Section: Africa&ME
Europe’s hard-core problem
President Emmanuel Macron’s election in France and the likely continuation of Angela Merkel’s chancellorship in Germany are dramatically at odds with developments in the rest of Europe, which has become increasingly unstable and unpredictable. One wonders if the European Union’s hard Franco-German core is becoming too hard for...
Think most asylum seekers in Israel are African? Try Ukrainian
In three years, the number of asylum seekers from Ukraine and Georgia rose from almost 0 to 21,691, spurred by economic troubles and shady companies advertising fake work permits The post Think most asylum seekers in Israel are African? Try Ukrainian appeared first on The Times of Israel. …read more Source: The Times of...
Lavrov: Newly Formed Association Will Boost Crimea’s Interaction With West
YALTA (Sputnik) — The establishment of the international association “Friends of Crimea” will help to promote interaction between the peninsula and international partners including in the West, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said. “I am convinced that the results of the conference, including the creation of the international association...
Paradise Papers Reveal Offshore Deals With Apple, Trump Cabinet Member
US Secretary of Commerce, Wilbur Ross addresses delegates at the annual Confederation of British Industry (CBI) conference in east London, on November 6, 2017. Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP Apple’s tax avoidance strategy which shifted profits from one fiscal haven to another. The financial links of a top Trump administration official to Vladimir...
US defence chief backs Geneva process on Syrian conflict
HELSINKI — US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis said on Monday he backed diplomatic efforts to bring an end to the Syrian civil war, which has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives over more than six years of conflict, as the Daeh extremist group militants near defeat. Mattis was travelling to Finland to meet with leaders from the Northern Group, a...
Russia mercenaries operate in Syria alongside army
Two men who appeared in a video posted by Daesh last month are believed to have been members of a shadowy mercenary force known as “Wagner” which the Russian army has been using to assist in its operations in Syria. The men named Roman Vasilievich Zabolotny and Grigory Mikhailovich Surkanov were captured near the eastern city of Deir Ez-Zor....
Numerous Trump associates had ties with Russians during campaign
Washington – After questions emerged about whether campaign foreign policy advisor Carter Page had ties to Russia, President Donald Trump called him a “very low-level member” of a committee and said that “I don’t think I’ve ever spoken to him.” When it was revealed that his son met with a Russian lawyer...
Mattis backs Geneva process on Syrian conflict
HELSINKI – U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Monday he backed diplomatic efforts to bring an end to the Syrian civil war, which has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives over more than six years of conflict, as Islamic State militants near defeat. , Mattis was traveling to Finland to meet with leaders from the Northern Group, a...
Rebbe Nachman coming to Israel?
Israeli government reportedly discussing with Ukraine possibility of bringing Hassidic leader’s remains to Israel. …read more Source: Arutz...
Report: Foreign Ministry asked Ukraine to bring Rabbi Nachman’s remains to Israel
The gravesite is a considerable financial resource for Ukraine, and sources told the ‘Post’ that it’s highly unlikely that Kiev would agree to the request. …read more Source: The Jerusalem...
