GENEVA (Reuters) – Senior Iranian figures said on Wednesday that Syria was a top foreign policy priority and American troops should withdraw, as planned by U.S. President Donald Trump. “Whether they want to or not, the Americans must leave Syria,” Ali Akbar Velayati, a senior adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was reported…
Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke with Emperor Akihito on the second and final day of her visit to Japan. Later events with students and scientists covered topics from North Korean disarmament through to cows’ digestion. Angela Merkel had a third and probably final audience with outgoing Emperor Akihito of Japan in Tokyo on Tuesday, ahead of a planned…
“We’re going to be there, and we’re going to be staying. We have to protect Israel,” he told CBS News’s Margaret Brennan on Sunday. “We have to protect other things that we have. But we’re—yeah, they’ll be coming back in a matter of time.” U.S. President Donald Trump being interviewed by CBS News. Credit: Screenshot….
Thousands head north, some obtaining humanitarian visas in Mexico, while others fear US’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy. Families rest in the Huixtla town plaza Sunday after their 41 kilometer trek north from Tapachula, in southern Mexico [Sandra Cuffe/Al Jazeera] Tapachula, Mexico – The church bells were chiming at 3am, but Juan Alberto Orellana was already awake….
IRAN is preparing to ramp up its production of ‘yellowcake’, a precursor to the enriched uranium used in both nuclear power and nuclear weapons, in the latest sign of Tehran’s plans to step up its atomic activities. Iran news: 30 tons of uranium ‘yellowcake’ has been shipped for processing (Image: GETTY IMAGES) The Islamic Republic this…
The Middle East is a collection of countries that, by and large, do not work and play well together. It is not going to get better any time soon. A half-century ago, the author received his first real taste of how professionals viewed international relations — beyond the daily, often-scary headlines in the middle of…
Greetings from Tyler, The mainstream media’s hair caught fire this week. It seems that President Trump had the audacity to disagree with top “intelligence” officials who say Iran poses no nuclear threat. Evidence has surfaced that the regime is still working with tons of enriched uranium, but who dares dispute the infallibility of the intelligence…
President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday. Photo: AP WASHINGTON A day after he lashed out at U.S. intelligence agency chiefs over their assessments of global threats, President Donald Trump abruptly reversed course and said that he and the intelligence community “are all on the same page.” Trump met with his…
“I applaud you and your colleagues in the Intelligence Community for being clear-eyed about the threats we face, but you cannot allow the President’s ill-advised and unwarranted comments today to stand,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer wrote in his letter. | Zach Gibson/Getty Images Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer swiped at President Donald Trump on…