BRUSSELS looks set to use Brexit to PUNISH farmers in Central and Eastern Europe by resolving the Brexit financial blackhole with a severe cutback on agricultural subsidies that could see a 10 percent plunge in income. THe EU risks inflaming … Read More
Editor’s Note: Scott Jennings, a CNN contributor, is a former special assistant to President George W. Bush and former campaign adviser to Sen. Mitch McConnell. He is a partner at RunSwitch Public Relations in Louisville, Kentucky. Follow him on Twitter @ScottJenningsKY. … Read More
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s legal woes amplified on Wednesday after a powerful close confidant turned state’s witness in the escalating corruption investigations. The Israel Police had already recommended Netanyahu’s indictment in the two investigations known as Case 1000 and Case … Read More
The Trump administration should publicly warn Russia and Iran that the United States will respond forcefully to future threats in Syria. The February 10 military clash between Iran and Israel ushered in a new phase of the Syrian war. Iran … Read More
A North Korean military security guard keeps watch over the USS Pueblo in Pyongyang, North Korea, Jan. 24, 2108. Japan says its military has witnessed a cargo transfer between China and North Korea on the high seas that it suspects … Read More
The promise of EU membership for states in the region is welcome, but Russia, China and Turkey could create instability. ‘Many factors have brought the Balkans back to the fore – not least the recent refugee crisis, which deeply rattled … Read More
Iranian workers stand in front of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, about 1,200 km (745 miles) south of Tehran, in October 2010. | REUTERS WASHINGTON/PARIS/MUNICH – The United States has sketched out a path under which three key European allies would … Read More
GERMANY’S anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) has overtaken the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) for the first time in a national poll to become the second-strongest party, an Insa survey. Chancellor Angela Merkel‘s Christian Democrats (CDU) gained 2.5 percentage points to reach … Read More
As special counsel Robert Mueller builds his case, relatives of former national security adviser Michael Flynn are among those pressing the president to use his unique legal power and ‘put these defendants out of their misery.’ Former national security … Read More