Art of the deal? Trump boasts Facebook supremacy over Modi ahead of India visit to ink trade & weapons sales

US President Donald Trump has claimed he is more popular than PM Narendra Modi on Facebook, ahead of his upcoming trip to India. A coy political maneuver or standard social media banter from the US leader? … Read More >Art of the deal? Trump boasts Facebook supremacy over Modi ahead of India visit to ink trade & weapons sales

Shifting rationales: White House memo says Soleimani strike was ‘response’ to past attacks instead of ‘imminent’ threat

The US drone strike that killed a top Iranian general was ordered in retaliation for previous attacks, the White House said in a memo, contradicting earlier claims that an “imminent” threat justified the assassination. … Read More >Shifting rationales: White House memo says Soleimani strike was ‘response’ to past attacks instead of ‘imminent’ threat

From ‘Swiss Cheese’ to ‘Frankenstein’s Monster,’ Arab Leaders Have Many Names for Kushner-Trump Apartheid Plan

A contest among Arab leaders to find the most colorful way of expressing how truly catastrophic the Kushner Apartheid is for the Palestinians and the Arab world. … Read More >From ‘Swiss Cheese’ to ‘Frankenstein’s Monster,’ Arab Leaders Have Many Names for Kushner-Trump Apartheid Plan

‘Nothing for Abbas to accept’: Senior Palestinian official & negotiator explains why ‘deal of the century’ is DOOMED

US President Donald Trump’s ‘deal of the century’ plan to resolve the Israeli- Palestinian conflict is nothing short of a “crime against Palestinians,” says Nabil Shaath, former Palestinian cabinet minister and chief negotiator. … Read More >‘Nothing for Abbas to accept’: Senior Palestinian official & negotiator explains why ‘deal of the century’ is DOOMED

‘A TOTAL RACIST’: Trump helps ‘cancel’ Bloomberg on Twitter after leaked audio blaming minorities for ‘95% of murders’

Leaked audio of Democratic presidential hopeful Mike Bloomberg calling for targeted police harassment of minorities, because ‘that’s where the real crime is,’ has gone viral with a boost from Trump. … Read More >‘A TOTAL RACIST’: Trump helps ‘cancel’ Bloomberg on Twitter after leaked audio blaming minorities for ‘95% of murders’

‘Like Swiss cheese’: Abbas rubbishes Trump’s map for Palestine, urges UNSC to reject ‘deal of the century’ peace plan

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has appeared before the UNSC, criticizing the Trump administration’s peace plan for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and urging the Security Council to firmly reject it. … Read More >‘Like Swiss cheese’: Abbas rubbishes Trump’s map for Palestine, urges UNSC to reject ‘deal of the century’ peace plan