President Donald Trump appeared to back away from renewed military attacks on Iran yesterday after rockets fired at two Iraqi army bases housing US personnel failed to inflict any injuries. “Iran appears to be standing down, which is a good thing for all parties concerned and a very good thing for the world,” Trump told […]
The Pentagon has announced that over a dozen missiles were fired by Iran at two US airbases in Iraq on Tuesday night, in an apparent revenge attack for the death of General Qasem Soleimani.
Iranian officials have labelled last night’s airstrike on senior generals as an “act of war”, promising “harsh revenge” for the attack on a military convoy at Baghdad airport that killed eight people in total.
2010 – 2020 had its fair share of very good attempts at pulling the wool over people’s eyes, with the new phrase “fake news” being coined to cover the age old habit of spreading porkie pies.
There are two things about modern politics that are depressingly true. The first is that “our” side is always right, regardless of the facts. The second is that inflicting harm on the other side is often more important than getting something useful done. Both truths have their origins in the politics of the United States […]
Nationalism is certainly proving popular, but the question of whether it is a short term outlier or in fact will continue growing beyond Trump and Brexit is yet to be decided.
More than 100,000 people turned out to a Thanksgiving assembly in Hong Kong, waving US flags and singing the US national anthem after President Donald Trump signed two bills supporting human rights and democracy in the territory.
For those of you who have been living on Pluto for the past decade and are not aware, “Dancing with the Stars” is an internationally successful popular entertainment programme where celebrities are paired up with professional dancers, and compete with each other to be the best dancer over a number of weeks. Three professional judges […]
HILLARY 2020?! She might run AGAIN – to the delight of Trump supporters #gript
Anyone who has been following the reaction to the Turkish military offensive against the Kurds in northern Syria will be aware of the considerable and unusual criticism of President Trump by American conservatives. At first sight it seemed that the Kurds and their allies in the Syrian Democratic Forces had indeed been left out to […]
The Trump impeachment inquiry concerning controversies in Ukraine is underway in Washington D.C.
Hillary Clinton appears to be flirting with the idea of running against Donald Trump in the 2020 elections after recent comments made during a PBS NewsHour interview.