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  1. EA


    The irony of the Mueller investigation that was demanded by Democrats because they thought it would show Trump colluded with Russia to win the...
      

  2. Jv


    I sadly report that the situation in Venezuela continues to collapse into unreal despair and the country sinks ever farther into the abyss.  Two...
      

  3. Observatus Geopoliticus


    According to an independent polling firm, 57% of Venezuelan say Maduro is their legitimate president, while US puppet Guaido only get 32% (11% didn't...

  4. Jv


    IN my previous Post on Venezuela, we looked at the collapse of a society.  Here, Der Spiegel takes a look at what is happening...
      

  5. PP


    President Donald Trump says Saudi Arabia’s king “might not be there for two weeks” without U.S. military support, as he sought to pressure the...
      

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  6. DW


    This is an issue that more and more people are finally starting to talk about: Congress wants to control who is appointed to the...

  7. EA


    Trump plans to press our Allies that host US bases to pay for the cost of running the bases plus 50%. It’s called cost...
      

  8. jose chalhoub


    Watching how the collapse of Venezuela's oil industry looks close to inevitable, will it face a process of privatisation soon? 
      

  9. Marina Schwarz


    U.S. to announce end to sanctions waivers for Iran oil imports: source There goes my hope for $40 oil. And a few other things.
      

  10. PP


    US President Donald Trump may have plans to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities as early as next month, senior Australian government sources said, according to...
      

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  11. jose chalhoub


    In recent days, President Macron of France has had to face interesting though critical unrests from both the consumers of gasoline and at the...
      

  12. BR


    Iran said Monday it has arrested 17 Iranian nationals allegedly recruited by the Central Intelligence Agency to spy on the country’s nuclear and military...
      

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  13. Jv


    Is Saudi Arabia in cash difficulties?  Could be.  The Kingdom has a huge contract for what is known in military-speak as "light armored vehicles,"...
      

  14. RA


    The waterway separates Iran and Oman, linking the Gulf to the Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea. The Strait is 21 miles (33 km)...
      

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  15. Marina Schwarz


    Well? There have been threats in the past but they have remained threats. This time things look different for various reasons but it could be...
      

  16. Tom Kirkman


    The Hatfields and McCoys of the Middle East are at it again. Saudi Arabia is going ahead with plans to turn Qatar into an island,...
      

  17. RA


    Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, meeting with Rouhani and his cabinet on Wednesday, told the government to work “day and night” to resolve...
      

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  18. RA


    U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said he was sending U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to meet with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman over...
      

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  19. Tom Kirkman


    The proposed Saudi Aramco IPO seems increasingly unlikely to actually take place, in my opinion. The Aramco IPO of 5% of the "family jewels" was originally heavily...
      

  20. DD


    Senior Iranian figures said on Wednesday that Syria was a top foreign policy priority and American troops should withdraw, as planned by U.S. President...
      

  21. TB


    Perhaps nowhere in today’s South Africa is the country’s inequality on more dramatic display than in the neighboring Johannesburg suburbs of Sandton and Alexandra....
      

  22. PP


    Valentina Matvienko, the speaker of the Russian upper house of parliament, said on Wednesday that Moscow’s response to U.S. sanctions will be targeted and...
      

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  23. Marina Schwarz


    needing to put "far" in front of "left" or "right" when you describe the political identity of a future president is never a good thing...
      

  24. BI


    "Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and told him about plans to scale up investments in India’s tech,...
      

  25. HL


    President's top adviser for domestic energy and environment policy is heading out the door and leaving the Big Brother house. Michael Catanzaro plans to leave next...
      

  26. PN


    Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Wednesday, without providing evidence, that U.S. national security adviser John Bolton was leading a plan to invade the...
      

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  27. FM


    This weekend the ship carrying Italy’s first anti-European government, captained by an amateur skipper and manned by a bizarre alliance of two rival populist...
      

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  28. RA


    Iran’s foreign minister has again threatened the United States over what he describes as an “economic war” launched by Washington against Tehran. Mohammad Javad...
      

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  29. DD


    The three leaders will discuss measures to consolidate the truce regime in Syria, ensure the operation of de-escalation zones and address the humanitarian problems...
      

  30. RA


    As a meeting last August in the Oval Office to discuss sanctions on Venezuela was concluding, President Donald Trump turned to his top aides...
      

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