Epstein Secrets

Russia support economic sanctions. Yet the Russian government finds itself in a bind. Its calculation that Assad would prevail over the opposition, Bahrain-style, woefully overlooked the external dimension to the Syrian drama. Now it's accused of protecting the "butcher of Damascus," while China withdr

ationalisation of YPF, the Spanish-owned oil company, in Argentina and First Quantum, the Canadian mining enterprise, in the Democratic Republic of Congo is testimony to this new era of resource strife between investors and host governments. The race for new resources has also opened frontiers, not l

regime's miserable human rights record to the ad- ministration, members of Congress, think tanks, and other opinion makers in the United States." Bahrain spent over $32 million between 2011, when political protests broke out, and 2015 on political consultants in the United States and Britain. During

dinand Marcos, the strongman of the Philippines until 1986; Mobutu Sese Seko, the klepto- cratic dictator of what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo; Sani Abacha, a Nigerian military ruler; and Viktor Yanukovych, president of Ukraine from 2010 to 2014, when he was forced to abandon the presidenc

eat, and the U.S. response has ranged from indifference to accommodation. The Saudis see Iran trying to encircle them with its Quds Force active in Bahrain, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen and their own eastern province. The Saudis see an Iranian effort to shift the balance of forces in the region dramatic

allows for the signatories to carry out water projects on the Nile without the approval of Egypt. South Sudan said it will join the agreement while Congo and Eretria remained on the sidelines. But the agreement was opposed by both Egypt and Sudan, which, following the overthrow of Egypt's Muslim Brot

d Qatar met...for the first time since an agreement last month to end a rift of more than three years." According to Reuters, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt "agreed in January at a summit in Saudi's al-Ula to restore diplomatic, trade and travel ties with Doha, which had been severed in 2017 o

t when park rangers opened fire." Attanasio "was hit in the abdomen and died several hours later at the U.N. hospital in the regional capital Goma, Congo's interior ministry said." Attanasio's bodyguard, Vittorio Iacovacci was also killed, as well as driver Mustapha Milambo. The AP (2/22, Kamale, Winf

l-Qaeda plot to take over much of the country prompts the closure of the U.S. Embassy and a frantic-looking burst of drone strikes. And never mind Bahrain, another close U.S. ally where another autocratic regime is brutally suppressing protests this week without a peep of objection from Washington. O

rn a realist; Obama is a convert. He has explained his reluctance to intervene forcefully in Syria by asking why he should act there and not in the Congo, where even more people have been killed -- a strangely rhetorical question from a man who has embraced the principle that states have a responsibi

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covers a range of small business perspectives on everything from the economy and healthcare to hiring and minimum wage. Gen. Mark Milley arrives in Bahrain on Monday. (Idrees Ali/Reuters) -- The top U.S. military officer voiced public support today for Esper's decision to allow Gallagher to remain a Na

celled a planned 60th birthday party for Andrew in February and has downsized it to a small family gathering." -- A small plane crashed in eastern Congo, killing at least 27 people. From Reuters: "The propeller plane, which was operated by local company Busy Bee, crashed shortly after take-off en ro

overs a range of small business perspectives on everything from the economy and healthcare to hiring and minimum wage. Gen. Mark Milley arrives in Bahrain on Monday. (Idrees Ali/Reuters) -- The top U.S. military officer voiced public support today for Esper's decision to allow Gallagher to remain a Na

ancelled a planned 60th birthday party for Andrew in February and has downsized it to a small family gathering." — A small plane crashed in eastern Congo, killing at least 27 people. From Reuters: "The propeller plane, which was operated by local company Busy Bee, crashed shortly after take-off en ro