Alliances - Page 39

February 2, 2017

Trump reportedly accuses Australian PM of seeking to export next ‘Boston bombers’

President Trump reportedly had a fiery conversation over the weekend with Australia’s prime minister over a refugee deal agreed upon under the Obama administration.

January 30, 2017

Israeli PM Netanyahu to meet with Trump

President Donald Trump will welcome Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the United States next month.

January 30, 2017

Trump discusses safe zones, terror fight with Saudi King Salman

President Trump spoke with Saudi Arabian King Salman Sunday, and discussed the possible formation of safe zones in Syria and Yemen, as well as a new effort to fight terrorism in the Middle East.

January 28, 2017

Churchill bust takes center stage as Trump, May reaffirm special relationship

President Trump, in his first meeting with British Prime Minister Theresa May Friday, pledged his “lasting support” to the historic relationship between the U.S. and the U.K. and called a free Britain a “blessing to the world.”

January 26, 2017

Ahead of Trump meeting, British PM calls for US-UK to 'renew their special relationship'

British Prime Minister Theresa May, on a trip to the U.S. as the first foreign leader to meet with President Trump, called Thursday for their two countries to “renew their special relationship” and lead the world in a fight against “closed, coercive and cruel” societies.

January 22, 2017

UK PM May to discuss trade, NATO in White House with Trump

British Prime Minister Theresa May said Sunday she plans to discuss free trade and the importance of the NATO military alliance when she becomes the first foreign leader to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington.

January 16, 2017

Trump vows to strike post-Brexit deal with UK, rips EU as 'vehicle for Germany'

President-elect Donald Trump vowed over the weekend to quickly work out a trade deal with Britain in a bid to help smooth the country's path out of the European Union -- further strengthening ties with the Brexit movement he lauded during his campaign.

January 12, 2017

Turkey's strikes on Kurds could drag US into new front, military sources fear

On the evening of July 24, shortly after an agreement was reached between US and Turkish officials allowing the US to use Turkey’s airbases to launch its jets against the Islamic State,  Turkey launched a massive airstrike against a Kurdish militant group in the mountains of Iraq along the border with Iran, which took the U.S. military completely by surprise.

January 12, 2017

Obama to decide on declassifying 9/11 documents within 60 days

President Obama will decide whether to declassify 28 pages of sealed documents — which some suspect show a Saudi connection to the 9/11 attacks — within 60 days, according to a former senator who co-chaired the 2002 joint congressional inquiry into the attacks.

January 12, 2017

US launching complex operation to train, arm Syrian rebels amid airstrikes

Newly launched airstrikes in Syria are only one piece of the puzzle in the United States' war against the Islamic State, as the military prepares to launch a complex operation to train and arm Syrian rebels.