WASHINGTON | Xinhua | U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that the U.S. military had used as many as 155 warplanes to rescue the second airman in Iran and was forced to destroy some cargo planes that got stuck. The pilot was injured “quite badly,” Trump said at a press …
Read More »Trump says U.S. in ‘deep’negotiations with Iran
JERUSALEM | Xinhua | U.S. President Donald Trump told Israeli media Channel 12 on Sunday that the United States is engaged in “deep” negotiations with Iran to secure a ceasefire, while stressing that Washington will not “leave in the middle” of the conflict. Trump said his administration is maintaining contacts …
Read More »When resentful U.S. meets “ungrateful” NATO
OPINION | XINHUA | For decades, NATO has largely relied on the U.S. for security and defense. Trump, unlike his predecessors, insists the U.S. is being ripped off and should be paid back. With the Strait of Hormuz now effectively closed thanks to the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran, the Trump …
Read More »Trump threatens to hit Iran ‘extremely hard’ over next 2 to 3 weeks
WASHINGTON | Xinhua | While saying the United States is “nearing completion” of its core objectives in Iran, U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday night threatened to hit Iran “extremely hard over the next two to three weeks,” a timeline he has recently set for ending the monthlong war. “I …
Read More »Where have all the U.S’ allies gone?
The multilateral system that Donald Trump has dismantled was not, as he believes, a trap laid by weaker states to fleece a credulous superpower COMMENT | STEPHEN HOLMES | After declaring Iran’s military “gone”, US President Donald Trump appealed to Britain, France, Japan, and South Korea – as well as …
Read More »How war with Iran could lead to more nuclear weapons around the world
Moving east, India and Pakistan are already nuclear powers, and after recent border skirmishes, neither will be dialing back NEWS ANALYSIS | BY AGENCIES | Of all the reasons proffered for the Iran war—and there’ve been a few—probably the easiest for Americans to get behind is that striking the regime was necessary to permanently derail …
Read More »White House threatens to ‘unleash hell’ on Iran
WASHINGTON | Xinhua | U.S. President Donald Trump will “unleash hell” if Iran refuses to make a deal over the ongoing U.S.-Israeli war against Iran, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Wednesday. “President Trump does not bluff and he is prepared to unleash hell,” she said at a …
Read More »U.S. sends 15-point peace plan to Iran via Pakistan: NYT
WASHINGTON | Xinhua | The United States has sent Iran a 15-point peace plan, via Pakistan, in an attempt to end the war with Iran, now in its fourth week, The New York Times reported on Tuesday, citing two unidentified officials. The Trump administration is eager to “find an off-ramp …
Read More »Trump faces growing political trilemma three weeks into Iran war
WASHINGTON, the United States | XINHUA | Nearly three weeks into the war with Iran, U.S. President Donald Trump has found himself squeezed between three different sources of pressure: political allies, business leaders and even his own MAGA (“Make America Great Again”) base — each with its own expectations and …
Read More »Bombs or butter, why U.S. Operation Epic Fury ignites public fury?
Pentagon officials revealed that the initial six-day surge of the Iran campaign carried a price tag exceeding 11.3 billion dollars, reigniting debate not just over Washington’s fiscal priorities, but the war’s necessity itself BEIJING, CHINA | Xinhua | What might 11.3 billion U.S. dollars have achieved? It could have …
Read More »
The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price