Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday cautioned U.S. President Donald Trump about pursuing hostile policies against Tehran, saying “war with Iran is the mother of all wars”, but did not rule out peace between the two countries. Iran faces increased U.S. pressure and looming sanctions after Trump’s decision to withdraw ... Read More »
Laws enacted after 2016 coup attempt are lifted but ‘climate of fear’ remains, say critics Turkey’s two-year state of emergency came to an end at midnight on Wednesday, but as trials of dissidents and journalists continue human rights campaigners have said Ankara must do more to reverse a “suffocating” crackdown ... Read More »
The economy is being buffeted by growing concerns over the US president’s trade war How does the current global economic outlook compare to that of a year ago? In 2017, the world economy was undergoing a synchronised expansion, with growth accelerating both in advanced economies and emerging markets. Moreover, despite ... Read More »
The president insulted the intelligence of his officials – and the American people Russia did not win the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Going into the tournament, it was the lowest ranked of the 32 nations represented. As it was, after a series of encounters in which the team displayed discipline ... Read More »
Iraq after Isis: In the fifth part of his latest series, Patrick Cockburn finds Iraqis are losing patience with endemic corruption “The people want an end to the parties,” chanted protesters, adapting a famous slogan of the Arab Spring, as they stormed the governor’s office and the international airport in ... Read More »
Trump uses Fox News appearance to praise Putin as ‘very strong’, while Putin denies having compromising material on president Fresh off a controversial summit that drew widespread condemnation from America and its allies, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump struck a defiant tone in a pair of television interviews that sought ... Read More »
Rome’s hard-line anti-migrant government saw two ships blocked from docking Italy has agreed to let boats carrying rescued refugees dock in Sicily, on the condition that other countries resettle them. Rome’s hard-line anti-refugee government had kept two military ships from docking at Pozzallo until other countries came forward. Germany, Spain ... Read More »
Pro-Brexit backbenchers branded the plans ‘deeply worrying’ amid a brewing revolt in the party Doubt has been cast over Theresa May’s ability to press on with her Brexit proposals after Conservative MPs publicly rounded on them. Brexiteer backbenchers and ex-ministers branded them “deeply worrying” and accused the prime minister of ... Read More »
The United States accused North Korea on Thursday of breaching a U.N. sanctions cap on refined petroleum by making illicit transfers between ships at sea, according to a document seen by Reuters, and demanded an immediate end to all sales of the fuel. The United States submitted the complaint to ... Read More »
A single strange particle from deep space may shed light on some of the mysteries of the universe. The tiny, ghost like subatomic particle was ejected from an incredibly energetic galaxy four billion light years away and could solve the century old mystery of where cosmic rays come from, as ... Read More »
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