International – Page 43

Brooks and Corn on Obama’s active final weeks and the Trump-Putin ‘bromance’

2 January 2017

In foreign affairs, it was not a quiet few days leading up to the New Year’s weekend — from Secretary of State John Kerry’s blunt parting speech about Israel to President Obama’s announcement of retaliation against the Kremlin for election hacking. Hari Sreenivasan speaks with […]

Is Donald Trump the Friend Israel Needs?

2 January 2017

JERUSALEM — “We cannot continue to let Israel be treated with such total disdain and disrespect.” Thus President-elect Donald J. Trump tweeted just before Secretary of State John Kerry discussed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict last week. He added: “They used to have a great friend in […]

Trump Praises Putin’s Decision Against Tit-For-Tat Sanctions

2 January 2017

President-elect Donald Trump has praised Russian President Vladimir Putin for not retaliating for sanctions imposed Thursday by U.S. President Barack Obama. The sanctions were for interference by Russian intelligence agencies in November’s U.S. national election. “Great move on delay (by V. Putin),” Trump tweeted Friday. […]

Search Continues for Istanbul Nightclub Attacker

2 January 2017

A manhunt for the gunman who killed 39 people in an Istanbul night club early Sunday continued into the evening, but authorities still have “no clarity” on who was responsible, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildrim said. “Some details have started emerging, but the authorities are […]

Nightclub Massacre Prompts Questions About Competence of Turkish Security

2 January 2017

An hour into the new year and shocked first responders were counting bodies in a nightclub on the coast of Istanbul’s Bosphorus. The 39 dead and the dozens wounded had come to celebrate the arrival of 2017 but already, thanks to a lone gunman, this […]

Trump Casts New Doubt on US Claim Russia Meddled in Election

2 January 2017

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump is casting new doubt on the U.S. intelligence conclusion that Russia meddled in the presidential election through computer hacking, a finding that led President Barack Obama to impose sanctions on Russian spy agencies last week and expel 35 diplomats he said […]

Trump Praises ‘Very Smart’ Putin for Holding Off on Reprisals Against US

2 January 2017

US President-elect Donald Trump on Friday praised Russian President Vladimir Putin for not quickly hitting back at Washington for the punitive measures imposed over alleged interference in the November election. “Great move on delay (by V. Putin) – I always knew he was very smart!” […]

Russia Seeks UN Backing for Syria Truce

2 January 2017

Russia is pushing for a UN Security Council vote Saturday to support the ceasefire it helped broker in Syria, where the truce remained largely intact on its second day despite sporadic clashes. Moscow says it wants the United Nations to be involved in peace talks between […]

Western Powers Call on Damascus, Hizbullah to ‘Stop Wadi Barada Attacks’

2 January 2017

Western powers have called on the Syrian regime and Hizbullah to “stop their attacks” in the Wadi Barada region near Damascus, a media report said on Sunday. All the ambassadors of the Western powers agreed during a U.N. Security Council vote on Saturday that a […]

IS Launches Attack in Southern Iraq, Killing 7

2 January 2017

Officials in southern Iraq say gunmen wearing suicide vests and driving an explosive-laden vehicle have attacked a police checkpoint, killing seven people. Authorities say at least 15 people were wounded in the attack Sunday near the town of Qadisiyah, 180 kilometers south of Baghdad. All […]

US Counterterrorism Authorities Target Student Wing of Pakistani Militant Group

2 January 2017

U.S. counterterrorism authorities are growing increasingly concerned about the activities of the student branch of a banned Pakistani militant organization that’s seen as a threat to regional and U.S. interests. The State Department this week announced it was adding the student wing of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) […]

New UN Chief Says He Wants to Meet With Trump

2 January 2017

The new United Nations chief said he wants to meet with Donald Trump even as the U.S. president-elect renewed his call for major changes at the global organization. Incoming U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who assumes his new post on January 1, said on Wednesday that […]