Turkey: U.S. doubles down with sanctions over fate of detained Pastor

The United States is planning to impose on Turkey fresh sanctions should Turkish authorities not release the detained American Pastor that President Donald Trump qualified as a “great patriot hostage”. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in a meeting with President Trump Read more

Turkey: Ankara threatens U.S. with retaliation following sanctions

Turkey Wednesday slammed the US sanctions targeting two key ministers of the cabinet and vowed to take equivalent measures in retaliation if necessary. The U.S. Treasury Wednesday pressed sanctions against Turkish Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gul and Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu Read more

Gulf Crisis: Tillerson lost his job for preventing invasion of Qatar – The Intercept

Former U.S. Secretary of State lost his job after he ruined plans by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to militarily invade Qatar amid the ongoing diplomatic showdown opposing the peninsula and its neighbors, The Intercept reports citing Read more

Iran requests end of hostile campaign, return to 2015 deal before talks proposed by Trump

A senior advisor to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani Monday said President Donald Trump’s offer for talks with the Islamic Republic must be preceded by lessening the ongoing international hostile campaign and the return of the Unites States to the 2015 Read more

Turkey: Ankara rejects U.S. threats for American Pastor’s release

President Tayyip Erdogan’s office and the foreign minister Thursday indicated that the United States will not attain the release of US pastor Andrew Craig Brunson with threats. The reaction came after President Donald Trump and Vice-President Mike Pence threatened to Read more