Tag Archives: U.S

Support for the booze bans is high in Canada, where polls show people favor taking a more hardline

TORONTO—California Merlots, Kentucky bourbons and Tennessee whiskeys are collecting dust in Canada as alcohol becomes [...]

GENEVA, – The United States is working to establish a deconfliction mechanism among Israel, Turkey

* Priority is to lower tensions, US envoy says

Iran said point 5 of the MoU gave it the right to manage the strait, which it shares with Oman, while

* Iran will escalate if interim peace deal is not implemented, says official

That ship is moving right now, or very shortly, and it’s being replaced with another very similar ship

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday downplayed the toll that the record-setting uninterrupted time [...]

The Swiss franc has declined against the euro since March, and investors don’t expect it to change its

The Swiss economy accelerated in the three months through June, reflecting its relative insulation from [...]

Elections and campaigns briefing: US could not verify Israeli warnings of Iran plots against Trump, sources

* Israeli tips included alleged sniper, knife and shoulder-launched missile threats against Trump, sources say

Groups sue the Trump administration over its targeting of the International Criminal Court

UNITED NATIONS — Human Rights Watch and three other advocacy groups sued the Trump administration [...]

Trump pivots back to sanctions for Iran as other strategies to end his war fizzle: Economic impact explained

President Donald Trump likes to say that he started his war with Iran after 50 [...]

Gulf States Accept a New Normal in Hormuz: Iran Is in Control: Business strategy explained

DUBAI—Persian Gulf energy producers are concluding that Iran’s control over the Strait of Hormuz will [...]

Trump Shifts to Economic Pressure, Again, As Iran Won’t Meet His Demands: Business strategy explained

WASHINGTON—President Trump has settled on an old strategy in hopes of a new result in [...]