Even though I totally disagree with the outcome of the election, and the facts bear me out, nevertheless there will be an orderly transition on January 20th,” Trump said in a statement minutes after the US Congress formally certified Biden’s victory. Outgoing US President Donald Trump on Thursday offered the clearest signal yet that he […]

World leaders condemn ‘assault on democracy’ at US Capitol World leaders and governments on Wednesday expressed shock and outrage at the storming of the US Capitol in Washington by supporters of President Donald Trump. – Britain – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Twitter condemned the “disgraceful scenes in U.S. Congress. The United States stands […]

Saudi Arabia is accelerating trials of so-called dissidents, including a high-profile Saudi-American doctor, those it fears could become bargaining tools in a potential early showdown with Joe Biden’s incoming administration. The US president-elect has pledged to make the kingdom a “pariah” over its human rights failings after it largely got a free pass under President […]

Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani, said Thursday that the chaos unleashed on the US Capitol by US counterpart Donald Trump’s supporters exposed the fragility of Western democracy. “What we saw in the United States yesterday (Wednesday) evening and today shows above all how fragile and vulnerable Western democracy is,” Rouhani said in a speech broadcast by […]

American democracy is “limping on both feet” after the storming of the US Capitol by Donald Trump supporters, a senior Russian lawmaker said Thursday. Konstantin Kosachyov, the chair of the Russian upper house’s foreign affairs committee, said the stunning events in the US capital showed that Washington had no right to lecture other countries on […]