Japan and Russia: The War that Won’t End
With a derelict Berlin already flying the red Soviet flag in the spring of 1945, Joseph Stalin and his most lauded general, Georgy Zhukov, had reached the crowning point of a triumph that Moscow marks with pomp and circumstance to … Read More
EU could drag UK to court for £36bn Brexit bill… but UK will pay LESS, says EU expert
THE European Union could end up dragging Britain through a bitter court battle in order to force the UK to pay its so-called Brexit bill demands, according to a British academic. However, Professor Steve Peers, professor of law at the … Read More
Members of Netanyahu’s party call for him to resign
Members of the Likud party are calling for party member and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to step down amidst allegations of fraud because harm is done to the political group’s reputation. Though many within his party have expressed their … Read More
A Strong Egypt, as Trump knows, is a strong Middle East
“Mabruk” is a common word in Arabic used to greet good news, though in the Middle East recently this has been in scarce supply. However, President Donald Trump’s recent visit to the Middle East had many in the region feeling … Read More
‘They BURNED our homeland’ Poland demands €350BILLION from Germany for WW2 war crimes
GERMANY should pay Poland hundreds of billions of pounds for the damage caused in the Second World War – politicians are demanding. Relations between Berlin and Warsaw are at boiling point as the EU threatens to mobilise Article 7 against … Read More
North Korea now making missile-ready nuclear weapons, U.S. analysts say
North Korea has successfully produced a miniaturized nuclear warhead that can fit inside its missiles, crossing a key threshold on the path to becoming a full-fledged nuclear power, U.S. intelligence officials have concluded in a confidential assessment. The new analysis … Read More
Trump Threatens ‘Fire and Fury’ Against North Korea if It Endangers U.S.
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — President Trump threatened on Tuesday to unleash “fire and fury” against North Korea if it endangers the United States as tensions with the isolated nuclear-armed state grow into perhaps the most serious foreign policy challenge yet in … Read More
Face It: There Is No Quick Fix In This Migrant Crisis
Standing on deck seeing children, women and men up to their waist in seawater because their boat is slowly deflating, world politics suddenly seem very far away. We are the only ones here, in international waters. No other vessels around … Read More
The Humanitarian Crisis Unfolding Abroad
Famine. 20 million people now on the brink in Africa and the Middle East. We’ve got reporters on the frontlines. Right now, today, the largest humanitarian crisis since World War II is unfolding from Yemen to Nigeria. 20 million people … Read More
Russia To Cut Dependence On U.S. Dollar, Payment Systems
Russia will speed up work on reducing its dependence on U.S. payment systems and the dollar as a settling currency in response to U.S. sanctions, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Monday. Quoted by Reuters, Ryabkov said that “we … Read More
PA Hysterical Over Possibility of Israeli Seat at UN Security Council
If Israel is chosen to fill a seat in the United Nations Security Council it would be a political farce and a scandal, Ahmad Majdalani, member of the PLO Executive Committee, said on Saturday, according to Palestinian news agency WAFA. … Read More
Bavaria out! German state wants Brexit-like ESCAPE from Merkel and Brussels’ rule
At least one-third of the largest German state wants to gain independence from Berlin and Brussels, a new poll shows. The poll, published by the newspaper Bild, shows that 32% of the Free State of Bavaria wants to get away … Read More
North Korea warn US of ‘THOUSANDS-FOLD’ revenge as UN sanctions hit Kim Jong-un’s regime
NORTH KOREA has warned it will launch “thousands-fold” revenge against the US over the adoption of UN sanctions. The threat comes two days after Donald Trump welcomed the single largest economic sanctions package ever on Kim Jong-un’s regime. It comes … Read More
‘We’re after leakers, not journalists’: DOJ defends crackdown on leaks of classified info
US Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has said his office is to “respond appropriately” to the issue of increasing leaks in the US, and warned there is a possibility that reporters, not just their sources, might be held accountable. “We … Read More