With an "America - and Israel - first" approach, the incoming US Ambassador could be on a collision course with the UN, not least over her view Israel has a "biblical right" to the West Bank.

This post modifies and updates an interview with Mohammad Ali Haqshenas, a journalist with the International Quran News Agency, published under its auspices on January 22, 2025. It is affected by the assumption of the US presidency by Donald Trump and the early days of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement negotiated during the Biden presidency

The outgoing U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says she watched America’s leadership diminish in the world during Donald Trump’s first presidency and saw China fill the vacuum.

We live in an increasingly dangerous and threatening world. There are more flashpoints in today’s global geopolitics than we have seen in decades, presenting a generational challenge to the incoming administration of Donald Trump and all of America’s elected leadership.

President Donald Trump said on the 23rd (local time) that he would attempt diplomacy again with North Korean Chairman Kim Jong Un. In a Fox News interview released that day, President Trump responded "I will" when host Sean Hannity asked, "Will you reach out to him again?"

Donald Trump's presidency has kicked off with an unprecedented wave of executive actions aimed at dismantling "woke ideologies" and reshaping federal policies. He has vowed a revolution of common sense.

I would have sympathized with liberals’ chagrin over U.S. President Donald Trump’s re-election. In fact, I was for a time a “never Trumper.” But then came October 7, and my litmus test for political leadership became the answer to two questions: what will you do to help Israel survive the genocidal onslaught of terror entities on multiple fronts;

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Some fear the wannabe whale psychiatrist heading for the White House will undo progress on climate action and marine protection.

Many people in Somaliland are convinced that the United States, under the incoming presidency of Donald Trump, is poised to become the world's first country to recognise the self-declared republic.

The outgoing U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says she watched America’s leadership diminish in the world during Donald Trump’s first presidency and saw China fill the vacuum.

COLUMN. The new American president's strategy is out of step with the economic landscape in the United States. In his column, the economist argues that it would be better for the US to maintain its technological lead and remain open to the world.