President Trump is expected to announce his decision on the fate of the Iran nuclear deal in a speech on Friday, according to Republican lawmakers briefed by the administration. White House national security adviser H.R. McMaster was on Capitol Hill Wednesday evening briefing top Republican lawmakers on the administration’s forthcoming announcement. Rep. Mike McCaul, R-Texas,…
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects a launching drill in a photo taken by state media. (STR/AFP/GETTY IMAGES) Now on offer at University of Hawaii, Nuclear War 101: How to Start Worrying and Fear the Bomb. Students at the Aloha State school received an email Monday with the subject line “in the event of…
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov today warned his US counterpart Rex Tillerson that Washington risks sparking an unacceptable escalation in tensions with North Korea. In a phone call with US Secretary of State Tillerson, Lavrov “stressed the unacceptability of an escalation of tensions on the Korean peninsula, which the American military preparations in the region…
President Trump campaigned successfully on making America great again. But with tensions escalating with North Korea, and the threat of a nuclear war on everybody’s mind, Trump is now face Defense where he traveled to Iraq 14 times. President Trump campaigned successfully on making America great again. But with tensions escalating with North Korea, and the…
TEHRAN, Iran – As U.S. President Donald Trump threatens the Iran nuclear deal, those living in Tehran feel that an accord they have yet to benefit from may already be doomed, hardening their skepticism about America. Trump is set to deliver a speech on Iran this week in which he is expected to decline to…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Mike Pence walked out of a National Football League game on Sunday after some players knelt during the national anthem, a form of demonstration that began last year in silent protest against police violence toward racial minorities. Pence was attending a game in his home state of Indiana between…
President Donald Trump speaks during a briefing with senior military leaders in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington on Thursday. (Photo: AP) WASHINGTON — President Trump tweeted new storm warnings Saturday, this time aimed at North Korea. In a pair of late-afternoon tweets, Trump wrote that negotiations with the truculent, isolated nation had…
US President Donald Trump meets with a bipartisan group of members of Congress at the White House, in Washington, September 13, 2017. (Photo by Reuters) US President Donald Trump is expected to “decertify” the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran, while quietly encouraging Congress not to reimpose sanctions that could unravel the landmark deal, according to…
US President Donald Trump (right) and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu US President Donald Trump has described Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the bigger anathema of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Both leaders of Israel and Palestine are problematic; however, Netanyahu is the bigger problem, Trump said in a meeting last month with UN Secretary-General…
US military assault on North Korea could prompt a last-gasp retaliatory nuclear attack by Pyongyang on Seoul and Japan killing as many as 3.8 million people, according to a new analysis of the destructive potential of Kim Jong-un arsenal. Donald Trump has repeatedly warned that all options remain on the table – including the use…