US President Donald Trump heads Saturday into the final day of a fractious and violent G20 summit in Germany at odds even with America’s traditional Western allies. Negotiators from the world’s 20 top economies were expected to have worked all night trying to hammer out a final summit statement that at least gives the impression … Read more
In US director Oliver Stone’s edgy new interview series, Russian leader Vladimir Putin says he believes intelligence leaker Edward Snowden is no traitor and appears to confirm multiple assassination plots have targeted him. Excerpts released Thursday from “The Putin Interviews” show the strongman president chatting from behind the wheel of a car, in the Kremlin … Read more
Pope Francis flies to Egypt Friday for a visit aimed at fostering reconciliation with the Muslim world against the backdrop of recent jihadist attacks on the Middle East’s biggest Christian community. The 80-year-old pontiff is due in Cairo around 1400 (1200 GMT) and his 27 hours on Egyptian soil will include a meeting with the … Read more
Dimming the lights on their patrol boat, Tunisian coastguards stand in silence scanning the sea for speedboats on clandestine missions to and from Italy. Smuggling gangs are using high-performance vessels to ferry people, drugs and cigarettes across the Strait of Sicily, a distance of just 95 miles (150 kilometres). Commander Mohamed Naceur Saadani says their … Read more
Many US lawmakers expressed support immediately after the Pentagon’s air strikes on Syria. But President Donald Trump’s backers and critics alike warn that he needs permission from Congress if he plans a military escalation. The cruise-missile targeting of a Syrian regime air base has rekindled the debate in Congress over the use and legality of … Read more
Senior Senate Democrats on Thursday said they were demanding the US government investigate connections between President Donald Trump’s real estate company and an Azerbaijani oligarch reported to have ties to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards. The lawmakers wrote to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Attorney General Jeff Sessions and FBI Director James Comey to express concern that the … Read more
A Zimbabwean pastor who led a popular protest movement last year against strongman President Robert Mugabe said Friday that he might stand in the 2018 general election. Evan Mawarire was publicly threatened by Mugabe, 92, after starting the “This Flag” internet campaign that triggered the largest surge of anti-government street protests in many years. Mugabe … Read more
With just under three weeks until Election Day, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton met Wednesday night for their third and final presidential debate. Trump entered the Las Vegas showdown hoping to reverse his desperate slide in the polls — and broaden his loyal but narrow base of support. For Clinton, the 90 minutes were a … Read more