Day: مئی 6, 2020

US ambassador hails cooperation with Russia on Covid-19 crisis, but crucial nuclear weapons differences remain The US and Russia are game for multilateral talks with the world’s nuclear powers and have cooperated on oil and against the coronavirus. Yet nuclear arms disagreements still exist, and neither side is giving up ground. Though an actual conference has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, US Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan revealed that President Donald Trump is on board with Russia’s proposed meeting of the P5 powers (China, France, Russia, the UK and US). Suggested by Russian President Vladimir Putin in January, the summit would allow the world’s leading nuclear powers to discuss global terrorism, arms control, and the ongoing ...

Netanyahu to form new government despite corruption charges, as Israeli Supreme Court approves power-sharing deal Israel’s highest court gave Benjamin Netanyahu the green light to form a new government under a power-sharing deal struck with the Blue and White party, even as he faces trial for a number of serious corruption charges. The court’s unanimous decision, handed down by 11 justices just before midnight on Wednesday, paves the way for Netanyahu to retain his position as prime minister and form a “national emergency government” in a coalition with Blue and White, avoiding an unprecedented fourth election in a row after a series of ballots ended in deadlock. While bribery, fraud and breach of trust charges are still pending against Netanyahu, the...

OPCW head FALSELY described Syria whistleblower inspectors to discredit them, new documents show New documents leaked from the global chemical watchdog show that two inspectors blowing the whistle about the 2018 Douma incident in Syria were right, and the director seeking to discredit them was wrong. Two inspectors with the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) have challenged the organization’s final report on the April 2018 incident, which they say was altered to dismiss their findings and validate after the fact the US, UK and French missile strikes against the government in Damascus. OPCW Director General Fernando Arias responded earlier this year by describing them as “rogue” inspectors who weren’t even members of the missi...

Moscow calls US claims it had nothing to with Venezuela raid 'unconvincing' Moscow doesn’t buy Washington’s claims it had nothing to do with the incursion into Venezuela, as a video emerged of a detained US mercenary confessing the operation was aimed at delivering President Nicolas Maduro to America. Russia's Foreign Ministry said that it was “alarmed” by the news of foreign mercenaries, including those with links to the US special services, attempting to land in Venezuela. Considering Washington's “obsession” with deposing Maduro and statements that “all options are on the table” in order to achieve this goal, President Donald Trump's words that the US had nothing to do with the failed incursion “sound unconvincing,” the ministry pointed out in a st...