Numerous dignitaries from politics and business have given the last honor to Senator John McCain on Saturday during a memorial service at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington DC. Former presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush spoke Saturday words of appreciation about the internationally respected politician.
US President Donald Trump will not go to Singapore and Papua New Guinea in November for top talks with Asian leaders. In his stead, he sends Vice President Mike Pence. The White House has announced this on Friday.
US President Donald Trump has Pat Cipollone in mind as successor to legal adviser Donald McGahn, who will soon leave the White House. The Washington Post writes this with a reference to two sources that are aware of the state of affairs.
The Argentine peso was under heavy pressure again on Thursday and lost almost 5 percent in value against the dollar. The country has asked the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to accelerate an earlier pledged emergency loan of 50 billion dollars. According to Argentine President Mauricio Macri, this is necessary to secure financing for 2019 and to prevent a new crisis in the South American country.
The Russian ambassador to Washington, Anatoli Antonov, has warned the US that jihadists will again have a chemical attack in scene to provoke American attacks on Syria. Antonov therefore urged his American interlocutors not to commit 'illegal aggression against Syria' again.
Russia will hold the biggest military exercise in almost forty years next month. The Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced that yesterday. 'The exercise has no precedent in terms of geographical scale and troop strength,' says Shoigu.
Google search results are not affected for political reasons. Google is aware of this after criticism from US President Donald Trump. He had tweeted that conservative noises would be stopped and that positive news about him could hardly be found.
Pope Francis caused bewilderment among the flying journalists during the return journey from Dublin to Rome. The document, in which the former papal nuncio of Washington Dario Viganò calls on pope Francis to step up because he would have covered sexual abuse by the American former cardinal Theodore Mc Carrick, was mentioned. 'We assumed that the Pope would say what was true or not of the accusations. But that did not happen. The pope told us that we should read the document ourselves and then come to the conclusions ourselves. Incomprehensible, 'says Franca Giansoldati of the Roman newspaper Il Messaggero.
Iran has stepped to the International Court of Justice in The Hague in order to get US sanctions out of the table. The Islamic Republic states that the US violates a 1955 friendship treaty with the punitive measures. The countries were allies at the time. That changed after the Iranian Revolution.
Pope Francis refuses to accept accusations that he has covered up abuse scandals within the Roman Catholic Church. During his return trip to Rome, the spiritual leader on the plane said that the document with the allegations 'speaks for itself'. and that he does not want to elaborate on it.
US President Donald Trump has stopped an honorable statement from the White House about the death of Senator John McCain. The Washington Post writes this on the basis of advisers who work and have worked for the White House.
Pope Francis, during his visit to Ireland, asked the victims of abuse by Roman Catholic clergy for forgiveness. At the same time, the former papal nuncio in Washington claims in an open letter that Francis was aware of abuse by Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, who was the Archbishop of the United States at the beginning of this century.
The conservative American soldier and politician John McCain became war hero as a prisoner of war and a powerful politician, despite unsuccessful attempts to become president. He came from a family of navy people and both his father and grandfather were admiral. He was born in the Channel Zone of the US in Panama at the end of August 1936. McCain also seemed to spend his entire life with the Navy for a long time.
American Senator John McCain of Arizona died on Saturday at the age of 81. His office announced his death. The Republican politician, who regularly criticized President Donald Trump and co-voted with the Democrats, had been seriously ill for some time. He decided Friday that he would no longer be treated medically against cancer.
The United States is prepared to take military action again to punish the use of chemical weapons in Syria. That warning brought American National Security Advisor John Bolton this week to his Russian counterpart Nikolaj Patroesjev, say four initiates against Bloomberg news agency.
Donald Trump has asked foreign minister Mike Pompeo on Friday on Twitter to abandon his planned trip to North Korea. The US president thinks that this is not opportune at the moment because he feels that Washington is not making enough progress in clearing the nuclear weapons arsenal on the Korean peninsula.
The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will return to Pyongyang next week. He is accompanied by Steve Biegun, who has been appointed as Special Envoy for North Korea. That was announced in Washington.
Russia and the United States are going to reopen communication lines between the two countries. The US National Security Adviser John Bolton and his Russian counterpart Nikolaj Patroesjev agreed, Russian media reported on the authority of Patroesev.
Turkey can end the diplomatic conflict with the United States by letting the American preacher Andrew Brunson go. That is what the American national security adviser John Bolton says, which Ankara maintains that 'this crisis can be ended immediately'. \u0026 # X27; \u0026 # x27; if the spiritual ' without conditions \u0026 # x27; \u0026 # x27; can leave.
The Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan wants to expand the Turkish army's cross-border operations in Iraq and Syria. He will 'be the source of the threat \u0026 quot; to drain his land. Erdogan said that Saturday at the party conference of his Islamist conservative AK party in Ankara.
The United States has issued new sanctions against four Myanmar soldiers and two infantry divisions of the Asian country army. According to Washington, they are guilty of violating human rights against the Muslim population of Rohingya.
The military parade that President Donald Trump requested and was on the agenda for Washington this November was postponed to 2019. 'We had planned 10 November 2018 for this event, but we decided to explore the possibilities for 2019 ', A Pentagon spokesman said in a statement. The Ministry has not given an official reason for the postponement.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has appointed Brian Hook as special delegate for Iran. The experienced political adviser at the department will be in charge of the 'action group Iran' which was called on Thursday. This committee will coordinate the policy regarding Tehran.
US President Donald Trump has withdrawn the statement of assurance from former CIA director John Brennan. He accuses Brennan, a political opponent, of having used his access to secret information to 'divide and chaos' around the Trump government.
Iranian President Hassan Rohani says he is open to talks with the United States, but they have to 'first build bridges' to restore contact.
American national security adviser John Bolton met with the Turkish ambassador in the US on Monday about the American preacher Andrew Brunson. The White House said that this consultation took place at the request of Turkish ambassador Serdar Kilic.
In the conflict with the United States, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatens the NATO partner with a break. If the Americans remain so disrespectful, then his government will 'seek new friends and allies.' Erdogan gave that warning in a sent contribution in the New York Times.
A game of 'doing, daring or the truth' can lead to crazy things, but drinking a beer from a dead fish we had not heard before. The 28-year-old Aimee Lynn was challenged by her friends to perform the bizarre stunt, while the whole event was captured by one of the bystanders. The video appeared online and social media users find it disgusting.
Exactly one year after the deadly riots in Charlottesville, the proportions are again sharp. In Washington, a large part of the city center has been shut down due to demonstrations that will take place at earshot of the White House. In Charlottesville, the governor of Virginia has even declared a state of emergency.
New US sanctions against Russia affecting the banks or currency can be interpreted as the declaration of a trade war. The Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev expressed this warning on Friday in response to announced new US sanctions against Russia.
