Schlagwort: USA

„Iran’s top leader distanced himself on Monday from the nuclear agreement reached with major powers a year ago, accusing the United States of failing to honor pledges in the accord and citing ‚the futility of negotiations with the Americans.‘ In blunt remarks prominently featured in Iran’s state news media, the…

„Left-wing protesters demonstrating outside of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on Tuesday night torched Israeli and American flags amid chants of ‚Intifada!‘ and ‚Go home, F*** Hillary!‘ Wall Street Journal reporter Byron Tau tweeted images from the scene along with video of the demonstrators igniting a number of pro-Bernie…

„Iran’s foreign minister on Tuesday defended a nuclear deal provision that allows Tehran to begin ramping up its nuclear program after 10 years, a day after the secret document was revealed, leading to concerns over the effectiveness of the landmark nuclear deal. Mohammad Javad Zarif said the document, submitted by…

„Powerful Shi’ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr instructed his followers on Sunday to target U.S. troops deploying to Iraq as part of the military campaign against Islamic State. U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Monday the Pentagon would dispatch 560 additional troops to help Iraqi forces retake the northern city…

„A prominent African-American Zionist used social media to ‏blast a campus group for drawing parallels between racial violence in this country and the occupation of Palestinian lands by the Israeli military. ‚I’m just like, wait a minute SJP. Let’s be real,‘ Chloé Simone Valdary said in the brief video, posted…

„Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said the United States is ‚not serious‘ about defeating ISIS, while voicing optimism about an end to Syria’s war. In an interview with NBC News in Damascus on Wednesday, Assad predicted the Syrian army would retake control of the country in a ‚few months‘ and credited…

„The US government supported a group that tried to unseat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last year to the tune of nearly $350,000, or NIS 1.3 million, a Senate inquiry published Tuesday found, though it cleared the State Department of any wrongdoing. The bipartisan probe found no illegal activity in funding…

„The Obama administration has increasingly warmed to a Russian proposal that allows U.S. forces to coordinate with the Kremlin in the ongoing war against ISIS in Syria. But the White House is facing major resistance to the idea from the U.S. military and those in the intelligence community who are…

„The killings this week of African Americans Alton Sterling and Philando Castile by police have sparked soul-searching and protests across the nation. Thousands have rallied against police violence and racism towards blacks. (…) Meanwhile, the New York University chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine was busy trying to pin the police…

„The United States had a top-secret operation that gave it the ability to shut down much of Iran’s infrastructure ahead of a full-scale war, without a single bomb being dropped. The incredible insight into a highly-classified cyber operation called Nitro Zeus was first exposed in the film ‚Zero Days‘ and…

„In Iraqi Kurdistan, the semi-autonomous region of Iraq where I have lived and worked for the last four years, signs of support for the US and UK can be found in the strangest of places and in the most unique forms. From stars and stripes taxi seat covers to a…

„Darauf folgte eine Abwägung, ob es sich um einen Akt der Homosexuellenfeindlichkeit oder um islamistischen Terrorismus handele. Der Hass auf Homosexuelle ist integraler Bestandteil des Islamismus. Ebenso wie der Hass auf den hedonistischen Westen, die Freizügigkeit, das lustbetonte Nachtleben. In den Medien schlossen sich Berichte an, die sich mit dem…

„The Obama administration has proposed a new agreement on Syria to the Russian government that would deepen military cooperation between the two countries against some terrorists in exchange for Russia getting the Assad regime to stop bombing U.S.-supported rebels. The United States transmitted the text of the proposed agreement to…

„Die Ratlosigkeit hängt mit der Wahrnehmung der jüngsten Verbrechen zusammen. Viele bezweifeln, dass in Orlando tatsächlich der IS zugeschlagen hat. Man habe es mit ‚einsamen Wölfen‘ zu tun, die ‚eher mit Amokläufern‘ zu vergleichen seien, schreibt beispielsweise die Zeit. Es handle sich um Terror, der ‚nichts will‘, dessen Ziel also…

Von Thomas von der Osten-Sacken Gestern fragte ich, wie wohl die Reaktionen ausfallen werden, wenn kaum noch zu verleugnen ist, dass die russische Luftwaffegezielt  Streubomben und weißen Phosphor in Syrien einsetzt: „Was jetzt geschehen wird? Vielleicht protestiert ja das US-State Department. Und irgendwer wird vermutlich eine Petition bei change.org lancieren.…