2019: Europe’s year of reckoning
What with Brexit and EU parliament elections looming, dramatic change could happen in Europe next year, writes Joschka Fischer, a former German foreign minister. Politically, 2019 will be an extraordinarily important year for the European Union. The United Kingdom is … Read More
Merkel visits Ukraine, says anti-Russian sanctions will stay
Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko, left, welcomes German Chancellor Angela Merkel ahead of their meeting in Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) (Efrem Lukatsky) KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel has visited Ukraine, pledging to uphold … Read More
The Unknown Turkish Refugee Crisis
janissary procession through the Brandenburg Gate on Türkischen Tag (Turkish Day), Berlin, photo via Wikimedia Commons BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 993, November 1, 2018 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Turkey, which hosts some 3.5 million refugees, is generally considered a transit or bulwark … Read More
US general says more troops will deploy to southern border
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Thousands of U.S. troops to stop an “invasion” of migrants.
Source 1 News Thousands of U.S. troops to stop an “invasion” of migrants. Tent cities for asylum seekers. An end to the Constitution’s guarantee of birthright citizenship. With his eyes squarely on next Tuesday’s elections, President Donald Trump is rushing … Read More
TV report: Israel silent as Iran hit by computer virus more violent than Stuxnet
Tehran strategic networks attacked, Hadashot TV says, hours after Israel revealed it tipped off Denmark about Iran murder plot, and days after Rouhani’s phone was found bugged. In this Feb. 3, 2007 file photo, an Iranian technician works at the … Read More
China’s President Orders Military ‘PREPARE FOR WAR’
Tensions are now growing around the future of the South China Sea and Taiwan. Tensions are now growing around the future of the South China Sea and Taiwan As China continues to battle the escalating trade war with the US, … Read More
Venice Flooding Is Worst in a Decade; Severe Weather in Italy Kills at Least 11
ROME — Violent thunderstorms, small tornadoes that blew roofs off homes, and winds equivalent to a Category 3 hurricane lashed Italy from Piedmont to Sicily early this week, leaving at least 11 people dead, many injured, and firefighters and other … Read More
MbS: The New Saddam Of Arabia?
As Mohammad bin Salman (MbS) has terrorized his opponents at home and abroad, fear has spread within the Saudi kingdom. Has he become the new Saddam of Arabia? As Iraq’s Saddam Hussein did in the 1980s, MbS is cementing his … Read More
‘Europe without Angela Merkel is possible’
Many EU member states did not agree with her refugee policies, others criticized her austerity stance. Brussels now regards Angela Merkel’s step-by-step withdrawal as a chance for new beginnings, says DW’s Bernd Riegert. For many observers in Brussels, the twilight of … Read More
New Zealand earthquake: 6.2-magnitude shake halts parliament
Houses sway as strong quake under central New Zealand is felt in Wellington. A 6.2-magnitude earthquake has struck central New Zealand, causing parliament to be suspended. The quake was felt most strongly in central New Zealand, including the capital city of … Read More
Iran’s Worst Nightmare Is Coming True
In what must seem like a nightmare scenario for Iran, not only is another U.S. president leveling sanctions against its economy, and particularly that economy’s lifeblood, its oil sector, but the current U.S. president has admittedly made it his mission … Read More
Fox News’ Gregg Jarrett: Migrant caravan “is a threatened invading force that may bash its way through our fence”
Greg Jarrett: “This is a threatened invading force that may well bash its way through our fence the way they did the Guatemala fence.” From the October 29 edition of Fox Business News’ Lou Dobbs Tonight: LOU DOBBS (HOST): Joining me … Read More