Report: Trump-tied lobbyists cash in on their connections

The day after the presidential election, the Washington lobbying firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck touted its Republican team's "significant relationships with those who will steer the incoming Trump administration."

Interpol admits Palestinian membership, angering Israel

International police agency Interpol voted Wednesday to include Palestine as a member state, in a new boost to Palestinian efforts for international recognition and influence amid long-stalled negotiations with Israel for full statehood. The decision drew an angry Israeli reaction and threat of retaliation.

Iraq’s Kurds say 92% voted in favor of independence

Republican Sen. Susan Collins' decision to oppose the GOP push to repeal President Barack Obama's health care overhaul leaves the effort all but dead. Republican Sen. Susan Collins' decision to oppose the GOP push to repeal President Barack Obama's health care overhaul leaves the effort all but dead.

Hezbollah has launched the initial phase of the next Israel-Hezbollah War

For Israel, the initial phase of its next long predicted war with Hezbollah is focused on neutralizing Iranian arms shipments to Hezbollah while destroying factories allegedly under construction to build long-range missiles. Some Israeli recently bombed sites are also claimed to have been housing chemical weapons.

Palestinian kills 3 Israelis outside West Bank settlement

2 young boys whose parents died in a fall off a cliff during a family hiking trip with them are out of the hospital and recovering at their New York home. North Carolina's Outer Banks are bracing for the effects of Hurricane Maria, even though the storm is expected to pass the state at least 150 miles offshore.

Palestinian kills 3 Israelis in settlement near Jerusalem

White House and congressional Republicans finalizing a tax plan that would slash the corporate rate while likely reducing the levy for the wealthiest Americans. White House and congressional Republicans finalizing a tax plan that would slash the corporate rate while likely reducing the levy for the wealthiest Americans.

Yemen’s Hadi sees only a military solution to crisis – Arabiya TV

A solution in Yemen's two and-a-half year-old civil war will likely come through military rather than political means, the country's Saudi-backed president said, blaming the Iran-aligned Houthis of obstructing chances of peace. Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi Mansour, President of the Republic of Yemen, waits to address the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 21, 2017.

Foreign Policy Ignoramus Bernie Sanders Wants to Shrink US Aid to Israel

In The Intercept's September 22 interview with Vermont's Independent Senator Bernie Sanders, the man they call "the most popular politician in the United States by a country mile," he appears to confirm the broad criticism of his grasp on foreign policy, namely that he suffers from a foreign policy deficit. As Senator Patrick Leahy, a Democrat from Vermont, put it: "It's not the subject he gravitates to, that's fair to say."

Fight breaks at Turkish president’s speech in Times Square

Brawl erupts during a speech by Turkish president Erdogan in Times Square after demonstrator calls him a 'terrorist' in second violent confrontation Another stateside appearance by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan broke out in violence on Thursday after a group of protesters disrupted his speech in New York. A violent brawl erupted at the Marriott Marquis hotel in Times Square after a demonstrator shouted 'Terrorist!' as Erdogan spoke to a crowd during an event organized by the Turkish American National Steering Committee.

Protesters ejected from Turkish president’s New York speech

A demonstrator who got up and shouted "Terrorist!" at Turkey's president during a speech at a hotel on Thursday was grabbed by bodyguards and rushed out of the hall as others in the emotional crowd pushed, shoved and shouted. It happened at the Marriott Marquis hotel in Times Square while Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was speaking to a large audience at an event organized by the Turkish American National Steering Committee.

Iran pushes back on Trump’s UN attack

Iran fired back sharply at President Donald Trump at the United Nations on Wednesday, dismissing what it called “ignorant, hateful and absurd rhetoric” and challenging his threats to tear up the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran. A day after Trump denounced Tehran as a “rogue state” to the U.N. General Assembly, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani stood before the same gathering of global leaders and diplomats, and aimed the insult back at him.

Trump team to block Erdogan gun deal

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will be banned by the Trump administration from purchasing weapons from a U.S. manufacturer. The cancellation drew immediate applause from Congress, where Republican and Democratic lawmakers have demanded that Trump punish Erdogan.

Trump says he will decide whether to kill Iran nuclear agreement ‘very soon’

"You'll see very soon," Trump told reporters before a meeting with a prominent critic of the Iran deal, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Trump says he will decide whether to kill Iran nuclear agreement 'very soon' "You'll see very soon," Trump told reporters before a meeting with a prominent critic of the Iran deal, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.