1. DayTrader


    What's the end game here? Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has just arrived in Jeddah for talks with Saudi leaders over a response to the...
      

  2. Douglas Buckland


    I am interested in have you guys and gals view the latest application of tariffs on Chinese goods destined for the US. Is it 'bullying'...
      

  3. ML


    Iran is threatening retaliation for an apparent Israeli air strike in Syria, and Trump's got his finger on the button (at least the Twitter...
      

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  4. PP


    According to the Economist, Nordic countries have topped the list of Democracy Index 2017. They are taking four out of five of the top...
      

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  5. TB


    Brussels has hit out at “finger pointing” and “threats” from Italy’s Eurosceptic government over a stand-off about the fate of 150 rescued migrants on...
      

  6. PZ


    Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has announced that the U.S. is pulling out of a treaty with Russia that’s been a centerpiece of arms...
      

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  7. DayTrader


    There have been signs of change coming since Trump rightly refused to go to war with Iran over their shooting down an unmanned U.S....
      

  8. Marina Schwarz


    Brexit vote: EU president says UK remaining is only option ‘if a deal is impossible, and no one wants no deal’ "The president of the...
      

  9. KT


    By effectively making it illegal not to defy US sanctions on Iraq (though more accurately making it not illegal to ignore sanctions), the EU...
      

  10. PP


    Saudi Arabia will develop nuclear weapons if its arch-rival Iran does so. “Saudi Arabia does not want to acquire any nuclear bomb, but without...
      

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  11. FM


    The presidential election in Venezuela traditionally has been held late in the year, but  decision about set a date in April shouldn't surprise  anyone...

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  12. Tom Kirkman


    So a Pope who believes that Hell does not exist walks into a bar to preach about Climate Change to Oil Executives. < insert punchline here > Pope...
      

  13. PN


    The United States imposed new sanctions Thursday on Venezuela and Cuba and promised additional penalties against Nicaragua as the Trump administration laid out a...
      

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  14. 50 shades of black


    The Iranian Revolutionary Guards and army carried out a joint aerial military drill in the Gulf on Friday in what official media said indicated...
      

  15. Marina Schwarz


    That's what I call being thorough: "The U.S.'s self-described "largest-ever" sanctions list targeting Iran includes an oil tanker already sunk and a bank long since...
      

  16. JB


    From Page 158, of Volume Two, of the Mueller Report:   "The President's effort to influence the investigation were mostly unsuccessful, but that is largely...

  17. PP


    The comments by Brigadier General Hossein Salami, deputy head of the elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, followed an Israeli attack on Iranian targets in...
      

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  18. IG


    https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/01/08/wsj-gun-ownership-rise-europe-terror-attacks-sexual-assault/ So Oppressed European Citizens are finally coming around to the American view of things.   Good.

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  19. PP


    German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday she wanted Britain and the European Union to divorce on good terms. “I care now that we...
      

    • Pavel Replied
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  20. Marina Schwarz


    The Saudi Arabian government cut diplomatic ties with Canada on Sunday after the North American country urged the kingdom to release recently arrested human...
      

  21. FM


    Memos written by the former F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, that were released on Thursday revealed several new details about his relationship with President...
      

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  22. rainman


    India signed a $5 billion deal to buy five Russian S-400 air defense systems on Friday despite a looming threat of U.S. sanctions on...
      

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  23. Marina Schwarz


    It's still the 99% pretty much dependent for their livelihood on the 1%. So, call it however you like but I think we're still...
      

  24. DayTrader


    WE ARE CLEARLY ALL GOING TO DIE BY LEAVING THIS CRUMBLING MESS. WE WILL LITERALLY 'COLLAPSE'. WELL OBVIOUSLY...  A no-deal Brexit would lead to the collapse of...
      

  25. rainman


    Ecuador has suspended Julian Assange’s citizenship and accused him and members of his WikiLeaks group of collaborating in attempts to destabilize the Andean nation’s...
      

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  26. MM

    erw

    Since oil and gas are global commodities and are extracted from the ground in any number of post-conflict countries , which is where landmines...
      

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  27. KT


    Anyone watching the spreading protests in Iran? This could spiral dangerously. They started out protesting rising prices but now it's turning into a general...
      

  28. TB


    According to Reuters, the U.S. Senate voted on Wednesday to advance a resolution to end U.S. military support for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen’s...
      

  29. TB


    Iran and Syria signed a deal for military cooperation in a meeting between the defense ministers of the two countries in Damascus, the Tasnim...
      

  30. rainman


    The US Treasury targeted the governor of Iran’s central bank on Tuesday as the Trump administration continues to reimpose sanctions after pulling out of...
      

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