by Francis CURTA and Clare BYRNE Paris (AFP) – US President Donald Trump came under fire on Saturday after cancelling a visit to an American World War I military cemetery in France because of rainy weather. Trump, who is in France for commemorations marking the centenary of the end of the war, and his wife […]
Turkey’s Erdogan sends Audio of Khashoggi’s murder to Western Capitals
by Luana Sarmini-Buonaccorsi Ankara (AFP) – Turkey has shared recordings linked to the murder last month of journalist Jamal Khashoggi with Riyadh, Washington and other capitals, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday. “We gave them the recordings, we gave them to Saudi Arabia, we gave them to Washington, to the Germans, to the French, to […]
In Setback for Trump’s Imperial presidency, Judge halts Keystone XL Oil Pipeline
“An agency cannot simply disregard contrary or inconvenient factual determinations that it made in the past”
US ‘War on Terror’ has killed 500,000 People: Study
The US is implicated in the violent deaths of about half a million persons in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan
Russia Seeks to Dump Dollar as New US Sanctions Loom
Russia’s de-dollarisation efforts “may be easier now in a world of rising US protectionism”
Saudi Gov’t, still not Tired of Controversy, May Execute 12 Shiites “Imminently”
The ultra-conservative kingdom has one of the world’s highest rates of execution
Florida ends Vestige of Jim Crow, Restores Vote to 1.5 mn ex-Prisoners
The old law disproportionately affected blacks and Latinos in particular
Trump won’t sanction India’s Chabahar Port in Iran, to Help Afghanistan
“This exception relates to reconstruction assistance and economic development for Afghanistan.”
That Time Hannity Campaigned with Trump v. Dems & Called Press ‘Fake’
Fox News admitted Tuesday it was a mistake