Chancellor caution in response to Emmanuel Macron’s desire for radical leap forward German chancellor Angela Merkel talks to German national soccer players at Eppan, Italy. Photograph: Guido Bergmann/EPA After 13 years in power there is little that chancellor Angela Merkel … Read More
Palestinians in Gaza said they planned to try to cross the border into Israel Tuesday for a new round of protests to mark the 51st anniversary of the Six-Day War, when Israel was attacked by Arab armies and took control of Gaza, the … Read More
Iran has informed the U.N. nuclear watchdog that it will increase its nuclear enrichment capacity within the limits set by the 2015 agreement with world powers. The modest steps announced Tuesday appeared to be mainly aimed at signaling that Iran … Read More
Jack Phillips, the owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop, leaving the Supreme Court in December. The court said on Monday that a Colorado panel’s decision against him had been infected by religious animus. Credit Zach Gibson for The New York Times WASHINGTON — The … Read More
Mr Putin’s visit to Austria is his first trip to West Europe for nearly a year Russian President Vladimir Putin has insisted Moscow is not trying to split the European Union. He was speaking hours before arriving in Austria, on … Read More
THE king of Saudi Arabia has threatened war after an unruly regional rival pressed ahead with plans to install a Russian missile defense system. THREAT: Saudi King Salman (left) and Qatari foreign minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani Qatar was … Read More
Two US B-52 bombers flew within the vicinity of the contested Spratly Islands in the South China Sea Monday, according to a US defense official. The flyovers came a day after Secretary of Defense James Mattis called Beijing out over … Read More
Italy’s new populist government is expected to deport 500,000 immigrants from the country. Giuseppe Conte, who became Prime Minister on June 1, heads a coalition between the Five Star Movement and Lega parties. Conte’s cabinet, comprised of chiefs of anti-establishment … Read More
In an interview with ultra-conservative U.S. news website Breitbart, President Trump’s ambassador to Germany, Richard Grenell, heavily criticized Berlin’s defense spending, saying Germany is losing credibility. The U.S. envoy in Berlin also tasked himself with “empowering” the European right. Grenell had already riled officials in the … Read More
London, 4 Jun – The US has increased its military presence on the top of Mount Sinjar, on the border between Syria and Iraq, in order to better fight back against Iran backed militias, according to the Sinjar government. The Deputy … Read More