A hooligan in the White House
By Andonis Vassiliades In previous critical articles, one hardly a month after Trump took first took Office as an unknown quantity, I raised serious questions
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‘No doubt about it,’ Trump says as Iran challenges his report of drone downing
President Donald Trump said there was “no doubt” the U.S. Navy had brought down an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz this week while
UK ambassador to U.S. resigns after leaked memos furore
Britain’s ambassador to Washington resigned on Wednesday after Donald Trump labelled him “stupid” and “wacky” following the release of confidential memos from the envoy in
USWNT captain Rapinoe says Trump tiff won’t affect team
United States’ midfielder Megan Rapinoe has urged her team-mates to “think hard” about associating themselves with President Donald Trump. The 33-year-old found herself embroiled in
Trump administration bans cruises to Cuba in clampdown on U.S. travel
The Trump administration on Tuesday imposed heavy new restrictions on U.S. travel to Cuba, including a ban on cruises, in a further bid to pressure
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
EU tariffs to target 20 billion euros of U.S. imports – diplomats
The European Commission has drawn up a list of U.S. imports worth around 20 billion euros ($22.6 billion) that it could hit with tariffs over
Parties welcome Congress move to lift US arms embargo on Cyprus
Political parties on Wednesday welcomed the submission of a bipartisan bill to the US Congress that could see Washington’s decades-old arms embargo on Cyprus finally
Pompeo welcomes trilateral cooperation (Update 2)
The governments of Cyprus, the US, Israel and Greece on Wednesday agreed to increase regional cooperation, support energy independence and security, and to “defend against
Turkey urges U.S. to put its weight behind Khashoggi investigation
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan urged the United States on Friday to put its weight behind the investigation into the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi
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 threatens ‘very long’ US government shutdown
US President Donald Trump on Friday threatened a “very long” government shutdown just hours ahead of a midnight deadline, calling on the Senate to pass spending legislation
Afghans, diplomats surprised by Trump plan to pull out troops
Afghan officials and America’s Western partners reacted with unease on Friday to reports that the United States planned to withdraw more than 5,000 of its 14,000
Putin accuses US of raising risk of nuclear war
President Vladimir Putin on Thursday accused the United States of raising the risk of nuclear war by threatening to spurn a key arms control treaty
N. Korea media: denuclearisation includes ending ‘US threat’
Any deal for North Korea to give up its nuclear arsenal must include “completely removing the nuclear threats of the US”, North Korean state media said on Thursday,
US withdrawal from Syria will spark Islamic State revival
The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces said on Thursday a White House decision to withdraw from Syria will allow an Islamic State revival and threaten the battle in eastern Syria.
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
Russia ambassador says recent spat involves US not Cyprus
Russian ambassador Stanislav Osadchiy spoke out for the first time on Monday since Moscow issued threats that it would retaliate against any moves to militarise