by Jim Heath | Jul 19, 2019 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines
Saudi Arabia has approved hosting U.S. forces in the country to boost regional security and stability, the state news agency announced today. The U.S. Defense Department confirmed the move in a statement, saying it would deploy troops and resources to Saudi Arabia to...
by Jim Heath | Jul 8, 2019 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines
President Trump says he will no longer deal with the top British diplomat to the United States, after leaked cables reportedly revealed the U.K. ambassador to the U.S. had called him “inept” and “insecure.” In the cables, published in the Daily...
by Jim Heath | Jul 6, 2019 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines
Britain’s Ambassador to Washington has described Donald Trump as ‘inept’, ‘insecure’ and ‘incompetent’ in a series of explosive memos to Downing Street. Sir Kim Darroch, one of Britain’s top diplomats, used secret cables...
by Jim Heath | Jun 23, 2019 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines
Just like that, the cruise ships are gone, along with thousands of cash-toting Americans who oohed and aahed — and shopped — amid the crumbling grandeur of Old Havana. For Cubans, it’s a bitter reversal of fortune. President Obama’s opening here, leading to his...
by Jim Heath | Jun 22, 2019 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines
President Trump sent North Korean leader Kim Jong Un a letter, a government-controlled news agency reported today. Kim “said with satisfaction that the letter is of excellent content,” the Korean Central News Agency reported. “Appreciating the political judging...
by Jim Heath | Jun 20, 2019 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines
The Senate voted to block the sale of billions of dollars of munitions to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates on today, in a sharp and bipartisan rebuke of the Trump administration’s attempt to circumvent Congress to allow the exports by declaring an emergency...
