Section: US & Canada
Israel says it has reached deal to resettle African migrants in the West
By Adam Taylor | Washington Post The Israeli government announced Monday that it would scrap controversial plans to deport African asylum seekers, saying it had reached an “unprecedented understanding” with the United Nations to resettle many of these migrants in Western countries. In a statement released by Prime Minister Benjamin...
U.S. Weapons To Help Ukraine ‘Push Back’ Against Russian Aggression
U.S. Senator Rob Portman said lethal defensive weapons that the United States will soon send to Ukraine will help the country “push back” against any future aggression by Russia-backed separatists. Portman made the comments in an interview with RFE/RL’s Rostyslav Khotin on April 2 in Prague, a day before heading to Ukraine on a...
U.S. Weapons To Help Ukraine ‘Push Back’ Against Russian Aggression
U.S. Senator Rob Portman said lethal defensive weapons that the United States will soon send to Ukraine will help the country “push back” against any future aggression by Russia-backed separatists. Portman made the comments in an interview with RFE/RL’s Rostyslav Khotin on April 2 in Prague, a day before heading to Ukraine on a...
Interview: U.S. Weapons To Help Ukrainians ‘Defend Themselves’
U.S. Senator Rob Portman said lethal defensive weapons that the United States will soon deliver to Ukraine could help bring peace to the country by deterring future aggression by Russia-backed separatists. Portman made the comments in an interview with RFE/RL’s Rostyslav Khotin on April 2 in Prague, a day before heading to Ukraine on a...
Interview: U.S. Weapons To Help Ukrainians ‘Defend Themselves’
U.S. Senator Rob Portman said lethal defensive weapons that the United States will soon deliver to Ukraine could help bring peace to the country by deterring future aggression by Russia-backed separatists. Portman made the comments in an interview with RFE/RL’s Rostyslav Khotin on April 2 in Prague, a day before heading to Ukraine on a...
The hacked emails at the center of Mueller’s Russia investigation, explained
The leaks that plagued the DNC, John Podesta, and others are crucial to the collusion probe. Were any Trump associates involved? There’s one positively enormous shoe that still hasn’t dropped in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference with the 2016 campaign: an indictment about all those hacked...
Emmanuel Macron, the New King of Europe?
“You as a political project are in denial.” Those words are now part of the EU lexicon thanks to Nigel Farage’s speech in the European Parliament following the Brexit referendum. Farage’s point: despite Brexit, the European Union was unwilling to concede that its process of centralization had gone too far. Farage had a point then, and...
This Terrifying Video Shows What Happens if Washington, D.C. Was Attacked with a Nuke
Harry J. Kazianis Security, Enter World War III? While we all can certainly debate what is or isn’t a modern-day existential threat in its present form, we can all certainly agree terrorists and also lesser capable nation-states (consider impoverished North Korea, who has an economy smaller than Ethiopia, for example) are able to develop...
Pope Francis Calls for Peace in Easter Message
(VATICAN CITY) — On Christianity’s most joyful day, Pope Francis called for peace in a world marked by war and conflict, “beginning with the beloved and long-suffering land of Syria” and extending to Israel, where 15 Palestinians were killed on the Israeli-Gaza border two days before Easter Sunday. Francis reflected on the power of...
German Minister Wants to Rebuild Trust with Russia After Spy Standoff
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas wants to resume dialogue with Russia and gradually improve ties after diplomatic expulsions over a nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy in England that Britain blames on Russia, he said on Sunday. Conservative German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Maas have joined the United States and other European...
