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Brace yourselves for a new Cold War
Africa is again becoming the stage for the proxy wars of foreign powers
The blankest spot on Trump’s world map
In his new book of his time in the Trump White House, former US National Security Adviser John Bolton shares Trump’s very few thoughts on Africa
Trump trial opens with fiery clashes over witnesses
The two sides squared off in fiery exchanges that circled around the procedures for the trial and gave the Democrats an opportunity to spell out their arguments for Trump’s guilt…
Trump trial likely to begin next Tuesday: Senate chief
The Senate impeachment trial of US President Donald Trump is likely to begin in seven days with key players sworn in later this week, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said…
Trump orders freeze on all Venezuelan govt assets in US
Trump took the step "in light of the continued usurpation of power by Nicolas Maduro and persons affiliated with him, as well as human rights abuses"
North Korea slams ‘war maniac’ Bolton
North Korea has sought to raise the pressure and carried out two short-range missile tests earlier this month
Tehran says Trump’s ‘genocidal taunts won’t end Iran’
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif accused Trump of allowing his team to "trash diplomacy" and "abet war crimes"
Iran accuses US of ‘unacceptable’ escalation in tensions
Despite international scepticism, the US government has been pointing to increasing threats from Iran
US withdrawal from Syria to be done in ‘prudent’ way — Trump
The initial pullout promise sparked outspoken opposition from within Trump’s Republican party
Bolton’s ICC attack is same old US stance
The national security adviser’s jingoism has also reduced the space to discuss what global justice should be
ICC ‘undeterred’ after US sanctions threat
The International Criminal Court says its work will continue ‘undeterred’ after Washington threatened to prosecute its judges
US threatens to arrest ICC judges who probe war crimes
The US is prepared to slap financial sanctions and criminal charges on officials of the court, says National Security Adviser John Bolton
How intelligence expert rewrote book on Iran
The intelligence came from an exotic variety of sources: there was the so-called Laptop of Death; there was the Iranian commander who mysteriously disappeared in Turkey. But…
New blow to Bush as Gonzales resigns
United States President George Bush finally lost his battle to hang on to the Attorney General, Alberto Gonzales, on Monday after months of unremitting congressional pressure…