Why does Macron want a ‘European army’ to defend against US?
AFP | French President Emmanuel Macron called Tuesday for a "real European army" to allow the bloc to defend itself against Russia and even the...
Tough times for Trump as Democrats seize lower house of Congress
News Desk | Democrats seized control of the lower house of Congress in midterm elections, dealing a stern rebuke to Donald Trump almost two years...
Trump calls midterm elections ‘tremendous success’
News Desk | President Donald Trump called midterm congressional elections a "tremendous success," despite his Republican Party losing control of the House of Representatives. The Republicans...
End of Trump’s Empire?
News Desk | Riding a powerful "blue wave" of backlash to President Donald Trump, Democrats were projected to take control of the House of Representatives...
Khashoggi murder: What are US plans for Saudi Arabia?
News Analysis | U.S secretary of state Mike Pompeo has stated that it is just a matter of “handful weeks” before the United States is...
US vows ‘relentless’ sanctions as Iran remains defiant
AFP | The United States vowed Monday to be "relentless" in countering Iran as sweeping sanctions took effect, but the Islamic republic defiantly promised to...
US to exempt China, India, Japan from Iran oil sanctions: Pompeo
AFP | The United States will exempt China, India and Japan from oil sanctions on Iran, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday, while vowing...
Iran vows to ‘proudly bypass’ US sanctions
AFP | Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said the Islamic republic "will proudly bypass sanctions" by the United States that took effect on Monday targeting the...
The Khashoggi crisis: Putting Humpty Dumpty back together – James M. Dorsey
James M. Dorsey | The killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and potential Western sanctions against Saudi Arabia have sparked renewed debate about the value of the...
US sanctions on Iran, ‘toughest ever,’ take force Monday
AFP | The United States is reimposing punitive measures targeting the Iranian oil and financial sectors in what US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called...
Two dead, multiple wounded in US yoga studio shooting: police
News Desk | A gunman killed two people and injured several others at a yoga studio in Florida's state capital Tallahassee before apparently taking his...
Trump backtracks on suggestion U.S. troops could fire on migrants
News Desk | President Donald Trump on Friday backtracked from his suggestion a day earlier that U.S. troops sent to the U.S. border with Mexico...