Hannity: America is back
posted in: News, United States
Danger is lurking in all corners of the globe
posted in: Breaking News, News
New US national security adviser John Bolton. Picture: Oliver Contreras/SIPA USA The world is experiencing more dangerous geopolitical tensions, across more regions than at any time since the Cold War ended three decades ago. The informed view in those heady … Read More
Syrian refugees leaving Germany over family reunification policy
Syrians granted limited asylum but denied the right to fetch relatives are departing Germany for Turkey by using smugglers, say German media. The cases, if confirmed, bizarrely reverse the “Balkan route” drama of 2015. Thousands of Syrian refugees are attempting … Read More
Bolton meets S Korean, Japanese national security advisers
U.S. President Donald Trump’s new national security adviser held talks Thursday with his South Korean and Japanese counterparts, as the U.S. gears up for an unprecedented summit with North Korea. Bolton met with Chung Eui-yong, the South Korean official who … Read More
Washington should help Europe achieve ‘Strategic Autonomy,’ not fight it
posted in: European Union, News
In 2016, the European Union issued its Global Strategy, the union’s latest foreign and security policy strategy document. The strategy “nurtures the ambition of strategic autonomy for the European Union.” American policymakers’ feelings about these aspirations are, to say the least, mixed. Several … Read More
EU to continue supporting Greece face refugee challenge: EU Commissioner
posted in: News, Refugee Crisis Europe
EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos visits the refugee camp of Ritsona, about 86 kilometers north of Athens, Greece, on April 12, 2018. The European Union will continue supporting Greece, Italy and other countries which are … Read More
Israel on high alert in anticipation of Iranian retaliation for air strike
Israeli military jets [U.S. Air Force/Wikipedia] The Israeli government is taking seriously Iran’s threats to retaliate for an air strike against a Syrian airbase which killed seven Iranian advisors, Haaretz reported on Wednesday. Israel declared a state of high alert on its … Read More
In Call to Netanyahu, Putin Urges Israel Not to Take Action in Syria
Netanyahu told Putin: Israel will not permit Iran to set up military presence in Syria ■ Israel is on high alert for any Iranian retaliation after direct threat from Iran ■ Trump warns Syria of possible attack ■ Russia to … Read More
I Will Honour Victims Of The Holocaust By Helping Refugees
posted in: News, Refugee Crisis Europe
My personal connection to the Holocaust is what motivates my ongoing involvement with refugee causes today. When I was a child in the 1970s, we used to visit my Great Uncle Sam and Auntie Goldie at their little house in … Read More
Germany requests border control extension for Austrian frontier
posted in: News, Refugee Crisis Europe
Germany’s interior minister has defended a request to continue checks by accusing the EU of failing to protect its external borders. Germany is one of six countries that reimposed controls in the visa-free Schengen zone. German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer … Read More