The framework agreement reached last week between the major world powers and Iran over the latter’s nuclear program has been hailed by US President Barack Obama as preventing Iran from developing a nuclear weapon. To some degree, he is correct—for…
The United States has taken the surprisingly stern step of threatening to adjust down their support for Israel at the United Nations, following comments from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that now was not the right circumstances for a two-state…
The administration of US President Barack Obama is working with major world powers to formulate a negotiated settlement on Iran’s nuclear program, but there’s one party the President doesn’t want at the table: the US Congress. Members of the American…
Amidst all the reports and claims by the sides that Iran and the major world powers have narrowed their gaps in their nuclear talks, US President Barack Obama made it clear that the time has come for Iran to choose…
The United States played a key diplomatic role in foiling the Palestinian efforts to pursue unilateral statehood outside of negotiations several years ago, and the American veto at the powerful United Nations Security Council wasn’t even required. But Israel can’t…
The Kobani region in the Turkish-Syrian border has been a combat zone between Kurdish rebels and the terror group ISIS for a while, but the ISIS threat has now managed to cross the border into Turkey. The Telegraph reported that…