AMMAN, Jordan (MintPress) — Both the U.N. refugee agency and host countries like Jordan say their humanitarian assistance to thousands of displaced Syrians is running on empty, despite international pledges made in Kuwait last month for more than $1.5 billion. Andrew Harper, Jordan’s representative with the U.N.’s refugee agency, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees […]
AMMAN, Jordan (MintPress) — Both the U.N. refugee agency and host countries like Jordan say their humanitarian assistance to thousands of displaced Syrians is running on empty, despite international pledges made in Kuwait last month for more than $1.5 billion. Andrew Harper, Jordan’s representative with the U.N.’s refugee agency, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees […]
Republican opponents are sending signals that Chuck Hagel’s bid to become defense secretary will probably come to an up-or-down vote soon in the Senate. That’s unless more information damaging to the nominee — and the Obama administration — surfaces in the coming week. Critics maintain the decorated Vietnam combat veteran and former senator is unqualified […]
Republican opponents are sending signals that Chuck Hagel’s bid to become defense secretary will probably come to an up-or-down vote soon in the Senate. That’s unless more information damaging to the nominee — and the Obama administration — surfaces in the coming week. Critics maintain the decorated Vietnam combat veteran and former senator is unqualified […]
In his State of the Union speech, President Obama renewed his push for large cuts in the U.S. nuclear arsenal. An ambitious program of negotiation and diplomacy, President Obama seeks a solution to a growing global issue of the proliferation of nuclear weapons. In this tumultuous time where Iran, North Korea and Israel are raising the nuclear […]
In his State of the Union speech, President Obama renewed his push for large cuts in the U.S. nuclear arsenal. An ambitious program of negotiation and diplomacy, President Obama seeks a solution to a growing global issue of the proliferation of nuclear weapons. In this tumultuous time where Iran, North Korea and Israel are raising the nuclear […]
He was once thought to be a Swiss-educated cosmopolitan taking the side of reform in North Korea. But some say Tuesday’s nuclear test has squandered hopes that Kim Jong Un will open the militarized nation to the world. That’s because the hermit kingdom is pouring its resources into nuclear weapons and missiles at the expense […]
He was once thought to be a Swiss-educated cosmopolitan taking the side of reform in North Korea. But some say Tuesday’s nuclear test has squandered hopes that Kim Jong Un will open the militarized nation to the world. That’s because the hermit kingdom is pouring its resources into nuclear weapons and missiles at the expense […]
Three stories out of Saudi Arabia this past week remind us what a terrible, horrible place that country is for anyone who is not male. Which raises an important question – why are we allies, again? The first, reported here by the New York Daily News, relates the story of Sheikh Abdullah Daoud – a […]
Three stories out of Saudi Arabia this past week remind us what a terrible, horrible place that country is for anyone who is not male. Which raises an important question – why are we allies, again? The first, reported here by the New York Daily News, relates the story of Sheikh Abdullah Daoud – a […]
For all of his liberal positions on the environment, taxes and health care, President Barack Obama has proved to be a hawk when it comes to fighting terrorism. From deadly drones and secret interrogations to withholding evidence in terrorism lawsuits, the Democrat has followed the path of his predecessor, Republican President George W. Bush. The […]
For all of his liberal positions on the environment, taxes and health care, President Barack Obama has proved to be a hawk when it comes to fighting terrorism. From deadly drones and secret interrogations to withholding evidence in terrorism lawsuits, the Democrat has followed the path of his predecessor, Republican President George W. Bush. The […]
“What can be established as a well-grounded assumption – I want to repeat, a well-grounded assumption – is that the two persons whose real identity has been determined belonged to the military wing of Hezbollah,” Bulgarian Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov announced last Tuesday, Feb. 5. On July 18, 2012, a group of 200 young Israelis […]
“What can be established as a well-grounded assumption – I want to repeat, a well-grounded assumption – is that the two persons whose real identity has been determined belonged to the military wing of Hezbollah,” Bulgarian Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov announced last Tuesday, Feb. 5. On July 18, 2012, a group of 200 young Israelis […]
