US President-elect Donald Trump has announced his campaign manager, Susan Summerall Wiles, will serve as his White House chief of staff when he takes over the presidency next year. In a statement, Trump said that Wiles “just helped me achieve one of the greatest political victories in American history” and “is tough, smart, innovative, and…
President Donald Trump looks on as his nominee for the chairman of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell takes to the podium during a press event in the Rose Garden at the White House, November 2, 2017 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer | Getty Images Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Thursday that he will not…
The head of oil producer alliance OPEC brushed off forecasts of dwindling crude demand in the coming year, saying there was too much pessimism in the market — despite the group extending production cuts just one day prior in an attempt to shore up prices amid subdued global consumption. “Well, for OPEC, we have demand…
Hezbollah’s newly named leader Naim Kassem said in his first public comments aired Wednesday that the militant group will keep fighting in its ongoing war with Israel until it is offered cease-fire terms it deems acceptable. “If the Israelis decide to stop the aggression, we say that we accept, but according to the conditions that…
Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah on Tuesday announced that its deputy secretary, Sheikh Naim Qassem, had been elected as the chief of the anti-Israel armed group. Lebanon’s Hezbollah deputy leader Sheikh Naim Qassem speaks during a rally supporting Palestinians in Gaza.(Reuters file photo) “Hezbollah’s (governing) Shura Council agreed to elect… Sheikh Naim Qassem as secretary general…
