‘Get out of Syria,’ Iran tells U.S.
GENEVA (Reuters) – Senior Iranian figures said on Wednesday that Syria was a top foreign policy priority and American troops should withdraw, as planned by U.S. President Donald Trump. “Whether they want to or not, the Americans must leave Syria,” … Read More
Russia says it must develop new nuclear-warhead carrying missiles by 2021
–Russia says it must develop new nuclear missiles by 2021. –The country’s defense minister is quoted as saying the need for more missiles follows a U.S. decision to suspend a 32-year-old bilateral treaty. Alexei Nikolsky | TASS | Getty Images … Read More
Germany to fund military infrastructure in Lithuania
Germany will invest €110 million ($127 million) in military infrastructure in Lithuania until 2021, its defense minister said on Monday, on a visit to mark two years since NATO installed battalions in the Baltic region to ward off Russia. In … Read More
In Japan, Angela Merkel warns against treating North Korea naively
Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke with Emperor Akihito on the second and final day of her visit to Japan. Later events with students and scientists covered topics from North Korean disarmament through to cows’ digestion. Angela Merkel had a third and … Read More
As more Venezuelans flee, the crisis pushes deeper into Colombia
Groups document surge in number of Venezuelans crossing into Colombia in January, with locals ramping up efforts to help. Venezuelans try to catch a ride at a Red Cross checkpoint [Dylan Baddour/Al Jazeera] Pamplona, Colombia – Up to 50 Venezuelans sleep … Read More
Israel has not fully deterred Iranian aggression in Syria
An old Israeli tank with a flag overlooking the Syrian town of Quneitra in the Golan Heights on Feb. 11, 2018. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90. (February 4, 2019 / JNS) Israel’s now overt war against Iran has moved to the airwaves as well. … Read More
How hunger is fueling Venezuela’s fast-rising opposition
Caracas — Europe has now joined the movement against embattled Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, which continues to grow outside the South American nation. Inside the country, millions of Catholics have also joined the push for change, led by their church. In … Read More
Twitter up in arms after ex-Austrian MP says that girls wear headscarves to avoid migrant assaults
Global Look Press / Z6869 Reinhard Kaufhold An interview with an ex-MP suggesting that Austrian-born girls wear headscarves to hide the fact they aren’t Muslims and to prevent assaults from migrants on the streets of Vienna has triggered a storm on … Read More
Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 6,413 in 2019; Deaths Reach 208
Geneva – IOM, the UN Migration Agency, reports that 6,413 migrants and refugees have entered Europe by sea through the first 34 days of 2019, a 17 percent decrease from the 7,499 arriving during the same period last year. However almost … Read More
Chile Declares State of Catastrophe Due to Wildfires
Santiago de Chile, Feb 5 (Prensa Latina) Chilean President Sebastián Piñera declared on Tuesday a ”State of Constitutional Exception” in the southern regions of La Araucanía, Biobío and Los Ríos, as a result of the forest fires that devastate those … Read More
BREXIT REVOLT: Merkel CONDEMNED for creating ‘European SUPER-STATE’ – shock claim
BREXIT is a mass revolt against a German-run European super-state, a top analyst has claimed, adding the “appallingly incompetent” EU will part from Britain “terminally fractured” after the March 29 deadline. Dr. Michael Ivanovitch claimed the EU long ago abandoned … Read More
Trump: US military to stay in Syria, Iraq to combat Iran and ‘to protect Israel’
“We’re going to be there, and we’re going to be staying. We have to protect Israel,” he told CBS News’s Margaret Brennan on Sunday. “We have to protect other things that we have. But we’re—yeah, they’ll be coming back in … Read More
Central American caravans advance amid shifting border policies
Thousands head north, some obtaining humanitarian visas in Mexico, while others fear US’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy. Families rest in the Huixtla town plaza Sunday after their 41 kilometer trek north from Tapachula, in southern Mexico [Sandra Cuffe/Al Jazeera] Tapachula, … Read More