U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio had to walk back claims last week that—through hard-nose diplomacy—Washington was able to make Panama yell ‘Uncle’ and agreed to grant U.S. Navy ships free access to the Panama Canal that would have saved the Pentagon about $12 million a year.
U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters last week that he left his advisers' orders to obliterate Iran should the country assassinate him while he is in office—just while he announced a new “maximum pressure” campaign against his adversary to prevent Tehran from developing a nuke.
Italy’s finance minister said in an interview last week that the EU must take steps to allow countries to spend more on their militaries and suspend fiscal rules because of the “grave” threat these countries face with a resurgent Russia.
U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week at the White House that promises to pursue a “maximum pressure” campaign against Iran in an effort to prevent the country from developing a nuclear weapon.
U.S. President Donald Trump sent another message to Hamas warning the group that “all hell is going to break out” if it does not release the remaining hostages.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to sanction the country into submission and said negotiating with Washington is “neither smart, wise, or honorable.”
President Donald Trump last week issued an executive order against the International Criminal Court (ICC) that imposed sanctions on members of the judicial body over “illegitimate and baseless actions” against the U.S. and Israel.
The U.S. announced last week that it will sell Israel an additional $7.4 billion in weapons—foregoing the normal procedure of alerting a House committee for review before the sale’s approval.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an interview Saturday that Riyadh should consider opening its doors for an influx of Palestinians from Gaza because Saudi Arabia has room to spare.
Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, was one of the architects behind the administration’s idea to “take over” Gaza after the Palestinian population is cleansed from the region, according to reports.