The world’s appreciation of United States leadership has dropped to a new low since Donald Trump became president one year ago, according to a new Gallup poll. Median admiration of U.S. leadership now stands at 30 percent in 134 countries and regions, lower than it was under the leadership of Trump’s two most recent predecessors, Barack […]
RAWALPINDI, PAKISTAN — Pakistan has warned the United States against undertaking any “unilateral” military action on its soil and rejected as baseless accusations of “inaction” against the Haqqani Network plotting deadly attacks in neighboring Afghanistan. Chief military spokesman Major-General Asif Ghafoor reiterated Thursday that Pakistani forces have undertaken “indiscriminate operations” against terrorists, including Haqqanis,” rendering […]
WHITE HOUSE — With the number of journalists imprisoned worldwide at an all-time high, press freedom groups are drawing a direct line between President Donald Trump’s verbal slugfest with some of America’s most venerable news institutions and the adoption of his “fake news” mantra by autocrats and dictators around the world. “We’re seeing an unprecedented […]
UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations General Assembly approved a resolution rejecting U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, as the U.N. envoy warned the vote will determine how the U.S. looks “at countries who disrespect us at the U.N.” “The United States will remember this day in which it was singled out for attack in […]