On May 7, the Associated Press published an unconfirmed report indicating that the Trump Administration is considering adopting the term “Arabian Gulf” in place of the historically established name “Persian Gulf.” During a press briefing, President Trump remained deliberately noncommittal, stating, “I don’t want to hurt any feelings,” and added that he would make a final determination during his upcoming visit to the Middle East. As of this writing, no official change has been enacted, but speculation is mounting that the administration may soon formalize the use of “Arabian Gulf” in official U.S. communications. This would mark the second instance of the Trump Administration attempting to revise a long-standing geographic name, following the recent executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America.”
Towards a Euro-Rwanda policy? The proposed new EU asylum law rules on ‘safe third countries’ – Go Health Pro
Professor Steve Peers, Royal Holloway University of London Photo credit: Home Office, via Wikimedia Commons – the former Home Secretary meets Rwanda’s foreign minister Introduction An unlawful attempt to remove asylum-seekers to an unsafe country that they had no connection with, in breach of basic human rights – as confirmed by the Supreme Court. … Read more
