Iranian forces downed US drone, raising fears of major military confrontation between Tehran and Washington in the Gulf. US President Donald Trump has warned Iran it “made a very big mistake” in shooting down a [ More … ]
Last year outgoing US president Barack Obama abstained, allowing a vote against Israeli settlements to pass The United States vetoed a draft UN Security Council resolution on Monday that rejected President Donald Trump’s move to [ More … ]
A drone strike killed five suspected al-Qaeda militants in the Yemeni province of Marib, east of the capital Sanaa, security officials said on Sunday. Five suspected al-Qaeda militants were killed in a drone strike in [ More … ]
The United States on Friday said it “does not recognize” the Iraqi-Kurdish referendum on independence, calling on all parties to reject the use of force and engage in dialogue. The United States on Friday said [ More … ]
The US does not need to find an alternative airbase to Al Udeid in Qatar, which continues to operate normally despite the blockade on the Gulf state, James Mattis said. There is no need to [ More … ]
KILIÇ BUĞRA KANAT* The next U.S. administration will be a new reset, perhaps a new Cold War, that is not so much nuclear – despite Putin’s threats – but rather is cyber and may be [ More … ]
By:Fahrettin Altun* – The United States has been defending the coup plotters so desperately that one can’t help but wonder why they won’t stop supporting FETÖ At Vienna Airport, Austrian newspaper Kronen Zeitung published a [ More … ]
By: Hilal Kaplan* When the U.S.’s pretense of weapons of mass destruction to invade Iraq was exposed, it changed it to the argument of exporting democracy. Today, by looking at the current situation in Iraq, [ More … ]
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