In December 1978, Jimmy Carter who has died aged 100 outlined his belief that American strategic decisions abroad should be shaped by an adherence to human rights. “Human rights is the soul of our foreign policy … because human rights is the soul of our sense of nationhood.”
President-elect Donald Trump has declared that he is a "believer in H-1B" visas, quashing the opposition to the programme for qualified professionals to work in the US that pitted the right-wing fringe against his advisers Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy.
US President-elect Donald Trump has repeated his call to acquire the Panama Canal, Canada, and Greenland, citing national security and economic benefits, in his Christmas greetings.
The US Congress narrowly averted a government shutdown with the passage of a bipartisan funding bill, but the process laid bare the persistent challenges of governance in an era of heightened partisanship and external influences.
US President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday in a strong-worded statement threatened Panama to give the canal back to them, and said that it was a vital asset of the US.
On January 7, Bolton had said that he is willing to testify in the expected Senate impeachment trial of the president, a surprise development that could complicate a weeks-long dispute over how the trial would play out.
Donald Trump's two-day visit to India could take place on February 24-26.
''We reiterate our view that the final status issues should be resolved through direct negotiations between the two parties and be acceptable to both. We urge the parties to engage with each other, including on the recent proposals put forward by the US, to final an acceptable two-state solution for peaceful coexistence,'' External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said.
Erdogan further said that Russia was not abiding by the Sochi or Astana agreements regarding Syria's northwestern Idlib province.
Germany, the EU's most powerful player, echoed Borrell's point by calling for a balanced approach.
