Trump Has Political Sensibility
On the morning of Eid al-Adha in December 2006, Raghad Saddam Hussein, her sister and their children squeezed together in front of the television in Raghad's home in Amman and wept as they watched...
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Trump Joins Fight Against UN Vote
The Israeli government reached out to President-elect Donald Trump for help in pressuring the Obama administration to veto a UN Security Council resolution condemning settlement activity, a senior...
Trump and Putin Seek To Boost Nuclear Capability
President-elect Donald Trump signaled Thursday that he will look to "strengthen and expand" the US's nuclear capability hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin pledged to enhance his country's...
Obama Administration Ending Program Once Used To Track Mostly Arab and Muslim Men
President Barack Obama's administration said Thursday it was ending a dormant program that once was used to track mostly Arab and Muslim men. "The Department of Homeland Security is removing outdated...
Marine Le Pen Short of Funds For 2017 Presidential Run, Party Says
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen lacks the resources needed to fund a presidential campaign in 2017 because French banks refuse to lend her National Front party money for political reasons, a...
Egypt Delays U.N. Vote On Settlements After Trump, Israel Urge U.S. Veto
Egypt postponed a U. N. Security Council vote on Thursday on a resolution it proposed demanding an end to Israeli settlement building, diplomats said, after Israel's prime minister and U.S....
Airbus Seals Deal With Iran For Sale of 100 Aircraft
Airbus (AIR. PA) signed a firm contract on Thursday for the sale of 100 aircraft to Iran Air, as Tehran and Western companies race to re-open trade almost a year after sanctions against Iran were...
U.S. Refiners Cash In On Mexico’s Record Fuel Imports
U. S. Gulf Coast refiners are cashing in on rising fuel demand from Mexico, shipping record volumes to a southern neighbor that has failed to expand its refining network to supply a fast-growing...
Russian Hackers Tracked Ukrainian Artillery Units Using Android Implant
A hacking group linked to the Russian government and high-profile cyber attacks against Democrats during the U. S. presidential election likely used a malware implant on Android devices to track and...
Asian Shares Slip In Holiday-Thinned Trade, Focus Turns To U.S. Data
Asian shares struggled on Thursday after a lacklustre performance on Wall Street as investors looked to U. S. economic data later in the day for potential catalysts, as markets wind down ahead of the...
UNSC To Vote On Ending Israeli Settlement Activity
The United Nations Security Council is due to vote on a draft resolution that would demand Israel "immediately and completely cease all settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory,...
Trump Jobs Plan To Target China?
President-elect Donald Trump has big plans to save U. S. jobs. On Wednesday, Trump announced he is forming a new White House National Trade Council that has one goal: To stop the "exodus of jobs" to...
Canada’s Trudeau Says Trump Very Supportive of Keystone XL Pipeline
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday that U. S. President-elect Donald Trump was "very supportive" of TransCanada Corp's proposed Keystone XL crude oil pipeline in their first...
Trump Claims He ‘would Have Won’ Popular Vote
In his latest Twitter tirade, President-elect Donald Trump has claimed he could have won more votes than his rival Hillary Clinton. "I would have done even better in the election, if that is...
African Island Nation Sao Tome Cuts Diplomatic Ties With Taiwan
The government of Sao Tome and Principe has cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan, officials said. China welcomed the decision by the African island nation saying it was "back onto the correct path of the...
Trump Strikes Back At Bill Clinton
President-elect Donald Trump mocked Bill Clinton on Tuesday after the former president said Trump "doesn't know much" in an interview with a local paper. "Bill Clinton stated that I called him after...
Obama Bans Arctic Drilling
Looking to cement his environmental record, President Barack Obama took new action Tuesday barring offshore drilling in areas of the Arctic and Atlantic oceans indefinitely. Obama relied on a...
Ghana’s Development Does Not Rest On Akufo-Addo Alone
A GNA feature by Gideon Ahenkorah Accra, Dec. 20, GNA - From time immemorial, the world of politics has remained a market place where people, seeking for power display their polices to purchase. Just...
Dollar Hits New 14-Year High, Dow Sets Sights On 20,000
The dollar hit a 14-year high on Tuesday as the yen fell after the Bank of Japan stuck to its ultra-loose monetary policy and the euro weakened following deadly attacks in Germany and Turkey. On Wall...
Police Say Lorry Crash ‘probably Terror Attack’
German police are investigating a “probable terrorist attack” after a man ploughed a lorry into a Christmas market in the heart of Berlin, killing 12 people and injuring 48. The driver,...