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  1. 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...
      

  2. 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...
      

  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. 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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  10. 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,"...
      

  11. 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...
      

  12. 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...
      

  13. 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,...
      

  14. 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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  15. 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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  16. 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...
      

  17. 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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  18. 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...
      

  19. 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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  20. 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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  21. 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,...
      

  22. 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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  23. 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...
      

  24. 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...
      

  25. Marina Schwarz


    "Now that Brazil has joined Latin America’s shift rightwards by electing far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro, US-backed war is looking increasingly likely. The reason? Colombia’s own hard-right government reportedly...

  26. 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...
      

  27. RA


    Cuba charged on Thursday that the United States was secretly moving special forces closer to Venezuela as part of a plan to intervene in...
      

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  28. Marina Schwarz


    This is getting ridiculous. Nobody's mentioned sanctions but the big boys in Riyadh are ready for them. "As the Riyadh stock market plunged on growing...
      

  29. jose chalhoub


    Venezuela was one of the founding members of the OPEC, led by the iconic Juan Pablo Perez Alfonso, a thing most known by oil...
      

  30. PP


    Pakistan’s foreign minister appealed to the U.N. Secretary General on Tuesday to help ease tension with India that has escalated sharply following a suicide...
      

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