EU budget crisis ERUPTS: FURY as Brussels Brexit cutbacks ‘TARGET’ Visegrad states
BRUSSELS looks set to use Brexit to PUNISH farmers in Central and Eastern Europe by resolving the Brexit financial blackhole with a severe cutback on agricultural subsidies that could see a 10 percent plunge in income. THe EU risks inflaming … Read More
Trump’s right: Obama was asleep at the switch on Russia
Editor’s Note: Scott Jennings, a CNN contributor, is a former special assistant to President George W. Bush and former campaign adviser to Sen. Mitch McConnell. He is a partner at RunSwitch Public Relations in Louisville, Kentucky. Follow him on Twitter @ScottJenningsKY. … Read More
‘The Netanyahu Era is Over’
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s legal woes amplified on Wednesday after a powerful close confidant turned state’s witness in the escalating corruption investigations. The Israel Police had already recommended Netanyahu’s indictment in the two investigations known as Case 1000 and Case … Read More
Iran’s Intensifying War with Israel
The Trump administration should publicly warn Russia and Iran that the United States will respond forcefully to future threats in Syria. The February 10 military clash between Iran and Israel ushered in a new phase of the Syrian war. Iran … Read More
Japan Says China Illegally Transferred Cargo to North Korea
A North Korean military security guard keeps watch over the USS Pueblo in Pyongyang, North Korea, Jan. 24, 2108. Japan says its military has witnessed a cargo transfer between China and North Korea on the high seas that it suspects … Read More
Europe is facing a potential crisis in the Balkans. It has to act soon
The promise of EU membership for states in the region is welcome, but Russia, China and Turkey could create instability. ‘Many factors have brought the Balkans back to the fore – not least the recent refugee crisis, which deeply rattled … Read More
For now, U.S. wants Europeans just to commit to improve Iran deal
Iranian workers stand in front of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, about 1,200 km (745 miles) south of Tehran, in October 2010. | REUTERS WASHINGTON/PARIS/MUNICH – The United States has sketched out a path under which three key European allies would … Read More
GERMANY’S CRISIS: Now anti-migrant AfD become second largest party in shock poll
GERMANY’S anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) has overtaken the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) for the first time in a national poll to become the second-strongest party, an Insa survey. Chancellor Angela Merkel‘s Christian Democrats (CDU) gained 2.5 percentage points to reach … Read More
Conservatives urge Trump to grant pardons in Russia probe
As special counsel Robert Mueller builds his case, relatives of former national security adviser Michael Flynn are among those pressing the president to use his unique legal power and ‘put these defendants out of their misery.’ Former national security … Read More
Iran, Deeply Embedded in Syria, Expands ‘Axis of Resistance’
Kiswah base, above: Tiyas air base Compound near Damascus Airport, above Al Shayrat airfield By The … Read More
Mount Sinabung eruption 2018/02/19
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Indonesia raises aviation warnings after Sumatra volcano emits ash cloud
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia on Monday raised flight warnings around the Mount Sinabung volcano on Sumatra island to their highest level after it sent a towering plume of ash more than 7 kilometers (4.4 miles) into the air, its biggest … Read More
US ‘NERVOUS’ of North Korea NUCLEAR WAR threats admits Secretary of State Rex Tillerson
US SECRETARY of State, Rex Tillerson, has admitted he’s nervous that he does not know how long it may be until North Korea strikes America with a nuclear bomb, it has been revealed. The member of Donald Trump’s cabinet declared … Read More
Netanyahu to Iran: ‘Do Not Test Israel’s Resolve’
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, who spoke at the Munich Security Conference in Germany, on Sunday, brandished a remnant of what he said was an Iranian drone shot down in Israeli airspace.CreditLennart Preiss/MSC Munich Security Conference, via Reuters MUNICH … Read More