At issue is a complex legal concept known as “severability” — that is, whether a specific provision can be “severed” from a larger law, without overturning the entire thing. In two recent rulings, Miller notes, the Supreme Court has tended to narrowly focus on “severable” provisions without overturning entire laws, which the court regards … Read more
U.S. and Russian negotiators made progress Monday on a new framework accord that would freeze each side’s nuclear arsenal and outline the parameters for a detailed treaty that would be negotiated next year, a senior Trump administration official said. The accord, if it comes together in the coming month, would give each side something it … Read more
White House news conference, Oct. 2, 2020. Georges Benjamin, MD, executive director, American Public Health Association. Amesh Adalja, MD, senior scholar, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, Baltimore, MD. Twitter: @ashishkjha, Oct. 2, 2020. Statement, Cleveland Clinic. Statement, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Statement, National Coalition of STD … Read more
The United Arab Emirates ramped up deliveries of military supplies to Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar this year, according to a confidential United Nations report, flouting an arms embargo as the Gulf state tried to salvage the leader’s military campaign and check the influence of regional rival Turkey. The U.A.E.’s military flights surged as Mr. Haftar fought to prevent … Read more
For decades, Kuwait has charted a neutral course in many of the Middle East’s intractable conflicts. But the death of its longtime ruler leaves his successor with a dilemma: whether or not to normalize ties with Israel without statehood for the Palestinians. Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, who died Tuesday, was a veteran diplomat who … Read more
KABUL—Deadly violence in Afghanistan has marred the first-ever direct talks between Kabul and the Taliban, underscoring the high stakes that face the warring sides as they struggle to get negotiations off the ground to end nearly two decades of fighting. Representatives of the Afghan government and the Taliban kicked off a historic first round of … Read more
President Trump used a virtual speech at the United Nations General Assembly to assail China on Tuesday, blaming Beijing for the coronavirus pandemic that has stricken the world while weighing on the global economy. “The United Nations must hold China accountable for their actions,” Mr. Trump said. Mr. Trump, facing a re-election challenge while grappling … Read more
TEHRAN—Iran has executed a wrestler and alleged murderer whose life President Trump had asked the country’s leaders to spare, Iranian state TV reported. “The retaliation sentence against Navid Afkari, the killer of Hassan Turkman, was carried out this morning in Adelabad prison in Shiraz,” the chief justice of Fars province, Kazem Mousavi, said Saturday, according … Read more
TEL AVIV—Bahrain and Israel will normalize ties in a U.S.-brokered deal, President Trump said Friday, advancing a broader realignment in the Middle East as Israel and Gulf Arab states find common cause against Iran. The deal signals a monumental shift in the region, where most Arab states previously had held off on making peace with … Read more
Sept. 9, 2020 — President Donald Trump knew in early February, before the first known U.S. death from COVID-19, that the new coronavirus could be transmitted through the air and was deadlier than the seasonal flu. “You just breathe the air and that’s how it’s passed,” he said in a Feb. 7 call with … Read more