its Southern neighbor’s bloody civil war in 2011. And though the … Read More
Death toll from Cyclone Idai ‘could spiral past a thousand’ in Mozambique amid fears 500,000 survivors are at risk of fatal diseases and starving villagers resort to drinking from dirty puddles
Rescue workers in Mozambique fear an outbreak of cholera, dysentery or malaria could take the death toll from Cyclone Idai even higher after the country’s President said as many as 1,000 people could have died. Tens of thousands of people … Read More
Trump support of Golan Heights sovereignty and Netanyahu visit continue US special relationship with Israel
Affirming the strong ties between the U.S. and Israel, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet next week with President Trump at the White House and will speak an estimated 18,000 people at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s annual policy conference … Read More
Analysis Trump’s Golan Declaration: Blessing for Netanyahu, Message to Russia
The international response is likely to be weak, and returning the Golan isn’t something most Israelis support. The significance is mostly political, and the timing unsurprising. U.S. President Donald Trump (right) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hug after speaking at … Read More
Cyclone Trevor: Largest ever evacuation under way in Australia’s Northern Territory as a state of emergency declared
Credit NASA With more than 1,000 thought to be dead and fears for another 500,000 with 90% of the Mozambique city of Beira destroyed by Cyclone Idai, 2019’s extreme weather continues to intensify. The largest evacuation before a cyclone in … Read More
Brexit: Theresa May ‘hopes’ UK will leave EU with a deal
Getty Images Theresa May has said she “sincerely hopes” the UK will leave the EU with a deal and she is still “working on” ensuring Parliament’s agreement. Arriving in Brussels, she said that she had “personal regret” over her request … Read More
Syria vows to recover Golan as Trump policy shift draws criticism
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian government vowed to take back the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights as its allies and enemies alike condemned U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday for moving to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the territory seized in war. Trump’s … Read More
With Venezuela in ruins, rebel groups seize control along the border
FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) rebel Gina poses while wearing a Che Guevara necklace following the 10th Guerrilla Conference in the remote Yari plains where the peace accord was ratified by the FARC on September 25, 2016 in El … Read More
Democrats struggle to address rising border apprehensions and counter Trump on immigration
WASHINGTON — Democrats who have railed against President Donald Trump’s national emergency as a manufactured crisis are facing a political dilemma as border apprehensions have spiked and are on pace for the highest level since 2008. Since Trump took office, congressional … Read More
U.S. Continues to Pressure Iran Regime
The Trump administration is intent on pressuring Iran. President Trump announced last year that the United States would be exiting the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and he gave a long list of reasons why. This included Iran’s meddling in the … Read More