Finally. The Iran Nuclear Deal was scrapped by US President Trump much to the dismay of President Obama and democratic supporters in the US. Many critics are unhappy with Trump’s blunt move, wondering why he would scrap the whole deal instead of try for renegotiations. Trump was against how Iran was still able to produce Uranium but at a slower… Read more »
With the controversial US tariffs being applied not too long ago under Trump’s administration, we can see how many of our allies retaliate with tariffs of their own. The American people in general seem to be upset with putting these new trade barriers up with our allies, especially after Trump’s comment about Canada being a threat to US National security…. Read more »
In recent days, President Trump announced the cancelled summit with the North Korean dictator is back on track. This comes after news that Trump cancelled the summit more days back, which caused political controversy among citizens in America and the EU alike. After the meeting between Kim and President Moon of South Korea, I have faith that the summit will… Read more »
Colombia‘s war crimes tribunal investigating the atrocities committed during a five-decade-long war has begun collecting testimony and evidence. It comes a year after the signing of an historic peace agreement between the former FARC rebels and the government. But as Al Jazeera’s Alessandro Rampietti reports, it’s unlikely to heal the wounds that so deeply divide the country.
WASHINGTON — President Trump declared on Tuesday that he was withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal, unraveling the signature foreign policy achievement of his predecessor Barack Obama, isolating the United States from its Western allies and sowing uncertainty before a risky nuclear negotiation with North Korea. The decision, while long anticipated and widely telegraphed, leaves the 2015 agreement reached by seven countries… Read more »
SOFIA, May 9 (Xinhua) — Bulgaria expatriated a Moroccan citizen on Wednesday who was wanted for terrorist activity in his homeland, the interior ministry said here in a statement. The 35-year-old Moroccan entered Bulgaria illegally and was arrested on Jan. 13 near the border with Turkey, the statement said. He presented himself as a Syrian national but the authorities have… Read more »
More than 2,700 Palestinian demonstrators were injured on Monday — at least 1,350 by gunfire — along the border fence with Gaza, the Health Ministry reported. The mass protests began on March 30 and had already left dozens dead. • The latest protests took place as the United States Embassy was formally relocated to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv, on the… Read more »
CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) – Venezuela’s leftist leader Nicolas Maduro won a new six-year term on Sunday, but his main rivals disavowed the election alleging massive irregularities in a process critics decried as a farce propping up a dictatorship. Victory for the 55-year-old former bus driver, who replaced Hugo Chavez after his death from cancer in 2013, may trigger a new… Read more »
RIO DE JANEIRO/SAO PAULO (Reuters) – A 72-hour strike by Brazilian oil workers halted refineries and rigs on Wednesday, union leaders said, a new blow to President Michel Temer on the heels of a trucker protest that has strangled Latin America’s largest economy for over a week. The strike by workers demanding changes at state-led oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA… Read more »
The US is to impose tariffs on steel and aluminium imports from key allies in Europe and North America. The US said a 25% tax on steel and 10% tax on aluminium from the EU, Mexico and Canada will start at midnight. The move immediately triggered vows of retaliation from Mexico, Canada and the EU, which called the tariffs “protectionism,… Read more »