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Argentina asks Russia to arrest Iran official over 1994 Jewish center bombing
Posted on:Thursday, July 12, 2018

An Argentine federal judge investigating the 1994 Buenos Aires AMIA Jewish center bombing has asked Russian officials to arrest a high-level Iranian adviser to the country’s supreme leader in connection with the attack.

From Ottawa to Berlin, world leaders pressured to stem refugee surge
Posted on:Thursday, July 12, 2018

President Trump had something in common with the other world leaders at the NATO summit in Brussels — an immigration emergency on their doorsteps.

U.S., France and Gulf allies agree to new round of talks on Syria
Posted on:Thursday, July 12, 2018

French President Emmanuel Macron and President Trump on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Brussels have reportedly agreed on a plan to push Middle East allies Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan to start talks on way to put an end to Syria’s seven-year civil war.

Russia moving into Libya
Posted on:Thursday, July 12, 2018

U.S. intelligence agencies are closely monitoring Russian military activities in Libya for signs that Moscow may soon build a military base in the divided North African state.

NATO Summit to Begin; Trump Says Allies ‘Must Pay MORE,’ the US ‘Must Pay LESS’
Posted on:Wednesday, July 11, 2018

On the eve of NATO’s annual summit, secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg reported that all 29 alliance members are increasing their military spending, adding that President Trump’s ‘leadership’ on the issue ‘is clearly having an impact.’

U.K. Tory Rebels to Weigh Veto of May’s Brexit Deal
Posted on:Wednesday, July 11, 2018

Euroskeptic Tories have failed to stop U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May’s plan for a soft Brexit and are considering a radical last-ditch move that could bring down her minority government later this year.

‘Brexodus’ continues as May loses two more party members
Posted on:Wednesday, July 11, 2018

US President Donald Trump says he expects the UK to be in ‘turmoil’ when he visits this week and British politicians are continuing to add to that atmosphere. On Tuesday, two Conservative party vice chairs, Ben Bradley of Mansfield and Maria Caulfield of Lewes, both resigned in protest to British Prime Minister Theresa May’s so-called Chequers Brexit compromise.

$152,237,500,000: Merchandise Trade Deficit With China Hit Record Through May
Posted on:Tuesday, July 10, 2018

The U.S. merchandise trade deficit with China set a record through May, hitting $152,237,500,000 for the first five months of 2018, according to data released Friday by the Census Bureau.

U.S. says to slap tariffs on extra $200 billion of Chinese imports
Posted on:Tuesday, July 10, 2018

The Trump administration raised the stakes in its trade war with China on Tuesday, saying it would slap 10 percent tariffs on an extra $200 billion worth of Chinese imports.

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UN Security Council: Ethiopia-Eritrea peace deal is historic
Posted on:Tuesday, July 10, 2018

The U.N. Security Council says the peace declaration signed by Ethiopia and Eritrea after 20 years as enemies ‘represents a historic and significant development with far-reaching positive consequences for the Horn of Africa and beyond.’

1 in 4 children live in country of conflict or disaster, UN says
Posted on:Tuesday, July 10, 2018

A quarter of the world’s children — about 535 million — are living in a country affected by conflict or disaster, the head of the UN children’s agency said Monday.

Syrian Muslim Brotherhood revives amid ongoing civil war, lashes out at the U.S. and Israel
Posted on:Tuesday, July 10, 2018

The Syrian Civil War, which has lasted more than seven years, has claimed the lives of at least 500,000 people, displaced more than 12 million from their homes and cost others, too many to count, their arms and legs, each victim lost in the fog of war.

Mexico reportedly will create its own border force
Posted on:Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Mexico’s president-elect has complained about President Trump’s immigration policies, but he’s looking to adopt some them for his country, a top aide said.

U.S. Seeks to Thwart Iran Flying Millions in Cash Out of Germany
Posted on:Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Top Trump administration officials are working to stop Germany from allowing Iran to fly more than $350 million in cash out of the country and back to Tehran as part of a bid by the Iranian regime to restock its coffers ahead of a major financial crackdown by America, according to conversations with senior U.S. diplomats and officials on Capitol Hill.

China dominates armed-drone market by selling to customers in terrorist hotbeds
Posted on:Tuesday, July 10, 2018

China’s no-rules approach to armed drone exports has Beijing positioned to dominate the rapidly growing multibillion-dollar market, frustrating American companies while presenting real national security dangers for the Trump administration.

A major factor behind the US-China trade war is winning at a $12 trillion technology — 5G
Posted on:Monday, July 9, 2018

Trade tensions between the U.S. and China escalated Friday after months of threats over billions of dollars of tariffs.

North Korea says denuclearization talks with Pompeo ‘regrettable’
Posted on:Monday, July 9, 2018

North Korea on Saturday accused the U.S. of undermining the spirit of last month’s summit between President Trump and Kim Jong Un after what it says were ‘regrettable’ talks with a delegation led by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

Top UK official in charge of Brexit quits in fresh blow to May
Posted on:Monday, July 9, 2018

Britain’s most senior official in charge of negotiating the country’s exit from the European Union resigned Sunday, two days after Prime Minister Theresa May announced she had finally united her quarrelsome government behind a plan for Brexit.

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Looting follows protests in Haitian capital
Posted on:Monday, July 9, 2018

Looters pillaged burned and vandalized shops in Haiti’s capital Sunday following two days of violent protests over the government’s attempt to raise fuel prices.

US Ambassador Says Russia Trying to Destabilize NATO, ‘Flip’ Turkey
Posted on:Monday, July 9, 2018

Days before President Trump meets with NATO partners ahead of a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the U.S. ambassador to NATO warned Sunday that Moscow is attempting to destabilize the transatlantic alliance – among other things, by trying to draw away Turkey.

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