As national security advisor, John Bolton acted as a break on US President Donald Trump's neo-isolationism. With Bolton's departure, the future of US diplomacy with North Korea, the Taliban and even Tehran now hangs in the balance.
Company, which has exclusive rights to extract minerals near the Dead Sea, says expansion will increase production capacity of TBBA, a bromine compound used primarily in the manufacturing of printed circuit boards for the electronics industry, by up to 25,000 metric tons annually.
Trump administration says the world should take action on Iran's noncompliance with the 2015 nuclear deal amid new questions about Iranian activities raised by the UN atomic watchdog. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says Iran is trying to deceive the world by refusing to fully cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Officials and a source close to Trump said the US president had grown weary of Bolton's hawkish tendencies and bureaucratic battles. As national security adviser, Bolton argued against Trump's suggestions of a possible meeting with the Iranian leadership and pressed the president not to let up pressure on North Korea.
Sources in Washington acknowledged that there is no contradiction between Netanyahu’s plan to annex the Jordan Valley and Trump’s peace plan. It is impossible to overstate the significance of these statements.
