BRUSSELS (AFP) – The European Union on Tuesday wrestled with a rift over Turkey’s EU membership bid after Austria led calls for the accession process to be halted over Ankara’s post-coup crackdown. Turkish President Recep …
Julian Borger World affairs editor Tuesday 13 December 2016 01.08 GMT Iran and Turkey held secret talks on peace proposals for Syria in 2013 and as recently as this year, but the talks broke down …
by Cristina Silva, International Business Times Arabs have “wronged Islam and distorted the image of Muslims,” Saudi Prince Khaled Al-Faisal warned in a speech this week. The prince said Muslims should “not allow colonialism to return, or …
By Ishaan Tharoor December 12 at 12:09 PM. Washington Post In an interview with CBS’s “60 Minutes” that aired Sunday evening, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed concerns about perceived anti-Semitism surrounding the …
By Laila Bassam and Lisa Barrington | ALEPPO, SYRIA/BEIRUT The Syrian army and its allies are in the “last moments before declaring victory” in Aleppo, a Syrian military source said, after rebel defenses collapsed …
Investors need to come to grips with the fact that Donald Trump is the “Negotiator-in-Chief” based on his Boeing and UTX maneuvers, said TheStreet’s Jim Cramer. Boeing shares moved lower yesterday after President-elect Donald …
By David Dolan and Tuvan Gumrukcu | ISTANBUL An offshoot of the militant Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) claimed responsibility on Sunday for twin bombings that killed 38 people and wounded 155 outside an Istanbul …
By JEREMY ASHKENAS and GREGOR AISCH DEC. 5, 2016 A populist groundswell, newly bolstered by voters’ rejection of the Italian government’s referendum on Sunday, has been building across Europe since the global financial crisis, …
Paul R.Pillar December 7, 2016 The direct stakes in whether the Trump administration adheres to the agreement that restricts the Iranian nuclear program are important enough, in terms of nuclear nonproliferation. Also important are …
Dominic Waghorn Diplomatic Editor Follow Dominic Shock, horror, scandal. Britain’s chief diplomat speaks truths about the Middle East. Whatever next? Most of what Boris Johnson said in his latest alleged ‘gaffe’ is not that controversial. …
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