Category: World
In Red Sea crisis, Somaliland seizes leverage for US recognition
The president of Somaliland took advantage of the geopolitical and global economic turmoil caused by the Iran War to visit Washington this week…
A Trump-Zelensky meeting and another exercise in futility
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine met President Donald Trump for a brief 40 minutes on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly meeting…
More money for Iran war? This rigmarole won’t wash
The Bunker appears originally at the Project on Government Oversight and is republished here with permission.You shouldn’t go to war without the backing…
Trump and 14 Lat Am leaders ignite new drug-terror war at UN
On the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York on Tuesday, 14 Latin American and Caribbean countries followed the…
Banning US diesel exports will likely backfire on Americans
With diesel prices hitting all-time highs above $6.50 a gallon, there is a growing demand from farm states that the White House ban…
In UN speech, Trump threatens to ‘annihilate’ Iran if no deal reached
U.S. President Donald Trump threatened Tuesday to “annihilate” Iran if diplomatic efforts to end his nearly seven-month-old war do not succeed. Speaking to…
China is outfoxing the US in the battle for Mideast influence
Washington talks about “influence” as though it were a mystical vapor that leaks out of every military base closure. But Beijing’s rapidly growing…
Trump and Xi meet on a ‘rotting’ diplomatic foundation
As Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Washington for his third meeting in less than a year with U.S. President Donald Trump, calm…
Is all this AI doomsaying distracting us from the real threat?
News items heralding the AI apocalypse are ubiquitous. The panic started shortly after the ex-Anthropic, ex-OpenAI researcher-turned-whistleblower, Jacob Coxon sounded the alarm on…
When Saudi Arabia realizes it’s backed the wrong horse
The United States went to war with Iran in the belief that American power could quickly overwhelm Tehran’s ability to threaten the Middle…
