Godsgift Onyedinefu United States (US) President Donald Trump has confirmed the death of ISIL leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in a military operation in Syria's northwestern Idlib province, saying the US had "brought the world's number one terrorist leader to justice". Trump said on Sunday the ISIL leader died after running into a dead-end
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US to ramp up rapid deportations with sweeping new rule
Tom Hals The Trump administration said on Monday it will expand and speed up deportations of migrants who enter the United States illegally by stripping away court oversight, enabling officials to remove people in days rather than months or years. Set to be published in the Federal Register on Tuesday, the
Defense spending is America’s cancerous bipartisan consensus
Fareed Zakaria You often hear that in these polarized times, Republicans and Democrats are deadlocked on almost everything. But the real scandal is what both sides agree on. The best example of this might be the defense budget. Last week, the Democratic House, which Republicans say is filled with radicals, voted to
Fear grips thousands of Nigerians, other migrants as US prepares to raid undocumented families
Caitlin Dickerson and Zolan Kanno-Youngs Fear has gripped Nigerians and other migrants in the United States as nationwide raids to arrest thousands of members of undocumented families have been scheduled to begin Sunday, according to two current and one former homeland security officials, moving forward with a rapidly changing operation,
The Escalating US Trade Wars: Beyond China, Part III
William Tucker “Whatsoever therefore is consequent to a time of War, where everyman is Enemy to every man; the same is consequent to the time, wherein men live without other security, than what their own strength, and their own invention shall furnish them withall. In such condition, there is no place
Bahrain Summit: US to unveil long-awaited $50b Israeli-Palestinian peace plan
•A US-led conference on Palestine kicks off in Bahrain Editor's note: The two-day event will be headlined by president Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, who is set to lay out a awaited $50 billion plan to spur the Palestinian economy. Critics say the plan ignores the political roots of the Israel-Palestine conflict,
Jared Kushner unveiled a Palestinian peace plan
•Jared Kushner’s Palestinian peace plan reads like a real estate developer’s brochure Editor's note: Trump’s son-in-law shared “Peace to Prosperity,” a long-awaited document that drew quick criticism for not addressing the fundamental political issues that have put Israelis and Palestinians at odds for decades. Ephrat Livni About two years ago, US president Donald
US attacks Iran with cyber not missiles — A game changer, not a backtrack
Zak Doffman The decision by U.S. President Trump to pull back from a retaliatory strike against Iran for the downing of a surveillance drone because there would be “too many deaths for a proportionate response” has been painted as a backtrack. Instead, “President Trump approved an offensive cyber strike that disabled
As the US-Africa economic summit convenes
Editor's note: A dozen heads of state and government will gather in Maputo, Mozambique to discuss agriculture, energy, health, infrastructure, and finance. In what is seen as a slight, the highest-ranking US representative in attendance will be deputy secretary of commerce Karen Dunn Kelley. Silja Fröhlich US African policy's lost 'dynamics' At the