Quick, in-and-out precision operations that inflict maximum damage with minimum US casualties have long been a favoured tool of US presidents. Is Trump planning one for Iran?
Amid a rise in U.S.-Iranian military strains, Republicans have mostly rallied around Trump while progressives accuse him of riding a reckless path to war.
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After 522 days without a ballistic missile test,North Koreais at it again. OnMay 4, two months after the failedHanoisummit,Pyongyangfired a new type of solid-fuel short range ballistic missile…
The first five months of Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s presidency have been a roller-coaster ride forMexico. The new government has moved quickly to differentiate itself from past…
TheU.S.government is on the warpath against Huawei. For months, the Trump administration has pressured its allies inEuropeto exclude the Chinese technology firm from their 5G telecom systems,…
The United States and Saudi Arabia have had a relationship with ups and downs over the last eight decades. Beginning with the meeting between President Franklyn Roosevelt and the Saudi King, Ibn…
In recent days, the U.S. military has dispatched a carrier group to the Gulf while drafting contingency plans for the deployment of up to 120,000 troops to the Middle East in the event of Iranian…
One hundred years ago, on the evening ofMay 3, 1919, a group of Chinese students met inside an empty lecture hall inBeijing. World War I had ended in an armistice the previous fall, and the…
Since the movement that has come to be known as the “Sudan Uprising” ignited inDecember 2018, little has been heard or seen ofOmar al-Bashir, the man who ruled the country with an iron fist for…
President Rouhani reportedly plans to announce that Iran is reducing its commitments under the JCPOA, in response to the U.S. withdrawal last year. Some Iranian officials stressed that Iran was…
Tehran isn't likely to easily fold if/when Trump attacks. This means that the longer a military confrontation drags out, the more untenable Washington's position becomes.
The conflict has forced Russia to scale back its global footprint and NATO to boost its defence spending. Meanwhile, China and Middle powers have emerged as key beneficiaries.
Natural resources like solar, wind, and water are set to provide 36% of global electricity production this year. Even for sceptics like Donald Trump, the trends are unmistakable.
Some point to his possible links to Mossad through his associate Ghislaine Maxwell, whose father was a known Israeli spy, and assert that he blackmailed powerful figures to exert influence
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