News and Updates from around the Globe by Niv Borsuk
Saturday, October 24, 2020
Shahbaz Sharif, the President of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), was arrested on Monday. The arrest was carried out by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) due to a money laundering case. Following the rejection of his bail plea by the Lahore High Court, Shahbaz was arrested as soon as he stepped […]
(CNN) Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif has responded to President Donald Trump’s recent threats to Tehran on Twitter, saying that the United States “is not in a position to obliterate Iran.” Speaking exclusively to CNN a week after Iran downed a US military drone, Zarif said that US actions have […]
When Iranian officials say Israel will be wiped off the map, does it mean they are suggesting that Iran should be the one to do it? The debate was renewed last week by Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. When an interviewer from a French news magazine suggested that Paris might […]
The legendary Watergate reporter is back with a deeply reported new book on the Trump White House. Bob Woodward’s new book, Fear: Trump in the White House, doesn’t come out until Tuesday, September 11. But the Washington Post and CNN have both obtained the book and written up its most attention-grabbing parts, which make it sound […]
The longtime personal lawyer of President Donald Trump, Michael Cohen, was attacked by a US Senator on Friday for the claims he made. His home and office had been raided by the FBI this week as part of a criminal investigation and he claimed that many of the materials that […]
Requests to inquire into the killing of 15 Palestinians were rejected by the Israeli defense minister on Sunday, which were carried out by the military. According to reports, on Friday a confrontation between the armed forces and the Palestinian protestors that were present at the Gaza-Israel border, resulted in the […]
A funding bill of $1.3 billion for the United States government was approved by the Congress, for the purposes of military and non-defense expenditure. The approval came on Friday, as the bill has been sent to President Donald Trump, who’ll be signing before implementation. The bill is welcome news for […]
According to sources, some of the lethal drones developed by the United States, will be made easier to export to countries who are allies and accessories of the U.S., by the country’s President Donald Trump. The policy is a part of a much larger picture that depicts the regulations of […]
