President Donald Trump is threatening Turkey with harsh economic sanctions if it attacks Kurdish forces in Syria.

Trump’s visit to the US Military raises concerns with an overtly political rally.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the Islamic State had already been dealt a huge blow and the presence of US troops there is in fact illegitimate.

The President is expected to spend about 48 hours there where he will engage in eight high-level meetings with other global leader.

US president Donald Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin will hold a summit in Finland on July 16th. This will be the first time that Trump and Putin will be meeting at a summit. Both world leaders had rubbed shoulders on the sidelines of major gatherings in the past.

The United States has withdrawn from the UN Human Rights Council. Washington is citing “chronic bias against Israel” as the reason. The decision was announced by Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the UN.