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WASHINGTON — As Gaza buries its dead and starves under siege, the Trump administration has quietly signed off on a 6.7 billion dollar surge of US weapons for Israel, adding new attack
Donald Trump is building a 250-foot Independence Arch on the Potomac, a White House grand ballroom, and more — a vanity construction campaign running alongside sinking approval ratings and a fractured rural base.
Saudi Deputy Defense Minister Khalid bin Salman and US Special Envoy to Yemen Tim Lenderking discussed on Wednesday the latest developments in the Yemeni crisis and UN efforts to reach a political
Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said on Wednesday that “the Syrian crisis cannot be resolved without an American-Russian dialogue,” calling for the importance of a “collective” Arab role for a solution in
Democratic lawmakers in the US Congress announced, on Tuesday, that they will not vote in favor of the budget if it includes a provision granting Israel military aid to support the Iron
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi called on Tuesday for “useful” nuclear negotiations that end with the lifting of sanctions imposed on his country. This came in a videotaped testimony given by the Iranian
On Tuesday, US President Joe Biden affirmed the United States’ commitment to Iraq’s long-term stability and strengthening bilateral relations between the two countries. This came during a meeting between Biden, on Tuesday,
The President of the Kurdistan region in northern Iraq, Nechirvan Barzani, and an American general discussed, on Tuesday, cooperation and coordination between Washington and Baghdad to ensure the final elimination of the
With the arrival of the first shipment of Iranian oil to Lebanon last Thursday, many questions surfaced about Washington’s silence towards the move, especially since it has long used sanctions against Tehran
U.S. President Joe Biden, who is due to speak before the UN General Assembly tomorrow, will say he “does not believe in the notion of a new Cold War,” an unnamed U.S.
An American court rejected a lawsuit filed by the American activist of Egyptian origin, Mohamed Sultan, against former Egyptian Prime Minister Hazem El-Beblawi, accusing him – and other officials – of “torturing”
On Monday, the Palestinian factions handed over a legal memorandum to the headquarters of the United Nations Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process “UNESCO”, rejecting an agreement signed between the United
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