China-India Leaders Meet Amid Border Tensions he leaders of India and China meet Friday amid tensions along their contested border and a rivalry for influence among their smaller neighbors that could determine dominance in Asia. Chinese President Xi Jinping is due to sit down with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi […]
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At Least Macron Got a Kiss: Now It’s Merkel’s Turn to Sway Trump German Chancellor Angela Merkel has one advantage when she meets Donald Trump to discuss a host of conflicts: expectations that she can sway the U.S. president are close to zero. After three days of back-slapping bonhomie with […]
Death Toll in Dead Sea Flash Floods Rises to 10 as Last Missing Teen Found The death toll from flash floods that hit a group of teenage hikers in southern Israel Thursday rose from nine to 10 after a body found overnight was identified as the last missing teen Friday […]
Senate Confirms C.I.A. Chief Mike Pompeo to Be Secretary of State The Senate easily confirmed Mike Pompeo on Thursday as the United States’ 70th secretary of state, elevating the current C.I.A. director and an outspoken foreign policy hawk to be the nation’s top diplomat. In the end, the 57-to-42 tally […]
Behind a Roadside Hit in Malaysia, Israeli Palestinian Intrigue Fadi al-Batsh, a well-liked electrical engineering lecturer and devout family man, always had a smile for his friends and students in the seven years since he moved to Malaysia from his native Gaza. On Saturday, as he walked outside his apartment […]
Trump, Russia and China media attacks ‘threaten democracy’ Paris (AFP) – Press freedom around the world is under threat from a triple whammy of US President Donald Trump, Russia and China’s bid to crush all dissent, a watchdog said Wednesday. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) warned that a “climate of hatred […]
In Berlin, a Show of Solidarity Does Little to Dampen Jewish Fears After an attack on a young Israeli wearing a kipa in a trendy Berlin neighborhood, the leader of Germany’s largest Jewish organization urged Jews to wear baseball caps instead. It was just too dangerous, he said, to walk […]
Trump officials warn of arrests as migrant caravan reaches U.S. border Hundreds of Central American migrants from a caravan through Mexico reunited in Tijuana on Wednesday and planned to cross into the United States together this weekend, in defiance of threats by President Donald Trump to repel them. The timing […]
After hugging Trump, Macron tears down Trumpism Before French President Emmanuel Macron delivered an address at a joint meeting of Congress on Wednesday, the headlines about his trip to Washington centered on his apparent “bromance” with President Trump. On Tuesday, the duo engaged in a series of physical embraces and […]
Understanding Kim: Inside the U.S. effort to profile the secretive North Korean leader U.S. intelligence experts are trying to build a profile of Kim Jong Un to give President Donald Trump a competitive edge in one of the most consequential summits since the Cold War, but they face a huge […]
