Trade war retaliation: China slaps US with up to 25% bigger import tariffs
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Syria: Americans Withdraw, Iranians Stay
Apart from defeating Daesh, the presence of American troops has had no critical role in the Syrian war. However, their withdrawal would make it easier for the Iranian regime to complete ‘the final chapter’ of its full takeover of Syria, and control over Iraq and Lebanon. In a speech in Ohio on Thursday, US President…
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UNSC sets largest sanctions list yet over North Korean smuggling
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) — The United Nations Security Council blacklisted dozens of ships and shipping companies on Friday over oil and coal smuggling by North Korea, boosting pressure on Pyongyang as leader Kim Jong Un plans to meet with his South Korean and U.S. counterparts. The council’s North Korea sanctions committee acted on a request…
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Jerry Brown Pardons 5 Ex-Convicts Facing Deportation, Provoking Trump
Gov. Jerry Brown of California pardoned five ex-convicts, including two whose families had fled the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia decades ago. President Trump criticized the move on Twitter on Saturday.CreditRich Pedroncelli/Associated Press Gov. Jerry Brown of California on Friday pardoned five ex-convicts facing possible deportation, drawing criticism from President Trump and heightening continued tensions…
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Erdogan accuses Israel of ‘inhumane attack’ in Gaza
Turkish leader says he implored US President Trump to intervene to halt violence on Gaza security fence. Turkish President and leader of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) Recep Tayyip Erdogan gestures as he delivers a speech during the AK Party’s parliamentary group meeting at the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) in Ankara…
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Russia escalates row in spy case
PHOTO BY AP/DMITRI LOVETSKY A man carries boxes from the U.S. Consulate in St. Petersburg, Russia, as a Russian police officer guards the entrance Friday. MOSCOW — The crisis between Russia and the West over the poisoning of a former double agent in Britain grew Friday as Russia ordered new cuts to the number of…
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Report: Trump Freezes Syria Recovery Funds
The White House has instructed the State Department to freeze over $200 million in funds earmarked for “recovery efforts” in Syria, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. The report — which came a day after Trump declared in a speech that the U.S. would be quitting Syria “very soon” — is another indication the president…
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Angela Merkel is beleaguered but she is far from finished
As she begins her fourth and final term as Germany’s chancellor, her party remains Germany’s strongest, and she is more popular than the party. Germany’s economy will continue to expand. Unfortunately, Europe and the world need more leadership than a frustrated and erratic Donald Trump and a beleaguered Angela Merkel can provide. An asylum seeker…
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Trump Freezes Funds for Syrian Recovery, Signaling Pullback
Order to State Department to hold off on spending jibes with president’s call for an early exit. Syrian children and youths watching a U.S. armored-vehicle convoy pass last year on a road to Raqqa, Syria. PHOTO: HUSSEIN MALLA/ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump froze more than $200 million in funds for recovery efforts in Syria as his administration…
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Netanyahu Thanks America for Cutting Funding for Palestinian Terrorism
For well over a decade, the Palestinian Authority has gotten away with using a significant portion of the international foreign aid it receives to encourage terrorist violence against Israelis. This despite the fact that the various peace agreements that the Palestinian Authority has signed with Israel obligate it to cease all such incitement. The reason…
