The Trump administration on Tuesday announced sanctions against the Iranian Space Agency. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement that the sanctions will be implemented against the Iran Space Agency and two of its research institutes. “This is the first time the United States is designating Iran’s civilian space agency for activities […]
The United States is withdrawing this week from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, a 31-year-old agreement with Russia. The decision to withdraw is the right move. Russia has failed to comply with the treaty in recent years, allowing them an advantage over the United States, which has continued to abide by the treaty. At this […]
United States President Donald Trump announced Friday that he will not certify Iran’s compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal. Trump said that while the US wouldn’t scrap the deal, it could “leave at any time”. Speaking at the White House, Trump said that “We cannot and will not make this certification. We will not continue […]
by Tyler Durden With each passing day and each new ICBM launch from a seemingly unhinged North Korean dictator, the fears of an attack on the U.S. mainland, though faint, increasingly weigh on the hearts and minds of Americans, particularly those in California. As The Guardian points out today, those fears have even prompted a group of California […]
(CNSNews.com) – Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told “Fox News Sunday” that he plans to draft sanctions against Pyongyang preventing countries who do business with them from doing business with the U.S. “We’ve already started with sanctions against North Korea, but I’m going to draft a sanctions package to send to the president for his strong […]
(CNSNews.com) – Kim Jong-un is “begging for war,” U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley told the U.N. Security Council on Monday, urging it to adopt the “strongest possible” measures against North Korea, because “only the strongest sanctions will enable us to resolve this problem through diplomacy.” Speaking at an emergency council session called in […]
By Ariel Natan PaskoWhy should Jews globally, and Israelis, care about what’s going on, way over there on the Korean peninsula? Because as good world citizens we should? Because the second largest Jewish community, after Israel, is being threatened in America? Because the North Koreans are Weapons of Mass Destruction proliferators? Because of their aiding […]
By Ted Cruz Ted Cruz, a Republican, represents Texas in the U.S. Senate. Four years ago, North Korea’s Rodong newspaper released a photograph of Kim Jong Un sitting in front of an intercontinental-ballistic-missile targeting map depicting Washington, Los Angeles and Austin. What once may have sparked laughter is no longer a joke. Kim’s latest successful ICBM test, last week, could […]
Saturday, Kim Jong Un tested an ICBM of sufficient range to hit the U.S. mainland. He is now working on its accuracy, and a nuclear warhead small enough to fit atop that missile that can survive re-entry. Unless we believe Kim is a suicidal madman, his goal seems clear. He wants what every nuclear power […]
(CNSNews.com) – Iran pledged Tuesday to retaliate after the Trump administration coupled its certification of the regime’s compliance with the nuclear deal with new sanctions targeting the ballistic missile program and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Calling the new measures “contemptible and worthless,” the foreign ministry said Iran would respond by imposing sanctions against […]
