With peace breaking out on the Korean peninsula, beware of National Security Adviser John Bolton’s efforts to sabotage any deal, warns Gareth Porter. By Gareth Porter The still-unscheduled Donald Trump-Kim Jong Un summit offers the opportunity for a denuclearization deal…Read more →
Airstrikes in northern Syria killed at least 26 people, many of them Iranian soldiers who back Syria. The bombing registered at 2.6 on the Richter scale for earthquakes. Russia and Syria are blaming Israel for the attack. Israel has entered Syria's borders to attack it without provocation, both recently and historically. The bombing took place after new Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with Netanyahu for several hours. Pompeo pledged the US to fight for Israel. [...]
Historic summits, progressive wars and withholding files + this day in history w/the abdication of Queen Beatrix and our song of the day by The Get Up Kids on your Morning Monarchy for April 30, 2018.
(ZHE) — Update: largely as expected, Haaretz reports that Netanyahu will reveal proof Iran “cheated” on the nuclear deal. NETANYAHU EXPECTED TO REVEAL DOCS WHICH SHOW HOW IRAN ‘CHEATED’ ON NUCLEAR DEAL: HAARETZ. Perhaps Colin Powell should present it to the waiting world? * * * Moments ago, Israel’s Channel10 reported that Netanyahu is set to […]
(MEMO) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Saudi Arabia on Saturday on a hastily-arranged visit to the Middle East as the United States aims to muster support for new sanctions against Iran. The visit to Riyadh, Jerusalem and Amman just two days after Pompeo was sworn-in comes as President Donald Trump is set to decide whether […]
As a part of his strategy to unmake every achievement of the Obama administration, including the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, Trump is taking no prisoners. The JCPOA was reached in 2015 with the P5+1 to offer economic sanctions relief to a throttled nuclear development program on the part of the Iranians.
After Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) decided to support President Donald Trump’s Secretary of State pick Mike Pompeo at the last minute in a “cowardly flip-flop,” the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Monday voted along party lines to advance Pompeo to the full Senate with a favorable recommendation.
By M K Bhadrakumar | Indian Punchline | April 23, 2018 As the May 12 deadline draws close for Trump to waive the sanctions against Iran, as required under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or (JCPOA), Tehran has carried the war of words into the enemy camp. Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrived in […]
(ANTIMEDIA) — Mike Pompeo, current CIA director and U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of state, reportedly met with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un over the Easter weekend, further indicating that the two countries are becoming increasingly serious about meeting later this year. The Washington Post broke the story about what was supposedly a top-secret meeting late Tuesday night. The Post noted […]
President Donald Trump spoke on Tuesday, regarding unprecedented talks between North Korea and the United States:
“We have had direct talks at very high levels, extremely high levels with North Korea,” The Washington Post quoted Trump as saying, during a bilateral meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Abe.
