The United Arab Emirates has been hiring former White House executives and intelligence officials for spying missions, according to a report by Reuters on Tuesday. Following the 11 September attacks, the former American counterterrorism czar, [ More … ]
Iranian forces downed US drone, raising fears of major military confrontation between Tehran and Washington in the Gulf. US President Donald Trump has warned Iran it “made a very big mistake” in shooting down a [ More … ]
When America’s founders passed the First Amendment, protecting the right to dissent was the objective. Having experienced a repressive English state, they understood the hallmark of authoritarianism lies in the absence of freedom of thought, [ More … ]
The Trump administration is sending an aircraft carrier and a bomber task force to the Middle East, the White House said Sunday, in a show of force aimed at Iran. WB “In response to a [ More … ]
US President Donald Trump welcomed Egypt’s Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to the White House on Tuesday, and bestowed on his ally what he most eagerly sought: a ringing endorsement of his strongman rule, according to Mark [ More … ]
US officials say that President Donald Trump is just days away from stepping up confrontation with Iran by “decertifying” the 2015 nuclear accord. US President Donald Trump is set to announce next week that he [ More … ]
President Donald Trump hosted Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman at the White House Tuesday, for talks expected to focus on the economy and rolling back Iranian influence. US President Donald Trump hosted [ More … ]
US President Donald Trump has invited Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas to visit the White House “soon,” the official Palestinian news agency Wafa said on Friday. During their first phone call since Trump’s inauguration in January, [ More … ]
BY: Tamer Korkmaz* The U.S. Embassy in Israel announced that Jews who were born in any one of seven Islamic countries included in U.S. President Donald Trump’s travel ban or who are the citizens of those [ More … ]
New National Security Adviser Flynn uses first public remarks to warn Iran after missile test Donald Trump’s White House signalled a tougher stance towards Iran on Wednesday, condemning a recent missile test and declaring America [ More … ]
– ‘They make their own targeting decisions’, White House says amid international outcry over catastrophic air raid in Yemen. – Seeking to further distance itself from a Saudi-led bombing campaign in Yemen, the U.S. on [ More … ]
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