Crime Accusations Have Long Dogged Tareck El Aissami, Venezuela’s No. 2
QUITO, Ecuador — The drug trafficker was sitting in a Colombian prison cell, but he claimed to have a very valuable connection — the interior and justice minister of Venezuela.
Is 2-State Solution Dead? In Israel, a Debate Over What’s Next
JERUSALEM — The huge billboard images appeared overnight in Tel Aviv: a menacing crowd of Palestinians making the V for victory sign and bearing a legend in Arabic, “Soon we will be the majority.
U.N. Envoy Says U.S. Still Backs Palestinian State
UNITED NATIONS — Twenty-four hours after President Trump swatted away at a broad international consensus on how to achieve peace between Israelis and Palestinians, his
ICE claims detained DACA recipient has gang ties
Daniel Ramirez Medina, who was brought to the US illegally at age 7, was arrested at his home in Des Moines, Washington, on February 10 during an ICE raid targeting his father who was in the country illegally and was a “prior-deported felon.
‘Vicious circle’: Moscow warns NATO Black Sea buildup & increased spending may lead to new Cold War
TrendsRussia-NATO relations Wrapping up NATO Defense Minister’s two-day meeting in Brussels, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg outlined the new steps the alliance has taken to counter so-called ‘Russian aggression.’ Part of the strategy adopted at the meeting was to increase NATO’s naval presence in the Black Sea to complement its “regional posture in the air and…
Fmr Navy SEAL rejects offer to be Trump’s national security advisor
Following Flynn’s sudden departure after just 24 days on the job, Trump’s first choice to fill the vacant seat rejected the offer on Thursday. Harward told the Associated Press that the decision was “purely a personal issue,” and said the White House was “very accommodating to my needs, both professionally and personally.