President Barack Obama says he won’t give Republicans controlling Congress concessions on must-pass legislation to increase the government’s borrowing cap.
“We are barreling toward a second cold war”, Rubio warned, while dubbing Putin’s moves a “power play” in the region. “With Jeb Bush getting no traction – in fact kind of stuck – people are looking around and giving Rubio more...
The reason? Trump said he’s anxious a few of the refugees – who have been fleeing Syria after years of civil war – could be members of the terrorist organization the Islamic State, or ISIS, in disguise.
He also protested the 10- and 15-year expiration dates for a few of the deal’s key provisions. Israeli leaders had demanded that the deal include a provision requiring Iran to recognize Israel as a state, but President Barack Obama called that a “fundamental...
Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu told the General Assembly that Abbas should stop “spreading lies about Israel’s alleged intentions on the Temple Mount”, and return to negotiations to secure peace between the Israeli’s and the Palestinians.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon opened the 70th General Debate with a speech in which he called for the situation in Syria to be referred to the worldwide Criminal Court and said that five countries – Iran, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Turkey and the United States – are key...
In a joint announcement by Xi Jinping and Barack Obama in Washington DC, China and U.S. promised to take further joint action in a “common vision” aimed at delivering a meaningful climate deal in Paris at the end of this year.
Because Trump is a showman, and while this could mean he could actually win a few primary and caucus states – in the case everything goes wrong with the other Republican contenders – and he ends up as a presidential candidate, I will be even less anxious.
“The United Nations and its member states have a strong obligation to work together to end the catastrophic wars and conflicts – not least in and around Syria“, said Mogens Lykketoft, president of the 70th session of the General Assembly.
Putin, without naming the United States, accused Washington of trying to enforce its will on others and mulling a possible reform of the U.N., which he suggested stands in the way of the perceived US domination.