Norway’s Prime Minister Erna Solberg appealed to US president Donald Trump’s business instincts over the Paris Agreement in a press conference following a bilateral meeting at the White House. Photo: Heiko Junge / NTB scanpix During the White House press conference, Solberg rebuffed Trump’s claim that the Paris climate accord “would have taken away our […]
Continue reading …M© Justin Tallis, AFP | File photo of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange taken on May 19, 2017. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was “naturalized” as an Ecuadorean on Dec. 12, at his request, Ecuador’s foreign minister said on Thursday, adding that she was seeking a “dignified” solution to his situation with Britain. Britain said earlier on […]
Continue reading …US President Donald Trump is set to decide whether or not to reimpose wide-ranging sanctions on Iran, the latest in a series of actions that put into question the survival of the 2015 nuclear agreement between world powers and the Islamic Republic. Trump, who has repeatedly vowed to “rip up” the deal signed by his […]
Continue reading …Russia has never interfered in US internal affairs and is not planning to do so, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. He added that it is the US that “interferes everywhere” and should expect reciprocal action. Putin: US interferes in other countries’ affairs, should expect mirror reply No country would tolerate foreign interference in its […]
Continue reading …An Iranian warship crashed into concrete wave breakers at a port in the Caspian Sea and two of its crew members are missing, according to local media reports. The 100-meter long warship, called Damavand, crashed at the harbour town of Bandar Anzali during stormy seas. (File Photo: IRNA) The 100-meter long warship, called Damavand, crashed […]
Continue reading …UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has challenged the US to show there is a better alternative to the deal with Iran that limits its nuclear programme. Following talks in Brussels with his Iranian and European counterparts, he said the 2015 accord was a considerable accomplishment that was preventing Iran acquiring nuclear weapons. Mr Johnson stressed […]
Continue reading …Abdoul Abdi was raised in provincial care, but nobody ever applied for his citizenship. Now he could be deported to Somalia even though he left as a child. The family of of Abdoul Abdi, a Somali-born man facing the threat of deportation, says the Canadian government is signing his death warrant by sending him back […]
Continue reading …President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the United States could “conceivably” return to the Paris climate accord, although he stopped short of signaling any move in that direction. © Brendan Smialowski, AFP | US President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with the prime minister of Norway, Erna Solberg, at the White House […]
Continue reading …US troops and their allies will shoot ISIS militants in the face, beat them to death with shovels or drop bombs on them if they don’t surrender, the US military’s most senior enlisted member has said. Command Sergeant Major John Troxell speaks to Iraqi soldiers on a training exercise at a US military base in […]
Continue reading …A shipment of six US army tanks was on its way from Poland to Germany when police in Saxony ordered it to pull over. Upon inspecting the cargo, they noticed more than just one violation of the rules of the road. A US M109 tank in Poland. Photo: DPA On the Autobahn 4 near Bautzen […]
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