Central American caravan gains speed, as first migrants cross border
Migrants from Central American countries have banded together for safety on the long journey north to the United StatesPEDRO PARDO (AFP) President Donald Trump has deployed some 5,900 troops to the border as the caravan approaches Hundreds of Central … Read More
Preparing Asia for the next financial crisis
The continued challenges of a changing economic environment are not new to the ASEAN+3 region, which consists of the 10 ASEAN members plus China (including Hong Kong), Japan and Korea. The region has weathered several external shocks in the past … Read More
California Camp Fire: Death toll touches 42
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Death toll in Northern California wildfire rises to 42, as Trump OKs disaster declaration for Golden State
How the Camp Fire destroyed Paradise, California Driven by high winds and fueled by dry conditions, what started as a wildland fire became an ‘area ignition’ event that grew into a ‘giant structure fire’ in Paradise, says Tim Aboudara of … Read More
Brexit is a ‘DEEP WOUND’ for the European Union – Merkel admits damage of UK’s exit
BREXIT is a “deep wound” in the side of the European Union, warned German Chancellor Angela Merkel as she gave a speech to the EU Parliament in Strasbourg. The German Chancellor told the European Union’s Parliament of the damage done … Read More
Moscow Laying Groundwork for Deeper Military Involvement in Libya
Russian PMCs financier Yevgeny Prighozin (background) as Libyan General Khalifa Haftar’s delegation arrives to meet with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu (Source: VOA) Moscow is deepening its military involvement in Libya while denying to its own people and the world … Read More
US reaffirms sanctions campaign on North Korea, keeps up pressure on Japan on trade
US Vice President Mike Pence (left) with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the Prime Minister’s official residence in Tokyo, Japan on 13 Nov, 2018.PHOTO: EPA-EFE TOKYO – US Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday (Nov 13) reaffirmed the need … Read More
State Department downplays European army: ‘We support NATO’
European nations should bolster their military capabilities within the NATO alliance, the State Department said Tuesday in response to French and German calls for a continental army. “Whatever should be done should not take away from NATO’s efforts,” State Department … Read More
Germany’s Merkel joins France’s Macron in call for European Union army
German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Tuesday for an integrated European Union military, echoing language used by French President Emmanuel Macron last week that infuriated U.S. President Donald Trump. READ MORE: France’s Emmanuel Macron calls for ‘real European army’ in light of United States, … Read More
How Immigration Changes Britain
Asia Bibi at a jail in Sheikhupura, located in Pakistan’s Punjab Province, November 20, 2010 (Reuters/Asad Karim/File Photo) Almost nothing is discussed as badly in America or Europe as the subject of immigration. And one reason is that it remains … Read More
Iran’s regime has a track record of defeats
The problem with Iran’s rulers is that they have come to rely on their expansionist foreign policies as the means for covering their internal failures. Imaginary victories. An Iranian woman walks by a mural on the wall of the former … Read More
Israel and Hizballah trade threats over Iran-supplied precision-guidance missiles
Israel has sent a final warning to the Lebanese government that it will destroy Hizballah’s new factories for upgrading its missiles unless they were shut down, DEBKAfile’s military sources report. Iran recently supplied Hizballah with precision-guidance munitions. Their components would … Read More
Brig.-Gen. Hossein Salami also claimed that Iran was improving its ballistic missiles.
Brig.-Gen. Hossein Salami also claimed that Iran was improving its ballistic missiles. > Iran to Israel: Fingers are on the trigger, missiles are ready to launch > Iranian Revolutionary Guard general: ‘Resistance is the only way’ Hossein Salami, deputy head of Iran’s … Read More
Islamized Britain
Pakistan mob demands death for Christian woman This is a sign of the times: A Pakistani Christian woman’s appeal to Britain for asylum has been denied because her arrival in the country may stir civil unrest, HuffPost UK has been … Read More
German refugee agency head wants hard line on deportations
The new president of Germany’s BAMF refugee agency says authorities must apply rules on deportation strictly. His predecessor was sacked over allegedly lax asylum decisions. German authorities should apply asylum law consistently and strictly even in difficult individual cases, the … Read More