Diplomatic Cross

News-Disk (Reuter) -The summit on Friday and Saturday in Charlevoix, Quebec, will be the first chance that G7 leaders will have to confront Trump in person since he imposed tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Canada, Mexico, and the European Union last week. After details of May’s current schedule for the trip were distributed to journalists traveling with her to Canada, officials confirmed that no formal bilateral with Trump was expected. They did not rule out a one-to-one meeting in a different format. May signaled that Britain wanted the European Union to use restraint in its retaliation to the U.S. tariffs and said she would continue to promote the benefits of free trade. “Obviously the European Union will be responding. We want to ensure, and we’re working with others in the European Union to ensure, that that response is proportionate, that it is within the WTO rules,” she told reporters. “As the United Kingdom ... we want to be a great champion for...

President Trump on Thursday pulled out of a highly anticipated summit meeting with Kim Jong-un, accusing the North Koreans of bad faith and lamenting that “this missed opportunity is a truly sad moment in history.” The president made his announcement in a remarkably personal, at times mournful-sounding letter to Mr. Kim, North Korea’s leader, in which he cited the North’s “tremendous anger and open hostility” in recent public statements as the specific reason for canceling the meeting. Mr. Trump said later that the meeting, which had been scheduled for June 12 in Singapore, could still happen, and North Korea issued a strikingly conciliatory response, saying it hoped Mr. Trump would reconsider. But Mr. Trump also renewed talk of military action against the North and vowed to keep pressing economic sanctions, guaranteeing that for now, at least, his unlikely courtship of Mr. Kim will give way to a more familiar cycle of threats and tension.

The Trump administration has withdrawn all assistance from northwest Syria, CBS News reported on Friday, a move it said demonstrated that the United States intends to leave Syria quickly once Daesh is fully defeated. US Military helicopters carry troops to the Middle East, on October 19, 2016. [File photo] Webdesk -Islamabad-  Citing unnamed administration officials, CBS said tens of millions of dollars will be cut from previous US-backed efforts including projects for “countering violent extremism, supporting independent society and independent media, strengthening education, and advocating for community policing.” The decision was made over the last few weeks after President Donald Trump asked for a review of all US assistance to Syria, CBS said. “The US assistance in the northwestern region is viewed as not having a great impact on Syria in the long-term,” CBS said. The White House and the State Department did not immediately respond to Reuters requests...

President Donald Trump has been under fire from media for his super natural ability of decision making from the very day he got the keys of office. From breaking out of Trans-Pacific Partnership to building wall on Mexican border from decision on transgender troops and now the decision of breaking out of Iran nuclear deal, his life at office is full of such controversial decisions. Other than Saudi Arabia and Israel most of countries rejected US decision of cancelling the Nuclear deal. Many critiques of his decision came up hard on this including former US president Barack Obama who called it as "so misguided" and a "serious mistake".  Former US president Barack Obama on his Facebook page responded to this "There are few issues more important to the security of the US than the potential spread of nuclear weapons, or the potential for even more destructive war in the Middle East. That’s why the US negotiated the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) i...

To talk about the future of Iran's nuclear deal, Frederick Mogerney will hold a meeting in Brussels on Tuesday, EU Foreign Minister, UK, France and Germany. This statement has been issued by the European Union Foreign Affairs Department, which has been said that Iran's Foreign Minister Jawad Zafar will meet all three foreign ministers and senior officials of the European Union. Meanwhile, French Foreign Minister Bruno Ley Meyer has said that Europe did not consider America as "the economic policeman of the world," and emphasized that the next step in Iran's agreement was to develop the French interests Be considered In an interview to 'Europe One Radio' on Friday, Leir Meyer said European countries should defend their "economic power". German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday that the separation of the United States from the nuclear deal will cause a sense of confidence in global thinking. However, he said that there is no need ...

