‘They BURNED our homeland’ Poland demands €350BILLION from Germany for WW2 war crimes
GERMANY should pay Poland hundreds of billions of pounds for the damage caused in the Second World War – politicians are demanding. Relations between Berlin and Warsaw are at boiling point as the EU threatens to mobilise Article 7 against … Read More
North Korea now making missile-ready nuclear weapons, U.S. analysts say
North Korea has successfully produced a miniaturized nuclear warhead that can fit inside its missiles, crossing a key threshold on the path to becoming a full-fledged nuclear power, U.S. intelligence officials have concluded in a confidential assessment. The new analysis … Read More
Trump Threatens ‘Fire and Fury’ Against North Korea if It Endangers U.S.
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — President Trump threatened on Tuesday to unleash “fire and fury” against North Korea if it endangers the United States as tensions with the isolated nuclear-armed state grow into perhaps the most serious foreign policy challenge yet in … Read More
Face It: There Is No Quick Fix In This Migrant Crisis
Standing on deck seeing children, women and men up to their waist in seawater because their boat is slowly deflating, world politics suddenly seem very far away. We are the only ones here, in international waters. No other vessels around … Read More
The Humanitarian Crisis Unfolding Abroad
Famine. 20 million people now on the brink in Africa and the Middle East. We’ve got reporters on the frontlines. Right now, today, the largest humanitarian crisis since World War II is unfolding from Yemen to Nigeria. 20 million people … Read More
Russia To Cut Dependence On U.S. Dollar, Payment Systems
Russia will speed up work on reducing its dependence on U.S. payment systems and the dollar as a settling currency in response to U.S. sanctions, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Monday. Quoted by Reuters, Ryabkov said that “we … Read More
PA Hysterical Over Possibility of Israeli Seat at UN Security Council
If Israel is chosen to fill a seat in the United Nations Security Council it would be a political farce and a scandal, Ahmad Majdalani, member of the PLO Executive Committee, said on Saturday, according to Palestinian news agency WAFA. … Read More
Bavaria out! German state wants Brexit-like ESCAPE from Merkel and Brussels’ rule
At least one-third of the largest German state wants to gain independence from Berlin and Brussels, a new poll shows. The poll, published by the newspaper Bild, shows that 32% of the Free State of Bavaria wants to get away … Read More
North Korea warn US of ‘THOUSANDS-FOLD’ revenge as UN sanctions hit Kim Jong-un’s regime
NORTH KOREA has warned it will launch “thousands-fold” revenge against the US over the adoption of UN sanctions. The threat comes two days after Donald Trump welcomed the single largest economic sanctions package ever on Kim Jong-un’s regime. It comes … Read More
‘We’re after leakers, not journalists’: DOJ defends crackdown on leaks of classified info
US Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has said his office is to “respond appropriately” to the issue of increasing leaks in the US, and warned there is a possibility that reporters, not just their sources, might be held accountable. “We … Read More
Italy’s ultimatum to EU – Eastern Europe must take migrants or we’ll block their cash
ITALY’S former Prime Minister has delivered a furious ultimatum to Eastern Europe demanding they take a fair share of migrants or face economic sanctions. Matteo Renzi said he would use “the iron” fist to force countries in Eastern Europe to … Read More
Failure to reach Brexit deal ‘suicide’ for UK, says former EU chief
Romano Prodi, once Italian prime minister, says compromise on both sides is essential and that a second referendum would be almost impossible. Britain will be committing economic suicide unless it is prepared to compromise to reach a comprehensive Brexit deal, … Read More
Starting Second Term, Iranian President Rouhani urges Europe not to side with Trump
Rouhani takes the oath of office before parliament in Tehran in the presence of dignitaries including senior European figures. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, sworn-in for a further term on Saturday, has accused the United States of trying to undermine Tehran’s … Read More
At least five dead as heatwave christened ‘Lucifer’ continues to cause temperatures to hit 110F across southern Europe
–Heatwave across southern Europe sees temperatures reach 110F across Croatia, Romania, Spain and Italy –Italian cities are on government health ministry’s maximum heat alert with concerns of more deaths to come –Are you suffering in the heat? Share your pictures … Read More