Untied States (SCF) – On 3 May, the US president welcomed Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas into the White House and on 22 May, Donald Trump will be going on his first state visit to Israel. His desire to break the impasse…
South Korea (GPA) – With the election of Moon Jae-In from the liberal opposition in South Korea, a major hindrance on US power projection in Asia may come from Seoul. As Trump has continued escalating tensions in Southeast Asia, it was…
Afghanistan (Tasnim) – Senior Trump administration and military officials are recommending sending several thousand additional American troops to Afghanistan to try to break a military deadlock in the 15-year war there, in part by pressuring the Taliban to negotiate with the…
United States (Sputnik) – A lawsuit to gain access to the Trump administration’s records on the recent deadly raid in Yemen, the US Rights Group said in a press release on Monday. A lawsuit hopes to gain access to all of the Trump administration’s…
Iraq (Sputnik) – US and Iraqi government officials are discussing the possibility of maintaining a significant number of American ground forces in Iraq even after Daesh is defeated. The US has maintained a powerful military presence in countries across the Middle East for years,…
South Korea (FPIF) – The United States is pushing a hasty deployment of a missile defense system in South Korea. The backlash could be huge. The Korean police swarmed onto the golf course in Seongju, just 300 kilometers southeast of Seoul,…
Israel (Sputnik) – Donald Trump is considering relocating the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. President Donald Trump is seriously considering relocating the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, Vice President Mike Pence said during a speech at the Israel…
Syria (KurdPress) – Will US rethink plans for Raqqa? In May 2016, we asked how long the United States and Turkey could keep up appearances of alliance and partnership in Syria, given differences over US backing for the Syrian Kurdish People’s…
Taiwan (NewBloom) – COMMENTS BY Donald Trump about South Korea in context of nuclear and missile threats by North Korea and his recent meeting with Chinese president Xi Jinping should raise alarm in Taiwan. Namely, however darkly comical Trump’s words and…
United States (ProPublica) – As FAIR official, Julie Kirchner advocated harsh restrictions on immigrants. Now her job is to provide them assistance. A former director of an anti-immigration group, Julie Kirchner, is expected to be named as ombudsman to U.S. Citizenship…
Israel (Tasnim) – Israel intends to build 15,000 new settlement homes in East Jerusalem (East Al-Quds), the Housing Ministry said on Friday despite US President Donald Trump’s request to “hold back” on settlements as part of a possible new push for…
World (NI) – Trump and politicians in other democracies are normalising attacks on the press, warns Reporters Without Borders. First world democracies are setting lower standards for freedom of the press relative to the rest of the world, a newly published…
North Korea (Tasnim) – North Korea said on Sunday it was ready to sink a US aircraft carrier to demonstrate its military might, as two Japanese navy ships joined a US carrier group for exercises in the western Pacific. US President…
Middle East (Sputnik) – It’s a nightmare: civilian deaths in Syria and Iraq in the ongoing war against Daesh are rising faster than local officials, and remote military intelligence gathering, can count, and the US-led coalition seems unwilling to do anything…
United States (Tasnim) – The United States will not make an exception for American companies, including oil major Exxon Mobil Corp, seeking to drill in areas prohibited by US sanctions on Russia, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Friday. The unusually…