VoxEuropean Union UK leaders insist Brexit will happen by Oct. 31 despite an extension requestVoxSenior officials in the British government said Sunday the country will leave the European Union by the end of the month, despite Prime Minister Boris Johnson sending EU leaders a letter requesting another
VoxIslamic State (ISIS) US troops leaving Syria will fight ISIS from IraqVoxOne week ago, US Defense Secretary Mark Esper announced nearly all US troops in Syria would be withdrawn; Sunday, Esper said those troops will be stationed in western Iraq where they will continue the
VoxWorld News State Department talking points counter Trump’s optimistic message on SyriaVoxPresident Donald Trump has continuously championed his decision with withdraw US troops from northern Syria, calling the subsequent Turkish invasion of the area “strategically brilliant” for America. his
VoxUK Parliament The UK Parliament just blew up Boris Johnson’s Brexit plansVoxThe British Parliament has made Boris Johnson’s premiership very difficult. Saturday was no exception. This time, it spoiled the vote on his Brexit deal. On Saturday, Parliament approved an amendment,
VoxWorld News In London, hundreds of thousands demand another chance to vote on BrexitVoxAs Parliament met in London Saturday morning and voted to force a Brexit delay, hundreds of thousands of anti-Brexit protesters marched in the city’s streets demanding citizens be given a second chance
VoxDonald Trump Trump loves dictators. Erdogan is the latest to take advantage of that.VoxPresident Donald Trump is bragging that his decision last week to withdraw US troops from northern Syria — leaving America’s allies, the Syrian Kurds, to fend for themselves against invading Turkish forces
VoxDonald Trump The White House admits to a Ukraine quid pro quo. Just not that one.VoxActing White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney admitted — on camera, in front of reporters, in the White House briefing room — that the Trump administration withheld military aid to Ukraine to get it
VoxWorld News The Syrian ceasefire the US brokered is already falling apartVoxIt took less than a day for the ceasefire in Syria that President Donald Trump said was “Great for everybody” to fall apart. On Thursday, Vice President Mike Pence and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
VoxWorld News The US and Turkey reached a Syrian ceasefire. But what does that mean?VoxThe United States and Turkey have agreed to a ceasefire in northeastern Syria, a week after President Donald Trump withdrew US troops from the Kurdish-held area, effectively clearing the way for a Turkish
VoxDonald Trump Rand Paul just blocked a vote to condemn President Donald Trump’s withdrawal of troops in SyriaVoxSen. Rand Paul (R-KY), a longtime opponent of “endless wars,” just blocked a resolution condemning President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw American troops from northern Syria. “I object to this because
VoxDonald Trump Top Trump official throws Giuliani under the bus in impeachment inquiry statementVoxOne of the main players under investigation in the House impeachment inquiry used his opening testimony to lawmakers Thursday to throw Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, under the
VoxUK Parliament The UK and EU have a new Brexit agreement. But it’s not a done deal yet.VoxThe European Union and the United Kingdom have a Brexit deal — again. After days of furious negotiations, Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government and the EU achieved a revised agreement that would take
VoxU.S. Politics The death of a British teen has put a strain on the US-UK relationshipVoxHarry Dunn, a 19-year-old British man, was killed in a crash with a Volvo while riding his motorcycle in Northamptonshire, England, in late August. Dunn died close to the Royal Air Force Croughton, which
VoxU.S. Politics “Don’t be a tough guy. Don’t be a fool!”: Read Trump’s wild letter to Turkey’s ErdoganVoxPresident Donald Trump sent a letter to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan last week urging him to make a deal with the Kurds, saying: “Don’t be a tough guy. Don’t be a fool!” The letter is dated 9,
VoxDonald Trump House Republicans joined Democrats in condemning Trump’s actions in SyriaVoxIn a bipartisan rebuke to President Donald Trump, the US House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed a resolution condemning his decision to pull United States troops out of Syria, abandoning US
VoxU.S. Politics Trump told 6 falsehoods about Syria in 4 minutesVoxIn the span of about four minutes, President Donald Trump made at least six false statements on the unfolding crisis in Syria triggered by his decision last week to withdraw US troops. Sitting alongside
VoxKim Il-sung The serious message behind Kim Jong Un’s silly horse photosVoxNorth Korea has released a series of photos of leader Kim Jong Un riding a majestic white horse atop a snowy mountain — and they’re as gloriously hilarious as you’d think. One should typically be cautious
VoxHong Kong Google employees are fighting over their company’s decision to ban a Hong Kong protest video game appVoxThe fight between pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong and the Chinese government is now playing out on the internal message boards of one of the world’s largest tech companies. Google employees have
VoxTrump Administration Former White House official bolsters the Trump-Ukraine whistleblower’s allegationsVoxPresident Donald Trump insists that his and his team’s actions toward Ukraine were nothing short of “perfect.” But Fiona Hill, who until July directed Russian and European affairs for the National Security
VoxTurkey Trump sanctions Turkey for the Syria invasion his troop withdrawal allowedVoxPresident Donald Trump has sanctioned Turkey for its Syria invasion, a little more than a week after appearing to give Ankara the go-ahead to launch its long-planned operation. Trump issued an executive
VoxWorld News ISIS breakouts, US troop withdrawals, Assad advances: the weekend in Syria newsVoxThis past weekend was an unmitigated disaster for President Donald Trump’s policy in Syria and the fight against ISIS — not to mention America’s allies in the country and the Syrian people who hoped to
VoxU.S. Politics As conflict mounts at Syrian border, US will withdraw almost all its troops from the countryVoxA thousand US troops will be withdrawn from northern Syria as “quickly as possible,” Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Sunday, a day after President Donald Trump approved the withdrawal that would completely
VoxImmigration Acting DHS Secretary Kevin McAleenan just resignedVoxKevin McAleenan, the acting Secretary of Homeland Security who attempted to distinguish himself from immigration hardliners in the Trump administration while leading the agency charged with carrying out
VoxChina US and China reach a “phase one” trade dealVoxThe US and China struck a partial trade deal on Friday, reaching a truce in their months-long trade war that’s rattled global markets and put President Donald Trump under pressure at home. Trump announced
VoxUK Parliament 11 questions about Brexit you were too embarrassed to askVoxThe United Kingdom’s divorce with the European Union — better known as Brexit — has become a drawn-out, contentious affair without an obvious resolution. The UK is deeply and bitterly divided on how it
VoxAbiy Ahmed Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed wins Nobel Peace PrizeVoxEthiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed had only been in office a few months when he jump-started a peace process to finally end a 20-year conflict with neighboring Eritrea. Now, for those efforts, he’s been
VoxU.S. Politics Trump says he’s ending US role in Middle East wars. He’s sending 1,800 troops to Saudi Arabia.VoxThe Trump administration will send nearly 2,000 troops and advanced military equipment to Saudi Arabia to deter threats from Iran — a move that will increase America’s presence in the Middle East, even
VoxDonald Trump 17 former Watergate prosecutors say Trump should be impeachedVoxSeventeen former special prosecutors who investigated the Watergate scandal have weighed in on the unspooling Ukraine saga, and they believe that President Donald Trump should be impeached. In a joint
VoxIdentity Thich Nhat Hanh’s final mindfulness lesson: how to die peacefullyVoxThich Nhat Hanh has done more than perhaps any Buddhist alive today to articulate and disseminate the core Buddhist teachings of mindfulness, kindness, and compassion to a broad global audience. The Vietnamese
