Soros predicts EU breakdown, calls Russia ‘resurgent power’
© Jean-Christophe Verhaegen / AFP George Soros has lamented that the European Union is on the verge of collapse while Russia is becoming “a resurgent nationalist power.” Hungarian-American tycoon George Soros, who runs the $26 billion Soros Fund Management and … Read More
California AG: ‘We will prosecute’ employers who cooperate with Federal Immigration Officials
AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez California Attorney General Xavier Becerra (D) says his office “will prosecute” employers who cooperate with federal immigration officials to deport criminal illegal aliens from the United States. In a press conference on Thursday, the pro-open … Read More
OPINION: Trudeau is asking religious Canadians to betray their conscience for federal funding
The Liberals have applied an ideological purity test to their applications for summer job grants. Under the new rules for the summer jobs grants program, applicants must agree — by marking a box on an electronic form — that they … Read More
North Korea WARNING: Rex Tillerson warns threat of World War 3 is ‘GROWING’
NORTH KOREA could soon trigger a conflict with the United States if it continues to ignore calls to diplomatically give up its nuclear weapons and missiles, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson warned. North Korea has refused to shut down its … Read More
Exclusive: Trump accuses Russia of helping North Korea evade sanctions; says U.S. needs more missile defense
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump complained on Wednesday that Russia was helping North Korea to evade international sanctions, signaling frustration with a country he had hoped to forge friendly relations with after his 2016 election win. “Russia is … Read More
Israel’s Greatest Enemy: Iran, or Overconfidence?
Headed north? Photographer: Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images On the wall of Amos Yadlin’s office at the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv, there is a framed Time magazine cover displaying an F-16A fighter jet — the plane Yadlin flew in 1981 when, as … Read More
Families split, lives upended by California mudslides
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Judy Asks: Is Europe Turning its Back on Refugees and Migrants?
A selection of experts answer a new question from Judy Dempsey on the foreign and security policy challenges shaping Europe’s role in the world. Yes and no. Europe is turning its back on the massive inflow of those who, for … Read More
Split Social Democrats could sink Merkel’s coalition plans
BERLIN/DUESSELDORF (Reuters) – The leader of Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD) tried on Tuesday to quash a grassroots rebellion against a blueprint agreed with Angela Merkel’s conservatives to enter formal talks on a “grand coalition” which could scupper her plan for … Read More
Yemen could face famine in 2018 as war continues, aid agencies warn
BEIRUT/ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Already battered by three years of war, Yemen is in danger of tipping into famine in 2018 if fighting continues to disrupt imports of food aid, aid agencies warned. In the worst-case scenario, the war-torn … Read More
Scheming Germany plots to REVERSE Brexit and offer Britain new EU membership terms
GERMAN businessmen who are trying to reverse Brexit by offering new EU membership terms met with European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker today as Berlin attempts to throw its weight around in the bloc. German MEP Hans-Olaf Henkel attempted to bend … Read More
Palestinian leaders advise suspending recognition of Israel
Jerusalem (CNN) Palestinian leaders have called on the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) to suspend its recognition of Israel just days after Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas urged the group to “revise” its agreements with the Jewish state. Abbas is head of … Read More
Russia: ‘Unscrupulous’ U.S. behavior destabilizes world
The United States and its allies are destabilizing the world by continually attempting to settle global issues through “dictating and putting forward ultimatums,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Monday. Lavrov, speaking at an annual news conference on Russian international issues, … Read More
Pope warns world is one step away from nuclear war
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (Reuters) – Pope Francis said on Monday he was really afraid about the danger of nuclear war and that the world now stood at “the very limit.” His comment, made as he flew off for a … Read More