US President Donald Trump threatened Wednesday to impose tariffs on European auto imports if he is unable to strike a trade deal with the EU. “We’re negotiating. If we don’t make the deal, we’ll do the tariffs,” Trump told reporters in response to a question on new tariffs. Trump’s renewed threat against the EU auto […]
Alabama Woman who joined ISIS can’t return home, U.S. says
President Trump said Wednesday the United States would not re-admit an American-born woman who traveled to Syria to join the Islamic State and now wants to come home. The woman, Hoda Muthana, does not qualify for citizenship and has no legal basis to return to the country, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said. In 2014, […]
Shamima Begum, the teenager who joined ISIS in Syria to lose UK citizenship
Shamima Begum, a teenager who left London when she was aged 15 to join Islamic State in Syria, has had her British citizenship revoked, according to a letter sent to her family published by ITV News on Tuesday. Begum, who gave birth to a son at the weekend, was discovered in a refugee camp in […]
Doctors demand humanitarian aid be allowed into Venezuela
The Venezuela military is blocking humanitarian aid from getting into the country, where political and economic crisis rage on. The U.S.-backed interim president has vowed to open those aid routes. RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The political crisis in Venezuela is also a humanitarian one. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) UNIDENTIFIED DOCTORS: (Chanting in Spanish). MARTIN: That’s the […]
Trump mideast peace plan to be unveiled after Israel vote, report
US President Donald Trump’s peace plan for the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians could be announced right after national elections scheduled on April 9 in Israel. However, the president’s special envoy, Jared Kushner, is expected to announce some of its details at an upcoming conference on the Middle East scheduled on February 13-14 in Warsaw. […]
China warns state firms to avoid travel to U.S.: Bloomberg
China has asked some of the country’s state-run companies to avoid business trips to the United States and its allies, and to take extra care to protect their devices if they need to travel, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday. The State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC), which oversees about 100 government-run companies, has told some […]
Coal mine collapse in China’s Shaanxi kills 21: People’s Daily
A coal mine roof collapse in northwest China’s Shaanxi province killed 21 miners on Saturday, the state-run People’s Daily reported on Sunday. The accident is the deadliest reported so far this year in China’s coal industry, known for its poor safety record. It occurred at Baiji Mining Co Ltd’s Lijiagou mine in the city of […]
US Navy veteran has been held for months in Iranian prison, family says
The family of a U.S. Navy veteran says that he has been held for months in an Iranian prison after authorities in the country seized him in July, The New York Times reported on Monday. Michael White’s mother told the Times that State Department officials told her several weeks ago that her son is being […]
Manafort gave 2016 polling data to an associate with links to Russian intelligence
Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort shared polling data during the 2016 presidential campaign with a business associate accused of having ties to Russian intelligence, and prosecutors say he lied to them about it, according to a court filing Tuesday. The allegation marks the first time prosecutors have accused Trump’s chief campaign aide of sharing […]
Where do the investigations related to Trump stand?
A look at where the investigations related to President Donald Trump stand and what may lie ahead for him: WHAT’S THIS ALL ABOUT? Trump is facing criminal investigations in Washington and New York. Special counsel Robert Mueller is looking into whether the Trump campaign coordinated with Russia and whether the president obstructed the investigation. Trump […]