US President Donald Trump has privately encouraged Ukraine to step up deep strikes on Russian territory, even asking Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky whether he could strike Moscow if the US provided long-range weapons, the Financial Times reported.
A bipartisan bill in Congress would enable President Trump to slap “bone-crushing sanctions” on Russia, says Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut.
President Trump has made some big shifts in U.S. policy on Russia’s war with Ukraine lately. In the course of two weeks, Trump halted and reinstated weapons to Ukraine and he began openly showing frustration with Russian president Vladimir Putin’s continued military escalations. Now, Trump has announced a deal with NATO to try to pressure Russia toward a ceasefire deal in just 50 days by...
Ireland began excavating remains of up to 800 infants buried for decades in a septic tank behind a home for unwed mothers – one of the so-called “Magdalene Laundries.”
Millions of Syrians fled during the civil war more than a decade ago. After the fall of dictator Bashar al-Assad in December, many are considering returning home. But what is left to return to?
The most recent target of the Trump administration’s sanctions is a UN special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories. Israel applauded the move.
A funeral has been held in the Israeli-occupied West Bank for a Palestinian American citizen from Florida and another Palestinian man, who Palestinian officials say were killed by Israeli settlers.