Germany’s Merkel Seen Shaking for 2nd Time This Month
German Chancellor Angela Merkel was seen shaking as she met President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Thursday, her second shaking bout within two weeks.
Trump Renews Criticism of Japan-US Alliance before G20 Summit
US President Donald Trump renewed his criticism of the US-Japan security alliance, the linchpin of Tokyo’s security policies, ahead of talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the sidelines of a Group of 20 summit in Osaka this week.
2 Killed, 7 Injured as Russian Plane Makes Emergency Landing
Two people were killed and seven injured when an Antonov An-24 passenger plane made an emergency landing at a regional airport in Russia’s Buryatia republic, in Siberia, on Thursday, the area’s emergency situations ministry said.
Iran-Russia coop. beneficial for both countries, region: Iranian expert
An Iranian expert says as the US and its regional allies try to spread extremism and terrorism to central Asia so cooperation between Iran and Russia not only is beneficial for both countries but also for the region.
Cyber-attack against Iran: a failed strategy of U.S. presidents from Bush to Trump
It was first in July 2010 when the United States launched a serious cyber-attack against Iran. At the time, it was said that a virus named Stuxnet was used for damaging the computer systems that controlled Iranian nuclear industry.
Mogherini says EU’s trade mechanism for Iran “ready to be operational”
EU’s foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said Tue. that the trade mechanism called INSTEX, aimed at facilitating trade with Iran in the face of US sanctions, is “now ready to be operational.”
Russia says downed U.S. drone was in Iranian airspace
Secretary of Russia’s Security Council Nikolai Patrushev said on Tuesday that Russia has military intelligence that shows that a U.S. drone was in Iranian airspace when it was shot down by Iran, according to Reuters.
Iran’s ICT minister calls on int’l community to stand against US unilateralism
The Iranian ICT minister called on international community to confront the US unilateralism in Asia-Pacific ICT Ministerial Meeting, Singapore.
Merkel’s late warning
The growth of extreme currents in Europe seems to have led to concerns and discontent among people such as German Chancellor Angela Merkel. This is while Berlin should not hide its role in this crisis. This social excitement has now become a "political demand" in the West. The dissatisfaction of European citizens with their governments has caused them to explicitly demand the return to the twentieth century and the time before the formation of United Europe.
Trump has a moment of sanity that begs for continuance
NORTH CAROLINA - “Cocked and loaded” Donald Trump claimed the U.S. military was, just before, as he alleges, he decided not to attack Iran last week because the lives of an estimated “150 Iranians” were too heavy a cost for the downing of an unmanned drone that was brought down in Iran’s territorial waters while on a spy mission. What is one supposed to think? That Trump suddenly has a heart? That he has a brain? Well, maybe a bit of the latter for a moment. It is, in any case, not hard to speculate about what happened: