Beijing – China said Tuesday that it will retaliate after the United States announced that it was ending the export of sensitive military items to Hong Kong in response to Beijing imposing a controversial national security law on the semi-autonomous city. China’s rubber stamp parliament formally approved the general law …
Read More »China reportedly passes national security law for Hong Kong
The Hong Kong Police Honor Guard raises a Chinese national flag and a Hong Kong flag during a flag raising ceremony at Golden Bauhinia Square on June 15, 2020 in Hong Kong, China. Anthony Kwan | fake pictures Reportedly the main decision-making body in China’s parliament passed the controversial national …
Read More »Japan confirms its scrapping of the US anti-missile defense system.
Japan’s National Security Council has endorsed plans to cancel the deployment of two costly land-based US anti-missile defense systems aimed at strengthening the country’s capacity against North Korean threats By Associated Press MARI YAMAGUCHI June 26, 2020, 2:30 am 3 min read 3 min read Share on FacebookShare on TwitterEmail …
Read More »White House games on annexation of Israel; more planned conversations
President Donald Trump’s top national security advisers have been unable to make a decision on whether to support an Israeli plan to annex important parts of the land that the Palestinians claim for a future state. By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer June 25, 2020 6:40 PM 5 min read …
Read More »Pompeo threatens to end nuclear deal with Iran over arms embargo dispute
President Trump will force all nations to renew sanctions lifted in the 2015 Iran nuclear deal if world leaders refuse to extend an arms embargo that expires to the regime, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned. “It would remind the world that Obama administration officials said very clearly that the …
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