Day: January 17, 2020

Categories USA

US, Russia Agree to Begin Expert-Level Engagement on Strategic Security – State Dept.

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US and Russian delegations during their talks in Vienna decided to begin expert-level engagement on issues of strategic security and expand the dialogue beyond a bilateral format, the State Department said in a press release on Thursday. … Read More >US, Russia Agree to Begin Expert-Level Engagement on Strategic Security – State Dept.

Categories Middle East

Zarif Says Tehran Ready to Repatriate Bodies of Ukrainian Victims of Boeing Plane Crash

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Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif told his Ukrainian counterpart Vadym Prystaiko in phone talks on 16 January that Tehran was ready to hand over the bodies of Ukrainians who died in the Ukrainian Boeing passenger plane to Kiev, the Iranian Foreign Ministry reported. … Read More >Zarif Says Tehran Ready to Repatriate Bodies of Ukrainian Victims of Boeing Plane Crash

Categories Middle East

‘Very Capable Enemy’: US Mulls Deploying Missile Defenses to Middle East After Iranian Strikes

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The US Army is now considering the delivery of missile defense systems and other capabilities to the Middle East in an effort to combat potential missile strikes by Iranian forces following the Islamic Revolutionary Guard’s (IRGC) January 8 attack on US bases in Iraq. … Read More >‘Very Capable Enemy’: US Mulls Deploying Missile Defenses to Middle East After Iranian Strikes

Categories Op-ed

EU Lacks ‘Any Credibility’ in Iran Due to Following US’ Lead, Shirking Nuclear Deal Duties

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While the US has long-since abandoned the Iran nuclear deal, Washington has remained a key player in the agreement’s recent matters through attempts to pressure European signatories into anti-Iran positions. However, this appears to have only damaged Europe’s credibility further. … Read More >EU Lacks ‘Any Credibility’ in Iran Due to Following US’ Lead, Shirking Nuclear Deal Duties

Categories EU

Chemicals in tap water are causing thousands of cancer deaths across Europe – but the EU probably won’t do anything about it

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Each year, more than 6,500 cases of bladder cancer, roughly five percent of all cases in Europe, are found to be attributable to exposure to trihalomethanes (THMs) in drinking water – and it’s all perfectly legal. … Read More >Chemicals in tap water are causing thousands of cancer deaths across Europe – but the EU probably won’t do anything about it

Categories USA

The Reds are back! Voice of America ‘promotes’ Communist leader to PM… showing once again MSM can’t do Russia

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US-government sponsored Voice of America is well aware that Russia’s new PM Mikhail Mishustin is “a career bureaucrat who never had political ambitions” but, strangely enough, it doesn’t seem to know what the man looks like. … Read More >The Reds are back! Voice of America ‘promotes’ Communist leader to PM… showing once again MSM can’t do Russia