Contrary to Donald Trump’s promise to withdraw, the Americans “are actively settling down” on the eastern bank of the Euphrates River in Syria and have no plans to leave, the Russian Foreign Minister has said. Speaking in Beijing on Tuesday, Sergey Lavrov said “a number of countries have explicitly chosen to disintegrate Syria.”According to Russia’s top […]

Washington (CNN)The White House is continuing its push to temper expectations around a potential face-to-face meeting between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un — insisting that the US will not negotiate any concessions until Pyongyang takes concrete steps toward dismantling its nuclear and missile programs. Trump immediately touted North Korea’s pledge […]

Idea is to refer chemical weapons issue to UN general assembly, where Russia’s security council veto would not apply. Western nations want to end the months-long paralysis at the United Nations over Syria by referring the issue of chemical weapons use to the entire UN general assembly, where Russia’s security council veto would not apply. The idea […]

John Oliver began his HBO late night show with talk of yet another busy week for the Trump administration “the Sharknado of administrations in that they are spinning out of control, destroying everything in their path and will almost certainly eventually hire Tara Reid,” he said. The week was dominated by the continuing fallout of  previous week’s FBI raid on […]

White House: Trump’s ‘great relationships’ with foreign leaders doesn’t stop him from ‘aggressive’ negotiating United States President Donald Trump is reported to have flatly asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last year whether or not he genuinely cared about making peace with the Palestinians. According to the Axios news website, Trump’s blunt inquiry was made during a […]

NEW YORK – A U.S. push to change the Iran nuclear deal was sending a “very dangerous message” that countries should never negotiate with Washington, Iran’s foreign minister warned as U.S. and North Korean leaders prepare to meet for denuclearization talks. Speaking to reporters in New York on Saturday, Mohammad Javad Zarif also said that […]

President Emmanuel Macron likes to convince people. In manner and method, he is unlike his predecessors. Nicolas Sarkozy cajoled and bullied. François Hollande just gave up. Macron fixes interlocutors with his intense blue stare and builds a Cartesian argument. If that doesn’t work, he starts over, patiently, but with determination. The past week has tested the young […]

Seoul, South Korea (CNN)North Korea says its quest for nuclear weapons is “complete” and it “no longer needs” to test its weapons capability, a significant development ahead of diplomatic engagement with South Korea and the United States. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Saturday that “under the proven condition of complete nuclear weapons, we […]

Paris (AFP) – They talk regularly, have shared memorable handshakes and supposedly have an “unbreakable” friendship. When US President Donald Trump and France’s Emmanuel Macron meet next week, there will be more back-slapping — but also major differences. The Trump-Macron relationship has been one of the few stable elements in recent American foreign policy, with […]

President Klaus Iohannis has sharply criticized plans announced by the head of Romania’s ruling party to move the country’s embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Iohannis had “not been consulted or informed over this process,” his office said in an April 20 statement. Liviu Dragnea, the head of the ruling Social Democratic Party […]