President Donald Trump’s national security adviser John Bolton has warned nations seen as obstacles to U.S. plans for Latin America that they must leave Venezuela and stop defending the socialist government opposed by the Trump administration. Venezuela’s economic crisis boiled over into a geopolitical flashpoint in January that has polarized world powers, as the U.S….
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures while speaking to Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, April 4, 2019. Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via REUTERS Russian President Vladimir Putin met Thursday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Moscow to discuss the situation in Syria and ways to foster cooperation. The…
Moscow expressed skepticism toward Washington’s recent allegations that Iran was behind the deaths over 600 U.S. troops in Iraq and warned against launching any new wars in the Middle East. During a Tuesday press briefing at the State Department, Brian Hook, U.S. special envoy to Iran, revealed “based on declassified U.S. military reports, that Iran is…
Editor’s Note: Kang Jie is an assistant research fellow at the China Institute of International Studies. The article reflects the author’s opinion, and not necessarily the views of CGTN. A week ago, two Russian military transport aircraft transported 100 troops and 35 tons of military equipment to the Venezuelan capital Caracas. This move can be regarded…
Studies show that Russians believe that a state free of high-level corruption cannot exist. Corruption sure is an interesting thing. In Russia, while most people usually condemn it, polls show that people are also convinced of its indestructibility. Russians love to believe that corruption has existed in the country from the time of its inception….
President Trump returned to the White House from his Florida resort after Attorney General William P. Barr delivered a summary of the findings in the Russia investigation. Credit Samuel Corum for The New York Times WASHINGTON — For President Trump, it may have been the best day of his tenure so far. The darkest, most…
Russian Su-27 fighters have been scrambled to shadow US Air Force B-52H Stratofortress nuclear-capable strategic bombers over the Baltic Sea twice in the last 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said. The bombers were detected by the Russian Airspace Control Means (ACM) while they were still far away from Russian territory, the ministry said in…
The international response is likely to be weak, and returning the Golan isn’t something most Israelis support. The significance is mostly political, and the timing unsurprising. U.S. President Donald Trump (right) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hug after speaking at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, May 23, 2017. MANDEL NGAN / AFP Trump: Time for U.S….