US lifting of arms embargo of political, not military importance says minister
The US decision to lift a long-standing arms embargo on Cyprus is of political and diplomatic importance but the Republic has no intention of procuring...
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Nato’s surreal birthday party
Time will tell what effect Trump’s humiliation will have on the body’s future. By Alper Ali Riza AS WITH any 70th birthday party Nato’s was...
Trump should be careful what he wishes for in Iran
By Gwynne Dyer This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Iranian Revolution. It begins to seem possible that it could be one of the last,...
Trump plays cupid in UK general election
IT HAS been a long time coming, the general election in the UK. It seems ages since 2017 when Theresa May threw away an overall...
Unfettered by advisers, Trump’s presidency gets even less predictable
By Peter Apps On Monday, having effectively and unexpectedly given the green light to a Turkish military incursion against America’s sometime Syrian Kurdish allies, US President Donald...
Trump considers delisting Chinese firms from U.S. markets -sources
President Donald Trump’s administration is considering delisting Chinese companies from U.S. stock exchanges, three sources briefed on the matter said on Friday, in what would...
Ex-campaign chief defends Trump, blasts Democrats at impeachment hearing
Corey Lewandowski, President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager and close confidant, on Tuesday stoutly defended his former boss and lashed out at Democrats during testimony...
Italy’s 5-Star, PD talking again as Trump backs Conte’s return as PM
U.S. President Donald Trump weighed into Italy’s political crisis on Tuesday, saying he hoped Giuseppe Conte would be reinstated as prime minister, as the climate...
Trump vows to help farmers as China halts U.S. agricultural purchases
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday vowed to protect American farmers against China by signaling to provide further aid if needed, a day after Chinese...
Trump shrugs off trade war concerns; China warns of market chaos
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday dismissed concerns over a protracted trade war with China, as Beijing warned that Washington’s decision to label it a...
Trump cheers as rapper A$AP Rocky freed in Swedish assault case
U.S. rapper A$AP Rocky and two of his friends were released from custody in Sweden on Friday three days into their highly publicised assault trial,...
Trump says he received a ‘beautiful’ letter from North Korea’s Kim
U.S. President Donald Trump cozied up anew to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday, praising a “beautiful” letter he received from Kim and...
Trump’s bimonthly reports on Cyprus sent to Congress
US President Donald Trump has sent identical letters to the Chairpersons of the Foreign Affairs Committees of the House of Representatives and the Senate, informing...
Great powers, endless wars and the path to insanity
By Gwynne Dyer “Great nations do not fight endless wars,” said Donald Trump in his State of the Union speech last February, but he was...
Trump ‘not inclined’ to release tax returns despite Congress’ deadline -White House
U.S. President Donald Trump is unlikely hand over his tax returns to lawmakers despite a Tuesday deadline facing the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service,...
Trump announces deal with lawmakers to end government shutdown
President Donald Trump said on Friday he has reached a tentative agreement with U.S. lawmakers for three weeks in stop-gap funding that would end a...
Trump and Erdogan: Bringers of Chaos
By Gwynne Dyer “Where America retreats, chaos follows,” said US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Cairo last week. It’s not the sort of remark you’d...
Trump, Democrats hold ‘contentious’ talks, fail to end shutdown
President Donald Trump and Democratic leaders failed to strike a deal on Friday to end a partial shutdown of the U.S. government as they fought...
Trump says he’s in ‘no rush’ for new top White House aide
President Donald Trump on Tuesday defended his search for a new White House chief of staff, telling reporters he would make an announcement about the...
Trump and MbS: it’s all about a shared obsession with Iran
By Gwynne Dyer “It’s a suffering tape, it’s a terrible tape,” the Snowflake-in-Chief told Fox News on Sunday, defending his refusal to listen to the recording...