  U.S. President Donald Trump said he would maintain sanctions pressure on Pyongyang ahead of his own unprecedented meeting with Kim Jong Un. (Reuter ) The North’s KCNA news agency separately released the joint statement North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in presented on Friday after the first summit in more than a decade between the two Koreas. Kim and Moon had pledged to work for “complete denuclearization” of the Korean peninsula and agreed on a common goal of a “nuclear-free” peninsula. “At the talks both sides had a candid and open-hearted exchange of views on the matters of mutual concern including the issues of improving the north-south relations, ensuring peace on the Korean Peninsula and the denuclearization of the peninsula,” KCNA said, reporting that the night wrapped up with a dinner with an “amicable atmosphere overflowing with feelings of blood relatives.” A day after the meeting between Kim and Moon produced dramatic imag...

فرانسیسی صدر کا کہنا تھا کہ مغرب، قوم پرستی پر مشتمل جذبات کو اس لبرل نظام پر حاوی ہونے کی اجازت نہیں دے سکتا جو مغربی ملکوں نے دوسری جنگِ عظیم کے بعد طے کیا تھا واشنگٹن ڈی سی —  فرانس کے صدر ایمانوئیل میخواں نے امریکی کانگریس کے ارکان پر زور دیا ہے کہ وہ اس بات کو یقینی بنائیں کہ امریکہ ایران کے ساتھ عالمی طاقتوں کے جوہری معاہدے سے وابستہ رہے۔ بدھ کو واشنگٹن ڈی سی میں کانگریس کے دونوں ایوانوں کے مشترکہ اجلاس سے خطاب کرتے ہوئے  اور اس کے لیے ضروری ہے کہ موجودہ معاہدے کو برقرار رکھا جائے۔ اپنے 49 منٹ طویل خطاب میں فرانسیسی صدر نے اپنے امریکی ہم منصب ڈونلڈ ٹرمپ کی جانب سے ایران معاہدے کی سخت مخالفت کا براہِ راست حوالہ تو نہیں دیا لیکن انہوں نے کانگریس کے ارکان پر زور دیا کہ وہ امریکہ کے اس معاہدے سے جڑے رہنے کے لیے اپنا کردار کریں۔ صدر ڈونلڈ ٹرمپ اپنے پیش رو براک اوباما کے دورِ صدارت میں طے پانے والے اس معاہدے کے کڑے ناقد ہیں اور بارہا اس معاہدے کو "وحشیانہ" اور "مضحکہ خیز" قرار دیتے ہوئے اس سے الگ ہونے کا عندیہ دے چکے ہیں۔ امریکی حکام کا کہنا...

AFP |  Updated  April 25, 2018 Facebook Count Twitter Share     Press freedom around the world is under threat from a triple whammy of US President Donald Trump, Russia and China's bid to crush all dissent, a watchdog said on Wednesday. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) warned that a "climate of hatred and animosity" towards journalists combined with growing attempts to control the media pose a "threat to democracies". Its  annual report  said that reporters were the target of a growing wave of authoritarianism with leaders whipping up hostility against them. The group accused the world's three superpowers — the US, China and Russia — of leading the charge against press freedom, with Trump regularly launching personal attacks on reporters and Beijing exporting its "media control model" to strangle dissent elsewhere in Asia. The slide towards "strongman" and populist politics in Europe, stoked by Moscow, was threa...

(Reuters) U.S. administration officials are preparing for an unprecedented summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, but basic details, including where and when it will happen and negotiating tactics, are still being worked out. The summit would be the first-ever meeting between a serving U.S. president and a North Korean leader, and will follow one between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Kim on Friday. Trump has said his meeting with Kim could take place in late May or June but has warned it could be called off if he did not think it could deliver the desired results. Prospects were boosted on Saturday when Kim announced an end to nuclear and missiles tests, saying North Korea was scrapping its nuclear test site and pursuing economic growth and peace. U.S. and South Korean officials say Kim has said he is willing to discuss denuclearization, but he said nothing on Saturday about giving up his existing nuclear weapons. Trump and other ...