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Ending Russia trip, North Korean leader says US acting in ‘bad faith’

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Kim Jong Un tells Putin ‘Peace and security on the Korean Peninsula will entirely depend on the US future attitude’ By ANNA MALPAS and KANG JIN-KYUToday, 11:25 am  0 0shares Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) welcomes North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un during their meeting in Vladivostok, Russia, on April 25, 2019. (AP/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool) VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (AFP) — Kim […]

Putin builds his ‘authoritarian axis’: Kim Jong Un summit the latest move designed to damage US power abroad

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close   Video North Korea and Russia hold one-on-one meeting Former governor of New Mexico says the meeting, while not substantive, shows that Vladimir Putin is still a major player on the world stage and Kim Jong Un is not diplomatically isolated. Almost anywhere in the world where the United States is pushing back against […]

US “peace deal”: The guide for the perplexed with updates

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April 25, 2019 The US is working on a secretive peace deal that is supposed to be rolled out in June. It has led to many rumors and discussions about why the administration has waited thiss long to put forward what has been called the “deal of the century.” With the Israeli April elections over […]

Official: U.S. Far Behind China, Russia in Modernizing Nuclear Arsenal

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By: John Grady April 25, 2019 2:45 PM An unarmed Trident II D5 missile launches from the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Nebraska (SSBN-739) off the coast of California in 2008. US Navy Photo WASHINGTON, D.C. – China and Russia had their money on winning asymmetric advantages in conventional and nuclear forces in the last […]

Developing: Israeli warplanes spotted near Syrian border

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News Desk2019-04-25 .td_uid_6_5cc2117f77734_rand.td-a-rec-img{text-align:left}.td_uid_6_5cc2117f77734_rand.td-a-rec-img img{margin:0 auto 0 0} BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:15 P.M.) – Israeli warplanes were tracked entering southern Lebanon this evening and moving towards the Jabal Sheikh (Mount Hermon) region near the Syrian border. According to a Syrian military source in Damascus, their air defense units are on high alert as the Israeli Air Force […]

Russia begins naval drills off Syrian coast as US aircraft carriers enter Mediterranean

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2019-04-25 .td_uid_6_5cc20b5549be7_rand.td-a-rec-img{text-align:left}.td_uid_6_5cc20b5549be7_rand.td-a-rec-img img{margin:0 auto 0 0} BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:45 P.M.) – Several loud explosions could be heard inside the Syrian coastal governorate of Tartous, today, as the Russian Navy conducted large-scale drills in the eastern Mediterranean. According to a source in Tartous, the Russian Navy was conducting drills with the Syrian military, adding that they […]

ISRAEL AIR FORCE OPENS SECOND F-35 SQUADRON

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The squadron will be called “Defenders of the Negev.” BY ANNA AHRONHEIM  APRIL 25, 2019 20:15 The F35 fighter jet plane, also known as the Adir, on the Tarmac at Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth, Texas. (photo credit: LOCKHEED MARTIN / ALEXANDER H. GROVES) The Israeli Air Force opened a second squadron of F-35 stealth fighter […]

US Ready to Declare Venezuela Sponsor of International Terrorism – GRU

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The United States is ready to declare Venezuela a sponsor of international terrorism, the head of Russia’s Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) of the Russian General Staff, Igor Kostyukov, said Thursday. “Washington is basically ready to declare the leadership of Venezuela “a sponsor of international terrorism” and use force or sanctions against Caracas based on this,” Kostyukov said. […]

Israel will participate in World Expo 2020 to be held in Dubai

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Expo exhibitions are a meeting place where people from all over the world combine and use their talents to deal with common challenges and promote the society. JERUSALEM POST STAFF April 25, 2019 17:28 A man uses his mobile device next to a model of the Expo 2020 project in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (photo […]

Trump’s Foreign Policy Is Not Chaotic

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By Col (Res.) Dr. Raphael G. Bouchnik-Chen April 25, 2019 Donald Trump, photo by Gage Skidmore via Flickr CC   BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,153, April 25, 2019 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Though politicians and scholars harshly criticize President Donald Trump’s foreign policy as chaotic, his policymaking seems to be based upon a sound and consistent […]

‘Deal of the century’ will set new baseline for Mideast diplomacy

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The Trump peace plan may be less about reaching a final settlement now, and more about setting down new parameters for a changed reality. Herb Keinon April 25, 2019 19:43 WHAT DO Donald Trump and Jared Kushner have up their sleeves?. (photo credit: REUTERS) In a twist to the “after-the-hagim [holidays]” line ubiquitous here around […]

Israel’s Armistice with Hamas, Growing Tensions with Abbas

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April 24, 2019 Releasing the U.S. peace plan could accelerate recent Palestinian political dynamics, with Hamas consolidating its position via ceasefire and reconstruction aid while the PA continues isolating itself. As Israel and the Palestinians brace for the announced unveiling of President Trump’s “deal of the century” sometime in the coming weeks, rival factions in […]

Zarif: Iran is not seeking confrontation, but will not escape defending itself.

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Iranian FM attacks Israeli, US, Saudi and Abu Dhabi officials (B-Team), warns President Trump of the “conniving cabal of warmongers and butchers” plot; Zarif on Syria: We will not simply abandon that fight; Syrian, Russian, Iranian and Turkish delegations in Kazakhstan for Syria talks. Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Zarif claimed Israel and Saudi Arabia are […]