The United States faces a major humanitarian crisis with its southwestern border at a security “breaking point” as tens of thousands of mostly Central Americans increasingly try to enter the country. More than 76,000 migrants crossed the border without authorisation last month, nearly double the number from the same period[…]
Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner met Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) on Tuesday for the first time since the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The talks in the Saudi capital Riyadh, part of Kushner’s tour of the Middle East, focused on ways of “increasing cooperation”[…]
Venezuela has plunged into a major political crisis amid a growing row over President Nicolas Maduro’s future as the country’s leader. Maduro started a second term on January 10, following a widely boycotted election last year that many foreign governments refused to recognise. On January 23, Juan Guaido, leader of[…]
Mike Pompeo has said the United States is not covering up Jamal Khashoggi’s murder, only days after the White House missed a deadline to reveal its findings about who killed the Saudi journalist. Speaking during a visit to Hungary on Monday, the US secretary of state said Washington intends to[…]
The Department of International Relations says it appreciates the concerns that some Western countries have raised about corruption in South Africa but adds that established diplomatic protocol should have been followed. The United States (US), United Kingdom (UK), Netherlands, Germany and Switzerland, through their diplomatic heads in South Africa, wrote[…]
The Trump administration is set to reimpose all sanctions against Iran that had been lifted as part of the 2015 nuclear agreement, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday. “On November 5th, the United States will reimpose sanctions that were lifted as part of the nuclear deal on Iran’s energy,[…]
Russia has warned US President Donald Trump’s push to withdraw from a landmark anti-proliferation weapons deal could spark a new arms race between Moscow and Washington and “make the world a more dangerous place”. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Monday that Russia would be forced to act if the[…]
An arsonist convicted of burning down a mosque in the United States last year has been sentenced to more than 24 years in prison for a crime prosecutors said was motivated by hate. Marq Perez, 26, was convicted of hate crime and felony arson in July for setting fire to[…]
For the first time, a United States delegation met with Saudi Arabia’s religious police, the US said on Thursday. The US Commission on International Religious Freedom met with Saudi’s Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, commonly known as the religious police, about the decision to allow women[…]
The World Court ordered the United States on Wednesday to ensure that sanctions against Iran, due to be tightened next month, do not affect humanitarian aid or civil aviation safety. Judges at the International Court Of Justice handed a victory to Tehran, which had argued that sanctions imposed since May[…]
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