‘India is the biggest, most influential, growing democracy… China can never disregard you’

posted in: Far East, News

South Korea Ambassador to India Shin Bongkil says he is “cautiously optimistic” about North Korea’s denuclearisation promise, hopes for gradual integration of the two Korean nations, believes PM Modi’s pledge to make India a $5 trillion economy is not just … Read More

Asylum dispute costs Germany’s ruling majority: poll

posted in: Germany, News

BERLIN, June 24 (Xinhua) — The ongoing dispute over the refugee policy within Germany’s ruling coalition undermines its majority, according to a latest poll released Sunday. In the weekly survey of the pollster Emnid for the “Bild am Sonntag,” the … Read More

US freezes Palestinian aid budget

posted in: News, United States

Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas addresses the United Nations General Assembly at the UN in New York on September 30, 2015Jewel Samad (AFP) The United States has quietly frozen its aid to the Palestinian Authority (PA) pending review,i24NEWS has learned. The … Read More

Discord Over Migrant Ships Deepens European Divide

Disagreement about how to handle migrants is causing deep strains between Europe’s capitals Migrants, part of a group intercepted aboard a dinghy off the coast in the Mediterranean Sea, stand on a rescue boat upon arrival at the port of … Read More

Russian airstrikes in southwest Syria signal escalation of regime offensive

posted in: News, Russia

Russia has carried out its first airstrikes in southwest Syria in support of an Assad regime offensive. The battlefield space is one of the most geopolitically complex and explosive in the seven-year war. Russian warplanes pounded opposition areas in southwest … Read More

Opinion Trump Has No Coherent Strategy on Iran. Astonishingly, nor Does Israel

posted in: Israel, News

The U.S. president thinks he’s denuclearized North Korea without dismantling a single bomb. Israel simply can’t risk a similar White House ‘success’ with Iran, but war can’t be its only option either. Israeli Air Force F-15 planes fly during an … Read More

Whatever Happened To Losing An Argument If You Invoke Nazis?

posted in: Breaking News, News

Well, “Godwin’s Law” disappeared rather quickly, didn’t it? Michael Godwin cultivated the popular notion that “whoever is the first to mention Hitler in an argument, loses the argument,” in a 1990s meme that grew in strength over the years, right … Read More

Hawaii volcano eruption UPDATE: Kilauea crater sees collapse EXPLOSION spew steam 4,500ft

HAWAII volcano Kilauea spewed a plume of steam 4,500ft high after a period of high seismicity triggered a “collapse explosion” at the Halemaumau crater. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) warned on Sunday morning the Hawaii volcano summit collapsed after being hit … Read More

Tens of thousands anti-Brexit protesters march in London, demand new vote

posted in: European Union, News

LONDON — Tens of thousands of anti-Brexit protesters marched Saturday in London to demand a new referendum on leaving the European Union, as a divided Britain marked the second anniversary of its vote to quit the bloc. Organizers of the People’s Vote … Read More

Take that, America. Europe’s tariffs take effect

posted in: European Union, News

The European Union has imposed additional tariffs of 25% on products such as motorcycles, orange juice, bourbon, peanut butter, cigarettes and denim â?? part of its response to the Trump administration’s tariffs on steel and aluminum exports from Europe. LONDON … Read More

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