Trump simply wants to impose his personal will on Middle East
Jan 08,2020 -JORDAN TIMES – MICHAEL JANSEN US President Donald Trump’s threat to bomb Iran’s cultural sites in retaliation for attacks on US forces in the region makes him a […]
A scandal in Oxford: the curious case of the stolen gospel
The Guardian What links an eccentric Oxford classics don, the millionaire US evangelicals with money to burn and a tiny, missing fragment of an ancient manuscript? Charlotte Higgins unravels a […]
Iran doesn’t want Trump’s ‘deal of the century’ — and its revenge tactics go far beyond official warfare
At a press conference, Trump called on the UK, Germany, France, Russia and China to come back to the negotiating table with him alongside Iran. He’s bold, but he’s also […]
Killing a people’s heritage is the weapon of choice among dictators
Trump, in his warmongering stupor, has proposed the same destruction dictators have used for centuries: ‘culturecide’, where future generations must grieve for their very essence, writes Robert Fisk @indyvoices 19 […]
Two years after it counted population, Pakistan silent on minority numbers
msn news powered by Microsoft News Divya Goyal More than two years after conducting its population census in 2017, Pakistan has failed to release the data pertaining to minority […]
White House skewered for failing to disclose meeting Trump had with Saudi deputy defense minister
By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business January 7, 2020 New York (CNN Business)The White House faced sharp criticism from journalists on Tuesday after they learned that an Oval Office meeting […]
President Trump addresses the nation from the White House
January 8, 2020 Krishnadev Calamur President Trump addresses the nation from the White House on the ballistic missile strike that Iran launched against Iraqi air bases housing U.S. troops on […]
I was in Iraq during the assassination of General Soleimani. Trump has made a huge mistake
In death, it now seems the Major-General will achieve what he couldn’t in life Source: The Independent By Ali-Asghar Abedi, @AbediAA I would have been shocked by the news of […]
Trump breaks silence after Iranian rocket attack
By Nick Pearson 1:56pm Jan 8, 2020 9.news.com.au US President Donald Trump has responded with a tweet about the Iranian rocket attack on air bases in Iraq. More […]
Trump Assumption Mistaken About Dialogue With Iran
FINANCIAL TRIBUNE The US president is highly mistaken to assume that it can negotiate with Tehran the same way it holds talks with countries such as Saudi Arabia, says a […]
Iraq PM confirms receiving ‘signed’ US pullout letter
Tuesday, 07 January 2020 Amid confusion over a reported US letter to Iraq announcing the steps its military would take to move out of Iraq, Prime Minister Adel Abdul […]
Americans have been fed a simplified tale about Iran and Soleimani — it’s time to rewrite that
Context for the Soleimani death is important. So let’s talk about why Iran is really angry with America Carli Pierson http://www.independent.co.uk More major news came out of Iran and […]
TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE : US insists military not withdrawing from Iraq after confusion over leaked letter
‘There’s been no decision whatsoever to leave,’ says Mark Esper Andrew Buncombe Seattle @AndrewBuncombe , Andrew Feinberg @AndrewFeinberg WWW.INDEPENDENT.CO.UK The US has been forced to deny it is planning to […]
BREAKING: US-Led Coalition Tells Baghdad It Will ‘Move Out’ of Iraq – Official Letter
© AP Photo / Baderkhan Ahmad Middle East 06.01.2020 In a Monday letter to Iraqi military leaders, the US-led coalition in Iraq announced it was preparing to “move out” of […]
‘Pay us back’: Trump says troops will not leave airbase unless Iraq compensates US
by Keith Koffler | January 05, 2020 President Trump Sunday said the United States would not abandon its airbase in Iraq unless the country paid billions for the cost […]
Trump threatens to slap sanctions on Iraq ‘like they’ve never seen before’
Published Sun, Jan 5 2020 by Joanna Tan CNBC @tan_joanna Key Points Tensions in the Middle East spiraled last week after Trump called for a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad […]
The world’s indifference to Muslim woes
Donald Trump and Boris Johnson jeopardise what remains of the west’s human rights credibility Edward Luce January 2 2020 Imagine if China had incarcerated upwards of a million Christians. […]
Trump threatens to hit 52 Iranian targets, Borrell urges ‘de-escalation’
EURACTIV.com with AFP and Reuters European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Saturday (4 January) stressed the “need for de-escalation” after the US assassination of a top Iranian […]
Donald Trump’s order to assassinate Soleimani was more about grabbing headlines than foreign policy
Up until recently the US president has shown he has no idea who Qassim Soleimani is, but the killing of the Iranian general has now pushed the Middle East […]
‘He was sent to us’: at church rally, evangelicals worship God and Trump
Friday’s rally recognized Trump’s need to retain the loyalty of the evangelical voting bloc that propelled him to victory in 2016 Richard Luscombe in Miami @richlusc Sat 4 Jan 2020 They came to pray with their president, though in truth many came just to worship him. Donald Trump’s Friday […]