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
How the EU’s Migrant Crisis Reached the Streets of Brussels
BRUSSELS — The city is freezing. At night, Hamza Khater eats and sleeps at a volunteer-run shelter. He spends his days hanging around the international bus stop next to the Gare du Nord. “What am I looking for? I am … Read More
May pleads for ‘urgent’ post-Brexit EU security deal
British Prime Minister Theresa May called for a deal with the EU on post-Brexit security cooperation at the Munich Security Conference Photo: AFP MUNICH, Germany British Prime Minister Theresa May pleaded Saturday for an urgent deal with the European Union on post-Brexit … Read More
NATO Chief Warns of Growing Nuclear Threat From North Korea, Russia
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Feb. 16, 2018. MUNICH — The head of NATO has said the alliance is determined to avoid a new arms race with Russia, but he warned that … Read More