Epstein Secrets

king control of government buildings. The White House then raised the possibility of Iran-style sanctions against Russian banks. Secretary of State John Kerry indicated that "all options" were on the table. But as happened with Syria in August, the White House had issued threats before assembling the appr

s against Russian banks. Secretary of State John Kerry indicated that "all options" were on the table.

dom's pivot to the east. Long before the American pivot, Saudi Arabia has reoriented its economic and political priorities to South and East Asia. Salman arrived in Beijing on March 13 for his first visit to China. Last month, the crown prince visited Pakistan, Japan, India and the Maldives. The two

his time and attention on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas over the past year, Secretary of State John F. Kerry has failed to persuade either to budge from widely divergent positions on the terms of Palestinian statehood. Mr. Pollard's possible release looks

ments in the West Bank. Mr. Abbas, who had vowed not to seek membership in international bodies until the April 29 expiration of the talks that Mr. Kerry started last summer, said he was taking this course because Israel had failed to release a fourth batch of long-serving Palestinian prisoners by th

the king took the unprecedented step of naming Muqrin deputy crown prince. And in a very directly worded pronouncement, the king decreed that when Salman becomes king, Muqrin will immediately become crown prince. That removed some amount of discretion from Salman, which is interesting. There are all

comments to Congress by US climate envoy John F. Kerry, who "delivered a dire warning Wednesday on `the

c Thiessen highlights several climate-related facts published by Steven E. Koonin in the context of recent comments to Congress by US climate envoy John F. Kerry, who "delivered a dire warning Wednesday on `the mounting costs...of global warming and of a more volatile climate." The assessments by Koonin, one

econvene if [Netanyahu] and Defense Minister Benny Gantz decide to move in that direction." Reuters (5/16, al- Mughrabi, Farrell) and the CNN (5/16, Salman, Dahman, Tawfeeq, 89.21M) and CNBC (5/16, Newburger, 7.34M) websites are among the other outlets with updates on the fighting. Netanyahu: "We'll Do