Pompeo is in Saudi Arabia to make sure they dance to the same tune as the USA and stop the fight with Qatar. This skirmish between the Saudis and Qatar is a fly in the ointment as the USA has its biggest military base there. It is a hindrance to the US next move: destroy the deal made with Iran. This is why the 5th and 6th Fleet are in the vicinity of the Middle East. Forget Syria: too many bloody Ruskies there... But hitting Iran? That's on the cards...

The French judicial investigation into the relationship between the French group Lafarge and jihadist groups committed to destabilizing the Syrian government, has just shed light on the close ties between this transnational and the French Secret Services.

Trump reiterated his stance that Tehran should not be able obtain a nuclear weapon, but refused to discuss any military options to that end. 

Approximately 1,100 Marines and Sailors spent four days enjoying Italian culture, touring local sites and enjoying time off the ship as part of a regularly scheduled deployment that began Feb. 7, 2018.

It was reported in mid-April that Pompeo had flown to North Korea and met with Kim Jong Un earlier in the year.

Just a few weeks into the AFL season, a cloud has been cast over the reputation of the newly unwrapped Perth Stadium thanks to public criticism of one of its key aspects — the turf.

Putting a family member at the heart of your pitch for a new tax is a high-wire political strategy.

It's now clear why the finance sector fought so hard against a banking royal commission.

Evidence of lies, deceit and fraud just keep on coming at the commission, much of it has occurred under the noses of directors holding some of the country's most prestigious positions.

British republicans say they are "disappointed" Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull did not try to stop the Prince of Wales from being anointed as the next head of the Commonwealth.

We all have motivations. Some of these are irrelevant to the social construct, but most, overtly or subconsciously are shaped to fit the general social endeavours. 

homines enim et vindicaverunt vindicta contra naturam

I do not know which edition of "Shooting History" by Jon Snow contained these semi-prophetic, but not politically heeded words, though I think these were in the 2004 edition.