US claims Iran is spending $1 billion a year backing Hezbollah, other allies

posted in: Middle East, News

The United States is claiming that Iran spends nearly $1 billion a year providing support to Hezbollah, Hamas, and other allied militant groups in the Middle East. U.S. Ambassador Nathan Sales, a coordinator for counterterrorism at the State Department, told … Read More

Central American caravan gains speed, as first migrants cross border

posted in: News, United States

Migrants from Central American countries have banded together for safety on the long journey north to the United StatesPEDRO PARDO (AFP) President Donald Trump has deployed some 5,900 troops to the border as the caravan approaches   Hundreds of Central … Read More

Death toll in Northern California wildfire rises to 42, as Trump OKs disaster declaration for Golden State

How the Camp Fire destroyed Paradise, California Driven by high winds and fueled by dry conditions, what started as a wildland fire became an ‘area ignition’ event that grew into a ‘giant structure fire’ in Paradise, says Tim Aboudara of … Read More

US reaffirms sanctions campaign on North Korea, keeps up pressure on Japan on trade

US Vice President Mike Pence (left) with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the Prime Minister’s official residence in Tokyo, Japan on 13 Nov, 2018.PHOTO: EPA-EFE TOKYO – US Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday (Nov 13) reaffirmed the need … Read More

Germany’s Merkel joins France’s Macron in call for European Union army

posted in: Germany, News

German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Tuesday for an integrated European Union military, echoing language used by French President Emmanuel Macron last week that infuriated U.S. President Donald Trump. READ MORE: France’s Emmanuel Macron calls for ‘real European army’ in light of United States, … Read More

Pence takes the new U.S. Asia strategy on the road

posted in: Far East, News

Vice President Pence in Kalispell, Mont., on Nov. 5. (Justin Franz/Flathead Beacon/AP) More than a dozen Pacific nations will convene in the capital of Papua New Guinea next week, where Vice President Pence will lay out the next phase of … Read More

Kremlin: Russia and US postpone summit at French request

posted in: News, Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin, listens during a meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018. The Kremlin said Wednesday that Russia and the U.S. have agreed not to hold a full-fledged meeting of President Vladimir Putin and … Read More

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