The former President of France, Jacques Chirac, who died Thursday, was not known for his political correctness and was fearlessly outspoken on everything from the Iraq War to Margaret Thatcher. Here are some of his best and most controversial quotes. 1 © Reuters / Jason Reed Chirac was a fierce[…]
Andre Vltchek is a philosopher, novelist, filmmaker and investigative journalist. He has covered wars and conflicts in dozens of countries. Three of his latest books are revolutionary novel “Aurora” and two bestselling works of political non-fiction: “Exposing Lies Of The Empire” and “Fighting Against Western Imperialism”. View his other books[…]
Emmanuel Macron took the opportunity to tell Russia’s Vladimir Putin that a “true democracy” should treat protesters with respect. In France, anti-Macron protesters have been met with police batons for the past 40 weekends. The two leaders met ahead of the G7 summit, which Russia will not be part of,[…]
The Pakistani government is expelling an Indian envoy from the country and recalling its own ambassador from India, in response to a move by New Delhi to revoke legal autonomy from its part of contested Kashmir. The decision was made on Wednesday following a meeting of Pakistan’s National Security Committee,[…]
Next month more than two million Muslims from around the world are expected to descend on the cities of Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia for the annual Hajj pilgrimage. But a growing number of Muslims, including some in Australia, are turning their backs on what is one of the[…]
Moscow is urging its partners in the BRICS group of nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) to take part in work towards the post-war restoration of Syria, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Friday. “It is crucially important to support the processes of Syria’s post-conflict restoration,” he told a[…]
Author: Darius Shahtahmasebi is a New Zealand-based legal and political analyst who focuses on US foreign policy in the Middle East, Asia and Pacific region. He is fully qualified as a lawyer in two international jurisdictions. Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan’s recent meeting with Donald Trump has been chock-a-block with[…]
European signatories to the Iran nuclear deal do not see Tehran’s recent moves reducing compliance as significant and do not intend for now to trigger the pact’s dispute mechanism, the European Union’s foreign policy chief has said. Speaking to reporters after a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels on Monday, Federica[…]
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will meet US President Donald Trump in Washington later this month, the Foreign Office in Islamabad said on Thursday. The visit could help to ease tensions between the two countries. Khan accepted an invitation to visit Washington and will meet Trump on July 22. Trump[…]
Sponsoring terrorism, housing secret nuclear sites next door to rug cleaners, and now, time traveling to violate the nuclear deal – is there anything Iran won’t do to flout US-dictated norms? The White House thinks not. “There is little doubt that even before the [nuclear] deal’s existence, Iran was violating[…]
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