Section: Africa&ME
Putin’s pipelines to power
Over the last year, predictions of serious struggles for Russian President Vladimir Putin – or even his political demise – have been increasingly frequent. A recent article in The Economist, “An awful week for Vladimir Putin,” is just one example. But it is Putin biographer and New York Times correspondent Steven Lee Myers whose assessment rings...
Russia’s role in Syria is sinister; it’s an occupier with an iron grip
As we enter a new year and a new decade, the Syrian conflict rages on, well into its ninth year. The estimated death toll is touching one million, with over ten million others displaced both internally and externally, from a pre-war population of around 23 million in 2011. The role of the regime of Bashar Al-Assad in suppressing protests and...
Pompeo Cancels Visit to Cyprus
UN Secretary of State – Mike PompeoUS State Secretary Mike Pompeo has cancelled a trip to Cyprus next week in the wake of protests outside the US Embassy in Iraq. Pompeo had been scheduled for a January 7 visit to Lefkoşa, the last leg of a short overseas trip with stops in Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. He was going to meet...
Pompeo postpones Ukraine trip after attack on US embassy in Iraq: State
…read more Source:: Al-Manar TV
US Secretary of State Pompeo postpones Ukraine trip to focus on Iraq
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday postponed a trip to Ukraine so he could focus on the situation in Iraq after demonstrators attacked the US embassy. Supporters of Iranian-backed Iraqi paramilitary groups stormed the US embassy’s perimeter and hurled rocks in two days of protests. They withdrew on Wednesday after Washington...
Pompeo postpones Ukraine trip to focus on Iraq
Protesters stormed the US embassy compound in Iraq this week after US air raids against an Iran-backed Shia group. …read more Source:: AL...
Pompeo postpones Ukraine trip to ‘ensure security of Americans in Middle East’
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday postponed a trip to Ukraine, the country at the heart of impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump, after an attack on the American embassy …read more Source:: Al...
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to Visit Cyprus
UN Secretary of State – Mike PompeoUS Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Cyprus on 7 January as he returns from a trip to Asia, according to Turkish Cypriot media. Pompeo will have separate meetings with Greek Cypriot leader Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akıncı. In a press release issued on 31 December, the State...
Celebration, Fireworks As Australia Cruises Into New Year
New Year’s Eve fireworks erupt over Sydney’s iconic Harbour Bridge and Opera House (L) during the fireworks show on January 1, 2020. PETER PARKS / AFP Smoke-choked Sydney ushered in the New Year with a huge fireworks display, kicking off celebrations for billions around the world and ringing in the new decade. Australia’s...
How Trump’s impeachment trial would differ from a criminal one
U.S. President Donald Trump on December 19 became the third U.S. president to be impeached when the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives voted to charge him with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. The Republican-controlled Senate is due to weigh these charges in a trial in January. In the unlikely event he is found guilty,...
