RT | September 26, 2019 The whistleblower complaint that led to the impeachment inquiry against US President Donald Trump has been released. In it, the leaker admits he did not actually hear the phone call at the center of the scandal. Released by the House Intelligence Committee on Thursday, the complaint details the circumstances surrounding […]
By Sarah Abed | September 26, 2019 All eyes this week are on the events taking place at the 74th annual UN General Assembly (UNGA) which kicked off on Monday at UN Headquarters in New York. Hundreds of meetings, speeches, and events are planned to take place with representatives and world leaders from around the […]
By M. K. BHADRAKUMAR | Indian Punchline | September 25, 2019 During an exclusive interview with the Associated Press this week, the former Afghan president Hamid Karzai has severely questioned the rationale behind the presidential election which is due to take place in his country on September 28. Those who drive the Afghan policy in the […]
Sputnik – September 25, 2019 US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said Wednesday that the European Union has assured the United States that Brussels would not do anything – with regard to sanctions against Iran – without Washington’s consent. The situation in the Persian Gulf region worsened after the United States walked out of the Joint […]
By M. K. BHADRAKUMAR | Indian Punchline | September 24, 2019 The joint statement issued by the leaders of France, Germany and the United Kingdom on September 23 indicting Iran for the attacks on the Saudi Aramco plants two weeks ago is at once consequential and declaratory. The joint statement may seem a serious diplomatic […]
RT | September 24, 2019 The chairman of the Russian Federation Council’s international affairs committee, Konstantin Kosachyov, has described the US’ refusal to issue entry visas to a number of Russian delegates to the UN General Assembly session as a political decision. “The US deliberately took a move to delay the issuance of visas. This […]
RT | September 23, 2019 A committee that will write a new constitution for Syria, a key part of the political transition in a war-torn country, has finally been formed with the United Nations’ backing, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced. The body will convene within weeks for the first time, Guterres told reporters on the […]
Press TV – September 23, 2019 Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says the peace initiative that he will soon unveil at the United Nations General Assembly is aimed at establishing long-term peace in the Persian Gulf, something he said is simply not achievable as long as outsiders are present. Speaking to government officials before heading to […]
Press TV – September 22, 2019 Saudi Arabia still owes the US military $181 million for aerial refueling assistance it received for its brutal bombardment of Yemen’s mostly civilian targets amid Pentagon plans to send more troops to the despotic kingdom to purportedly bolster its air defenses against retaliatory drone attacks by Yemeni forces. Despite […]
Sputnik – 20.09.2019 US and Canadian diplomats in Havana, Cuba, may have become ill due to a neurotoxin used in pesticide fumigation and not by alleged sonic attacks, a clinical study commissioned by Global Affairs Canada revealed. In August 2017, the US State Department said nearly two dozen diplomats working at the US embassy in […]
