Fear, joy and calls for a strong Europe: France reacts to Trump win

PARIS — A cen­tu­ry of straw polls at the icon­ic Harry’s Bar in Paris have accu­rate­ly called almost every U.S. elec­tion. This Novem­ber was no dif­fer­ent. The tal­lies dis­played on the bar’s win­dow on a chilly Wednes­day morn­ing were anoth­er reminder of Don­ald Trump’s deci­sive vic­to­ry — with uncer­tain con­se­quences for France and Europe. Even as…

Analysts welcome Nigeria’s security pact with Niger

abu­ja, nige­ria — Nige­ria and neigh­bor­ing Niger have signed an agree­ment to boost their secu­ri­ty coop­er­a­tion, despite ten­sions fol­low­ing a coup in Niger more than a year ago. The Niger­ian army announced the secu­ri­ty coop­er­a­tion pact on Tues­day in a com­mu­nique. The coun­tries’ defense chiefs signed the accord this week in Niamey, Niger’s cap­i­tal. It’s the first military…

Assassination again shows Netanyahu’s disregard for US-Israel relations

Hamas killing is fur­ther snub to Biden admin­is­tra­tion, which does not share meth­ods or objec­tives of Israeli leader Stand­ing along­side Don­ald Trump in Flori­da a week ago, Ben­jamin Netanyahu was vague on the lat­est prospect of a cease­fire in the war in Gaza. “I hope we are going to have a deal. Time will tell,” the…