Tag: USA

(Iran/USA) Expert sees issues irrelevant to JCPOA as obstacle to Iran-US agreement (IRNA)

Issues of missile program and the region, which are irrelevant to the nuclear deal, can seriously hinder any agreement between Iran and the United...

(USA/Houthis) Why the US is wrong to designate the Houthis as ‘terrorists’ (Sarah Leah Whitson, Al Jazeera)

On January 10, then US Secretary of State Pompeo announced that the Trump administration was designating Ansar Allah, the de facto Houthi-led government in...

(USA/Europe/UK) Deplatforming Trump Puts Big Tech Under Fresh Scrutiny (Harriet Moynihan, Chatham House)

The response of digital platforms to the US Capitol riots raises questions about online content governance. The EU and UK are starting to come...

(USA) Feds: Texas man charged in Capitol riots threatened to kill AOC (Ben Leonard, Politico)

Garret Miller of Dallas County, Texas, posted often on social media about his involvement in the deadly riots during which insurrectionists and rioters stormed...

(USA) ‘Congress is going to do what Congress does’: Biden administration confirms hands-off impeachment stance (Ben Leonard, Politico)

Both the White House press secretary and Kamala Harris’s communications director punted on impeachment in recent public appearances. https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/23/biden-trump-impeachment-trial-461643

(Russia/USA) US attempts of incitement to have negative impact on ties with Russia – foreign ministry (TASS)

The ministry stated that the US diplomatic mission in Moscow had again shown disregard for diplomatic norms and rules https://tass.com/politics/1248197

(Russia/USA) US diplomats to give explanations over “protest routes’ in Russia – diplomat (TASS)

The US embassy in Moscow also injected the information about a ‘march on the Kremlin’, Maria Zakharova said https://tass.com/politics/1248177

(Russia/USA) Russian Foreign Ministry urges US to stop interfering in Russia’s affairs (TASS)

The United States should deal with own internal problems, the Russian Foreign Ministry noted https://tass.com/politics/1248175

(UK/USA) Johnson, Biden discuss climate change, COVID-19 (Al Jazeera)

British PM ‘looks forward to deepening alliance’ with the US in first phone call with Biden since his inauguration. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/24/johnson-biden-discuss-climate-change-covid-19

(USA) Senate Republican warns Trump impeachment could set precedent (Al Jazeera)

John Cornyn says ‘former Democratic Presidents’ could be impeached if Senate moves ahead with Donald Trump’s trial. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/23/senate-republican-warns-trump-impeachment-could-set-precedent

(Rural Colombian Groups/USA) Rural Colombian groups seek help from new US gov’t amid violence (Steven Grattan, Al Jazeera)

Rural Indigenous and Black communities continue to live in fear as armed groups vie for control of territory. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/23/rural-colombian-groups-seek-help-from-new-us-govt-amid-violence

(USA/Canada) Biden to meet Trudeau next month to discuss pandemic response (Al Jazeera)

Canadian prime minister was the first foreign leader to speak with the new US president in a call highlighting ‘enduring’ ties between two neighbours. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/23/biden-trudeau-to-meet-next-month-collaborate-on-pandemic-respon

(USA/Afghanistan) Biden administration to review US-Taliban deal (Al Jazeera)

Under a February 2020 deal, US forces are to leave Afghanistan by May 2021 in exchange for counterterrorism guarantees. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/23/biden-administration-to-review-us-taliban-deal

(Iran/USA) Senior diplomat says Iran not interested in direct talks with new US admin “yet” (IRNA)

Iran is not keen "yet" to hold direct talks with new US administration because Tehran is of the opinion that the 2015 nuclear deal...

(USA) Several governors order National Guard troops out of D.C. (Ben Leonard, Politico)

Republican governors of New Hampshire, Florida, Texas and Montana all now have said they’re calling Guardsmen from their states home. https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/23/national-guard-troops-dc-461597

(Europe/USA) EU jitters over US return to Paris Agreement (Kalina Oroschakoff, Karl Mathiesen, Politico)

The bloc is gearing up for a relationship in which ‘competition will prevail over cooperation.’ https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-jitters-over-us-climate-biden-trump-green-deal-return-to-paris-agreement/