News Wire Archives

Middle East – North Africa News Brief

April 17, 2017

MENA Regional Low Intensity Conflicts, April 9 – April 15 [SAUDI ARABIA]: Shiite militants opened fire on a vehicle traveling through al Qudaih, part of

Puerto Rico debt default looming, bankruptcy ‘likely’

April 13, 2017

AMERICAS·ECONOMICS·News Wire·WORLD NEWS

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO (LC) Puerto Rico has until May 1st to restructure $70 billion in debt. Negotiations with the U.S. legislature

Despite OPEC cuts, world oil market stabilizes, boon to U.S. shale

April 13, 2017

ECONOMICS·MIDDLE EAST·News Wire·WORLD NEWS

VIENNA, AUSTRIA (LC) The Origination of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) announced this week that its plan to increase global oil prices is

Tillerson in Moscow: U.S.-Russia relations ‘at a low point’

April 12, 2017

AMERICAS·Cyber·FOREIGN POLICY·NATIONAL SECURITY·News Wire·RUSSIA

MOSCOW, RUSSIA (LC) Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met with officials in Moscow today, including Russian President Vladimir Putin for nearly two

Former Trump chairman Paul Manafort facing intense scrutiny over Ukraine lobbying, loans

April 12, 2017

AMERICAS·News Wire·Politics·RUSSIA | FSU·U.S. | WASHINGTON D.C.

WASHINGTON, DC (LC) Paul Manafort, the former chairman of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, might formally register as a foreign agent, according to

Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch faces first week after being sworn in

April 11, 2017

AMERICAS·News Wire·Politics·U.S. | WASHINGTON D.C.

| WASHINGTON, D.C. (LC) Neil Gorsuch, 49, was sworn in on Monday as a justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. President Trump

US, Japan prepare for North Korea nuclear testing; ‘sniffer’ aircraft deployed

April 11, 2017

ASIA·NATIONAL SECURITY·News Wire·SOUTH EAST ASIA·WORLD NEWS

The WC-135 Constant Phoenix, America’s nuclear “sniffer” aircraft is deploying to Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan. Nikkei Asian Review reports that

Middle East – North Africa News Brief

April 10, 2017

MENA·MIDDLE EAST·News Wire

MENA Regional Low Intensity Conflicts, April 3 – April 8 [SYRIA]: Spanish authorities raided Rifaat al-Assad’s assets in a corruption inquiry on April 3rd. Rifaat

Steve Bannon removed from National Security Council

April 5, 2017

AMERICAS·News Wire·Politics·U.S. | WASHINGTON D.C.

U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew chief strategist Steve Bannon from the National Security Council Wednesday, after deciding he was no longer needed

Racial tensions continue to rise in India amid attacks against Nigerians, Africans

April 5, 2017

AFRICA·INDIA·News Wire·WORLD NEWS

In a joint statement this week from envoys of multiple African nations in Delhi, the African Heads of Mission said Indian authorities

Syrian government attacks Idlib with gas, 58 reported dead, 11 children

April 4, 2017

MENA·MIDDLE EAST·News Wire

Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib Province, Syria – Air strikes began just after dawn at 06:40, with Syrian Air Force SU-22 military jet fighters deploying

Middle East – North Africa News Brief

April 4, 2017

MENA·MIDDLE EAST·News Wire

MENA Regional Low Intensity Conflicts, March 26 – April 2 [IRAN]: The American-Iranian, Gholam Reza “Robin” Shahini, 46 years-of-age, was released from Iranian prison

Anti-abortion activists connected to Planned Parenthood video charged in California

March 29, 2017

AMERICAS·News Wire

Two anti-abortion activists were charged for filming Planned Parenthood workers without consent, while posing as representatives of a fake company seeking to

Rep Devin Nunes under pressure to resign, could face ethics probe

March 28, 2017

AMERICAS·News Wire·Politics·U.S. | WASHINGTON D.C.

Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Devin Nunes (R-CA), had announced earlier this week that he won’t recuse himself from the

British PM signs letter invoking Article 50, Brexit negotiations to start

March 28, 2017

EUROPE·News Wire·Politics

Brexit was triggered by Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday night, starting the United Kingdom’s negotiations to leave the European Union. The letter