Angela Merkel is beleaguered but she is far from finished

posted in: Germany, News

As she begins her fourth and final term as Germany’s chancellor, her party remains Germany’s strongest, and she is more popular than the party. Germany’s economy will continue to expand. Unfortunately, Europe and the world need more leadership than a … Read More

Trump Freezes Funds for Syrian Recovery, Signaling Pullback

posted in: Middle East, News

Order to State Department to hold off on spending jibes with president’s call for an early exit. Syrian children and youths watching a U.S. armored-vehicle convoy pass last year on a road to Raqqa, Syria. PHOTO: HUSSEIN MALLA/ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump … Read More

Netanyahu Thanks America for Cutting Funding for Palestinian Terrorism

posted in: Israel, News

For well over a decade, the Palestinian Authority has gotten away with using a significant portion of the international foreign aid it receives to encourage terrorist violence against Israelis. This despite the fact that the various peace agreements that the … Read More

Top Israeli Rabbi Believes Trump Will Build Third Temple in Jerusalem

US President Donald Trump’s unabashed support for the Jewish state and his public recognition of Jerusalem as its capital have many Israelis electrified. The current American leader’s positive attitude toward Israel seems nearly illogical, especially after decades of far more … Read More

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un visited China’s Xi, state media says

posted in: Far East, News

It is believed to be the dictator’s first foreign trip since he took power in 2011. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands in Beijing.Ju Peng / Xinhua, via AP North Korean leader Kim … Read More

World War 3 is now ‘CLOSER than ANY TIME’ since the Cuban Missile Crisis, claims expert

posted in: Breaking News, News

WORLD WAR 3 is “closer than any time” since the Cuban Missile Crisis after the Salisbury crisis that saw Sergei Skripal and his daughter poisoned by a military-grade nerve agent, it has been claimed. Phil Butler, a geopolitical analyst, issued … Read More

China ‘still a player’ on North Korea, despite Trump-Kim talks, Japanese official says

posted in: Far East, News

Peace and stability in Asia will top agenda at upcoming summit between Beijing, Tokyo and Seoul, former foreign minister says. China still has a significant role to play on the North Korea nuclear issue, regardless of the planned talks between … Read More

Why Trump’s latest steps heighten risk of a global trade war

WASHINGTON –President Ronald Reagan once likened trade wars to the pie fights in old Hollywood comedies. One pie in the face leads to another. And then another. Pretty soon, Reagan said in a 1986 radio address, “everything and everybody just … Read More

Trump said to plan expulsion of Russian envoys over UK nerve-agent attack

posted in: News, Russia

WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – President Donald Trump is preparing to expel dozens of Russian diplomats from the United States in response to the nerve-agent poisoning of a former Russian spy in Britain, two people familiar with the matter said on Saturday … Read More

Ex-defense minister says John Bolton pushed for Israeli strike on Iran

posted in: Israel, News

Shaul Mofaz and three other former IDF heads warn of Tehran’s ambitions, but advise against tearing up nuclear deal. Shaul Mofaz speaks at Kinneret College in northern Israel on December 22, 2014. (Flash90) A former Israeli defense minister and chief … Read More

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