The newly appointed Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh said in an interview with the Associated Press earlier this week that the much-anticipated United States peace plan to be presented in the coming months will be “born dead.”
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Expecting Trouble? U.S. Deploys F-35s to UAE, Naval Assets to Red Sea, Persian Gulf
The United States has deployed a number of its military assets to the Middle East. It could just be part of a normal rotation, or maybe there are concerns that the planes and ships are there to address.
U.S. Imposes Sanctions on Iran’s Revolutionary Guards; Hezbollah Now Accepting Kidney Donations
Last week, President Donald Trump announced that the United States would impose sanctions on Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), in addition to the nuclear sanctions he’s reimposed on Iran since announcing the withdrawal from the nuclear deal last May.
Western Nations Agree: Joining ISIS is a Deal-breaker, “We don’t want them back”
Every once in a while there is a glimmer of hope in the global fight against radical Islamic terrorism. When even the French Defense Minister says of French citizens who leave to join ISIS in Syria, “If the jihadis perish in this fight, I would say that’s for the best,” that...
U. S. Condemns Terror Attack In Somalia That Killed At Least 230
Two truck bombs detonated in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Saturday, killing at least 230 people and wounding hundreds more. Reports indicate that the Somali government believes al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab is responsible.
The United States has condemned the attack, calling it “cowardly,” and has vowed to continue to fight the “scourge of terrorism.”
The Law and Charlie Gard
As expected, the news has come of the death of Charlie Gard.
This sad and troubling case has drawn worldwide discussion, and questions and concerns have been raised about what might happen in a similar case here.
Some analogies have been made to the well-known US case of Terry Schiavo, but there were...
NATO Ally Turkey Strains Ties With The U. S., Germany, and the UK
NATO ally Turkey seems intent on alienating its western allies from the United States to Germany and the UK. Turkey has arrested German citizens at London-based Amnesty International and released the locations of American military bases and assets.
Additionally, Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan is stepping up his anti-Israel rhetoric, a stance...
German Media Reacts to Much Anticipated Trump-Merkel Meeting
Having postponed her Tuesday’s visit due to a blizzard, German Chancellor Angela Merkel heads to Washington today. This would be the first in-person meeting between the two world leaders since the change of the guard in Washington.
While German police go after citizens for criticizing Chancellor Merkel or her ‘Refugee’ Policy, demeaning...
Merkel Goes to Washington, Set to Meet Trump on Tuesday
What undoubtedly could be the most significant political encounter of the year, German Chancellor Angela Merkel will travel to Washington on Tuesday to meet President Donald Trump, the first meeting between these two world leaders.
Ahead of German Chancellor’s visit to the U.S., mainstream media is once again busy inflating the stature...
