by Jim Heath | Oct 19, 2018 | 2018, Foreign Affairs, Headlines
The Justice Department today charged a Russian woman for her role in a conspiracy to interfere with the 2018 U.S. election, marking the first criminal case prosecutors have brought against a foreign national for interfering in the upcoming Midterms. Elena Khusyaynova,...
by Jim Heath | Oct 19, 2018 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines
The former head of MI6 has said evidence all points to Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince ordering the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Sir John Sawers also dismissed as “blatant fiction” the idea, floated by President Trump, that rogue elements in...
by Jim Heath | Oct 18, 2018 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines, Trump
Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) said today that the Trump administration is restricting access to information about a missing Saudi journalist, a move that comes as President Trump has publicly echoed denials of wrongdoing from top Saudi officials. Corker, the chairman of...
by Jim Heath | Oct 17, 2018 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines, Trump
There is a moment of truth for Donald Trump coming rapidly. Does he represent an America concerned about human rights and being the moral compass of the world? Or does he care more about the money involved, both government and private? The New York Times reports one...
by Jim Heath | Oct 17, 2018 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines, Trump
Gruesome details are emerging as Turkey claims to have a recording of Jamal Khashoggi’s final moments before he was murdered. His killers were waiting when Khashoggi walked into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul two weeks ago. They severed his fingers and later...
