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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Gina Haspel, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the CIA, will pledge Wednesday to prevent the restart of the 2002-2005 interrogation program that saw detainees tortured. The three-decade veteran of the Central Intelligence Agency’s covert operations is facing opposition over her role at a secret CIA prison in Thailand in 2002 where Al-Qaeda detainees were waterboarded. “I understand that what many people around the country want to know about are […]
by Andrew BEATTY / and Dave CLARK Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of a landmark deal curbing Iran’s nuclear program and reimposed crippling sanctions on Tuesday, defying European pleas and prompting international outcry. Trump poured scorn on the “disastrous” 2015 accord, describing it as an “embarrassment” to the United States that does nothing to contain Iran’s nuclear ambitions. “I am announcing today that the […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Oil prices slipped in Asia on Tuesday morning from three-and-a-half-year highs as investors cautiously await Donald Trump’s Iran nuclear decision later in the day. The US president announced in a tweet that he would make an announcement at 1400 GMT on whether or not to tear up the agreement with Tehran and reimpose painful sanctions that could cut off crude supplies. Despite being urged by world leaders to keep it […]
by Paul Handley Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump on Monday defended his nominee to lead the Central Intelligence Agency, who faces stiff opposition over her past role in the torture of suspected Al-Qaeda detainees. “My highly respected nominee for CIA Director, Gina Haspel, has come under fire because she was too tough on Terrorists,” Trump tweeted. “Think of that, in these very dangerous times, we have the most qualified […]
by Dave Clark / and Andrew Beatty Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump will confirm on Tuesday whether he will make good on a threat to re-impose US sanctions on Tehran and thereby throw the entire Iran nuclear deal into question. Trump’s announcement that a decision was imminent cut short a last-ditch European diplomatic drive to save the accord ahead of what had been a May 12 deadline. Trump had […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump opted Monday to hold fire on imposing steel and aluminum tariffs on the European Union, Canada, and Mexico for 30 days, the White House announced — offering key allies a reprieve during ongoing negotiations. Washington has also reached a deal with South Korea on steel imports, and “agreements in principle” with Argentina, Australia, and Brazil, “the details of which will be finalized shortly,” the White House […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The photograph was seen around the world: US President Donald Trump and France’s Emmanuel Macron, gilded spades in hand, shoveling dirt over a young sapling. A week ago, at the beginning of Macron’s visit to Washington, the French president joined his American counterpart to throw handfuls of soil on the roots of a young oak tree as their respective first ladies looked on It was a symbolic gesture: the tree […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump hailed Friday’s Korea summit as historic but warned that “only time will tell.” “After a furious year of missile launches and Nuclear testing, a historic meeting between North and South Korea is now taking place,” Trump tweeted after the leaders of North and South Korea agreed to pursue a permanent peace and the complete denuclearization of the divided peninsula. “Good things are happening, but only time […]
by Andrew Beatty Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel heads to the White House on Friday for talks with Donald Trump, facing an uphill struggle to save the Iran nuclear deal, avoid a trade war and make her relationship with the US president functional again. The German leader’s visit has already been overshadowed by a backslapping three-day festival of “fraternite” between Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron this […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)–US President Donald Trump acknowledged on Thursday that his personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, represented him in a “deal” involving Stormy Daniels. Trump had previously denied knowledge of a $130,000 payment Cohen made to Daniels that she claims was to prevent her from talking about their alleged 2006 affair. Trump, in a wide-ranging telephone interview with “Fox and Friends,” admitted for the first time that Cohen represented him in a “deal” with Daniels, […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) –Presidential doctor Ronny Jackson withdrew his nomination to head the Department of Veterans Affairs on Thursday following allegations he improperly handed out drugs and was drunk at work. The move marked the latest upset in an administration rocked by a series of firings and resignations in a little more than a year since Trump took office. “I am regretfully withdrawing my nomination to be Secretary for the Department of Veterans Affairs,” […]
by Andrew Beatty Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump hosts Japan’s Shinzo Abe at his Mar-a-Lago resort Tuesday, with both men under pressure to deliver something more than bonhomie and birdies. The Japanese prime minister will make his second visit to Trump’s ostentatious Palm Beach, Florida estate, when the focus will be on trade and security. Last year, Trump and Abe traded fist bumps and high fives as they […]
