Fifteen months into Donald Trump’s presidency, the United States finds itself on the cusp of a grave constitutional emergency at home — and closer to stumbling into direct conflict with Russia than at any time since the Cold War. It’s a moment when the chaos, wild rhetoric and crushing of presidential norms on which Trump […]

Yulia Skripal, who was poisoned in Britain last month along with her father, a former Russian spy, has said she did not wish to take up the offer of assistance from the Russian embassy in London. In a statement issued on her behalf by British police late on Wednesday, Skripal said her father, Sergei, remained […]

US President Donald Trump has scaled back from his position this morning, suggesting Russia working together and ending an arm race. Just this morning, Donald Trump threatened to attack Syria but now he retreated from his morning’s position only 40 minutes later calling for cooperation between Moscow and Washington, working together between them, and ending what […]

TEHRAN – Israel’s ambassador to Paris, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) and Maryam Rajavi, leader of the terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO), have met in France, Pars Today quoted unnamed sources as saying on Wednesday. According the sources, the meeting was probably held in bin Salman’s recently purchased chateau, located an hour’s drive […]

In another hateful remarks, this time by Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister, Iran is surprisingly characterized as a “vision of darkness” and Saudi Arabia as a “vision of light”. “There are two visions in the Middle East, a vision of light where you want to reform your country … and then there is a vision of […]

Germany’s head of domestic intelligence said on Wednesday there was a “high likelihood” that the Russian government was behind a cyber attack on German computer networks, although he conceded it was difficult to be 100-percent certain. Hans-Georg Maassen told reporters that German authorities carefully monitored the attack after it was discovered in December, and it […]

Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg accepted personal responsibility Tuesday for the leak of data on tens of millions of its users, while warning of an “arms race” against Russian disinformation during a high-stakes hearing with US lawmakers. In his first formal congressional appearance, the Facebook founder and chief executive answered questions for nearly five hours as […]

Azerbaijan votes on Wednesday in a snap presidential election boycotted by the main opposition parties and expected to extend the autocratic rule of President Ilham Aliyev. An Aliyev victory is widely seen as a foregone conclusion with the Caspian state’s downtrodden opposition unable to mount a serious challenge to his authoritarian rule. His position has […]

All abductees, held by “Jaish al-Islam” terrorists in Douma city in the Eastern Ghouta area in Damascus Countryside, were liberated on Monday evening. SANA correspondent said that two buses carrying dozens of liberated abductees arrived in one of the Syrian Arab army checkpoints near al-Wafedeen Camp corridor at 11:00 pm, after which they headed for […]

 The United Nations is unable to independently confirm recent allegations of chemical attacks in Syria, UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura said. “There have been several allegations of chlorine attacks in Ghouta, in Idlib, and also now recently in Afrin. While we cannot independently verify these allegations, but if confirmed, it is outrageous […]