Zimbabwe’s Ruling Party Requests Mugabe’s Resignation
The Central Committee, Zimbabwe’s ruling party, fired longtime President Robert Mugabe as party leader Sunday, requesting his resignations as the country’s president by noon Monday. If he does not, they plan to begin impeachment proceedings when Parliament resumes the following day. Under the Constitution, Mr. Mugabe remains president, even if in name only. Mugabe was set […]
Prime Minister of Lebanon says he will be in Beirut within days
After making a strange resignation announcement from Saudi Arabia that unleashed fears of a political crisis in Lebanon; Prime Minister Saad Hariri stated he would return home in the coming days to declare a political stance. On Saturday in efforts to dispel rumors he was being held against his will in Saudi Arabia, Hariri met […]
Senate Judiciary demand Kushner turn over unreleased documents
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and ranking member Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) wrote a letter to Jared Kushner’s lawyer Thursday. The letter stated that President Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser did not give the panel’s investigators emails he received and forwarded to WikiLeaks and a “Russian backdoor overture and dinner invite.” In their […]
Trump shifts gears, delays new policy on importing elephant trophies
Animal rights advocates and environmental groups criticized President Trumps decision to allow elephant trophies to be imported to the United States on Friday. He now says he’s delaying the new policy until he can review “all conservation facts.” The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Thursday it would allow such importation, arguing that encouraging wealthy […]
Trump Lifts Ban On Trophies from Elephant Hunts
Body parts from African elephants shot for sport will now be allowed by the Trump administration asserting it will encourage wealthy big-game hunters to kill them and will aid the vulnerable species. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said in a written notice Thursday that permitting elephants from Zimbabwe and Zambia to be brought back […]
Zimbabwe military denies coup
Political turmoil erupted in Zimbabwe Wednesday, raising questions of whether 93-year-old President Robert Mugabe remains in control of the country — or if he’s been overthrown in a military coup. Zimbabwe’s military said it had taken custody of Mugabe, in what increasingly appears to be a military takeover in the southern African nation. After apparently […]
Trump Jr. Secretly In Contacts with WikiLeaks during 2016 campaign
President Donald Trump’s oldest son released a series of direct messages from his Twitter account revealing exchanges between himself and WikiLeaks during and after the 2016 Presidential election. Donald Trump Jr.’s release of the messages came hours after The Atlantic first reported them Monday. “Here is the entire chain of messages with @wikileaks (with my […]
Death toll in violent Iran-Iraq earthquake surpasses 300
In a frantic search for survivors Iranians spent the night digging through rubble in search for survivors after a powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake; felt as far away as Turkey and Pakistan struck the border region between Iraq and Iran late Sunday killing more than 300 hundred people and injuring at least 4,000 officials said. Iran […]
Tensions Rise In Mideast As The Whereabout Of Lebanese PM Unknown
Unsettling acts deepen tension in the Middle East as fear of new conflict emerges in the case of the missing Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, when earlier this week he made what many believed to be a routine visit to Saudi Arabia. The following day he made an unexpected resignation announcement by video from Riyadh, […]
Trump touts ‘America First’ at trade talks
President Trump on Friday vowed to protect American interests against foreign exploitation, preaching a unilateralist approach to a group of leaders who once pinned their economic hopes on a regional trade pact let by the United States. The annual Pacific Rim summit stayed with its tradition of promoting free trade and closer regional ties, shrugging […]