Press review ‘And the winner is … Kim Jong-un’
By Thomas Stephens This content was published on June 12, 2018 US President Donald Trump and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un shake hands during the signing of a document after […]
Trump-Kim summit: president says US ‘will be stopping the war games’ – live
Donald Trump offers Kim Jong-un security guarantees in document signed by the two leaders Singapore summit: Kim Jong-un says ‘world will see major change’ What have Trump and Kim signed? […]
The G-7 Fiasco It’s Time to Isolate Donald Trump
The G-7 summit once again made it clear that U.S. President Donald Trump is intent on treating America’s allies worse than its enemies. Europe must draw the consequences and […]
Trump-Kim Singapore summit: All the latest updates
US president and North Korean leader are set to meet on Tuesday in a landmark summit in Singapore. more on Singapore Kim-Trump meeting: More theatrics than substance?today Final preparations […]
Singapore Trump-Kim summit: Singapore hosting a potential watershed moment in world history
By Mubin Saadat 11 Jun 2018 For the first time, a sitting US President and a North Korean leader, representing two countries which have never seen eye to eye, will meet face to face, and the island nation of Singapore will host this historic event. Just weeks ago, when Kim and […]
Trump Kim summit: North Korea sets out its Singapore agenda
https://emp.bbc.com/emp/SMPj/2.19.5/iframe.html Media captionBig planes and jogging guards: Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un have arrived in Singapore Kim Jong-un will discuss a “permanent… peace-keeping mechanism” with US President Donald Trump when […]
North Korea’s Kim arrives in Singapore for summit with Trump
COMPILED FROM WIRE SERVICES ISTANBUL North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrives in Singapore, June 10, 2018 in this picture obtained from social media. (Reuters Photo) North Korean leader […]
Justin Trudeau To Trump: Canada ‘Will Not Be Pushed Around’
The president responded by calling Canada’s prime minister “meek” and “dishonest.” By Mary Papenfuss Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau forcefully responded to Donald Trump’s trade threats at the Group of Seven summit […]
One Magnificent Photo Sums Up Donald Trump’s G-7 Visit
German Chancellor Angela Merkel shares a picture that says a thousand words. By Sara Boboltz Perhaps no other photo is in more need of a thorough caption than the one […]
G7: Trump isolated over trade and Russia on first day
https://emp.bbc.com/emp/SMPj/2.19.5/iframe.html Media captionTrump to G7: ‘They should let Russia come back in Divisions between Donald Trump and other leaders of G7 nations were laid bare on the first day […]
‘Qatar will not ‘fuel a war’ against Iran‘
By AFP – Jun 04,2018 – JORDAN TIMES SINGAPORE — Qatar will not be dragged into any conflict with Iran, a senior Qatari official said on Sunday. Defence Minister Khalid […]
Iran calls on world to stand up to Trump, save nuclear deal
Reuters International This content was published on June 3, 2018 Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrives at the European Council headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, May 15, 2018. Thierry Monasse/Pool […]
Madmen in authority
Jun 02,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Harold James PRINCETON — In The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money, John Maynard Keynes famously worried that, “Madmen in authority, who hear voices in the air, are distilling their frenzy from some academic scribbler of a few years back”. Yet, even without […]
History will never let Donald Trump escape the shame of separating parents and children at the border
Trump has no shame, though hopefully the country as a whole will find its own and stop this barbarism at the border before more lives are ruined David Usborne @dusborne […]
In the Middle East, Putin has a lot to thank Trump for right now
Once it was the State Department which called for ‘restraint on all sides’ – usually when the Israelis were invading or bombing Lebanon or Gaza – but now it’s the Kremlin […]
Kim Jong-un has ‘fixed will’ to meet Trump after surprise summit with President Moon Jae-in
Our Foreign Staff 27 May 2018 • South Korea said President Moon Jae-in met with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un on Saturday inside the Demilitarised […]
European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström ‘We Won’t Allow Ourselves to Be Blackmailed’
In an interview with DER SPIEGEL, European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström, 50, says the EU won’t negotiate “until Trump stops pointing the gun at our chest.” But, she adds, Europe […]
With the opening of the US embassy in Jerusalem, Trump proved it: we need a new country to lead the free world
Trump has brought the problem into terrifyingly sharp focus. A world in which ultimate power can be entrusted to a ranting, vindictive, hyper-simplistic moron by evangelicals is a world in […]
Interview with Joschka Fischer: ‘The U.S. President Is Destroying the American World Order’
In an interview with DER SPIEGEL, former German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer talks about the danger of war against Iran, the deterioration of trans-Atlantic relations under U.S. President Donald […]
The End of the Concept of ‘the West’?
Vessela Tcherneva @vtcherneva 18th May, 2018 The West is more and more divided and global strategic interests are diverging. The impact of the US President on views and transatlantic trust is significant. ‘You, Europeans, come to this town to preach to us, to complain and accuse, and then expect us […]