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Ethics experts are concerned about the ramifications of Trump accepting a plane
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday accepted Qatar’s offer to donate a plane to the Department of Defense during his visit to the Middle East. The plane is not a gift to him, but to the Department of Defense, Trump said. A White House official told Reuters that Trump would not be presenting or accepting…
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After talking to Trump and Putin, the Kremlin said it would stop strikes on the Ukrainian energy sector
The White House said that US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin discussed “the need to stop proliferation of strategic weapons” in a phone call on Monday. Trump and Putin also discussed the Middle East and agreed that it could serve as a place for potential cooperation to prevent future conflicts, the…
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U.S. and Russia talk about ending the war in Ukraine
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu met Russian PM Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Moscow on Monday for talks on a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Netanyahu said that they talked about how to “complete the change in the Middle East” under US President Donald Trump. He added that he and Zelenskyy discussed “the prospects of a peace agreement…
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Netanyahu ignores calls for a cease-fire at the U.N as Israel strikes Lebanon
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said, “We will continue to attack Iran and its proxies anywhere in the Middle East.” He added that Israel is “winning” on multiple fronts and would attack Iran and its proxies anywhere in the Middle East. Netanyahu made the comments during an address to the United Nations General Assembly on Friday.
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The rallies try to change the lyrics from “Crooked Joe” to “Comrade Kamala”
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday spoke from behind bulletproof glass for the first outdoor rally since an attempted assassination earlier this year. Trump spoke at a rally in North Carolina focused on national security. Earlier, he blamed US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for the Afghanistan withdrawal and the wars in…
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Newly undecided voters could be crucial for Harris
US Vice President Kamala Harris has said that Gaza should be a part of Israel’s “special place” as the conflict with Hamas “isn’t just a Palestinian issue”. Harris added, “I think that we need to recognise that it’s an issue of security for Israel and for the state of Palestine.” She said that Gaza should…
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Israel was faced with a sophisticated attack from Iran
The US has said that it is “deeply concerned” by the air strikes carried out by Iran against Israeli aircraft and drones in the Middle East. “We…stand in solidarity with Israel,” a statement by the US, UK, France, Italy and Canada said. It added, “We call upon all parties to exercise restraint and exercise maximum…
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Iran launched a sophisticated attack on Israel
Iran used land-attack cruise missiles which could carry a ton of explosives, US State Department official Jeffrey Lewis said. “Iran has a lot of missiles that are very capable of reaching…Israel,” he added. The UN Secretary-General Antnio Guterres has said he’s “deeply alarmed” about the “very real danger” of “a devastating region-wide escalation” in the…
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Israel’s president says there is more to this battle than just between Israel and Hamas
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said that his country will “take action to prevent Iran from being able to manufacture rockets”. Netanyahu added, “It is very important to us that our allies…are not involved in the war in the Middle East.” Iran has fired thousands of rockets at Israel in response to an Israeli air strike…
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The voice memos stated that the phone and internet went out in Gaza for 34 hours
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said that his country will not tolerate any attempt to undermine Israel’s sovereignty. The PM’s remarks came as Israel began its fourth day of airstrikes in the Gaza Strip amid protests by Palestinians in the Middle East. Israel launched its air offensive on Saturday in response to incendiary kites…
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Iran’s foreign minister noted that armed groups are ready to discharge their weapons
US State Secretary Antony Blinken has said that if the US comes under attack from Iran or its proxies in the Middle East, it’ll act “swiftly and decisively”. His comments come amid rising concerns of the Israel-Hamas war spreading. The senior Hamas official based in Lebanon, Ali Barakeh, said that while Iran knows Hamas fights…
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The Israelis think the U.S. has constraints on action
Speaking from the Oval Office, US President Joe Biden said that the conflict between Israel and Hamas in the Middle East is a threat to the entire Middle East. “Therefore, I’ll be sending an urgent budget request to the Congress to fund America’s national security needs,” he added. Biden’s remarks came after Israeli PM Benjamin…
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Biden has an Unspoken message for Israel
The US is facing a shortage of ambassadors in the Middle East due to the recent Israel-Hamas conflict, an official said. The US has no ambassador to Egypt, Kuwait, Oman and the West Bank, the official added. Earlier this year, Vice President Joe Biden said that the US would not have a Ambassador to Israel…
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The Camp David Summit is a defining moment for Asian security
US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said that the Joint Summit on South Korea, Israel and the Middle East was not against anyone but for something. “It wasn’t for anyone but for something,” he added. US President Joe Biden, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and South Korean President Moon Jae-in met at the Camp David resort…
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Netanyahu and Biden trade barbs over a plan to weaken courts
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that the alliance between the world’s biggest democracy and Israel is “unshakable”. Netanyahu was addressing the Biden administration’s Summit for Democracy. “The alliance between the world’s greatest democracy and…strong, proud and independent democracy, Israel, in the centre of the Middle East is unshakable,” he added.
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The Senate is about to repeal Iraq War power authorizations
The US Senate has voted to repeal the war authorisations that supported the 1991 Gulf War and 2003 Iraq War. “There’s no justification anymore for allowing these authorisations to stay on the books,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said. However, he added, “I am opposed to Congress sunsetting any military force authorisations in the Middle…
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A treasury official stated that US monitoring and countervailingRussian intelligence services as part of the sanctions cracking
The US on Friday imposed sanctions on Russian and third-country actors that are “supporting Russia’s war effort” in Ukraine. It targeted over 200 individuals and entities, including both Russian and third- country actors across Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. It also imposed sanctions on companies tied to Russia’s aerospace, technology and electronics sectors.
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Egypt’s climate scientists share the hope of the 27th Conference of Parties.
The world is on a highway to “climate hell”, UN climate chief Simon Stiell said during the 27th Conference of Parties (COP27) on Monday. “We always want more,” he said. Countries need to conduct more of their own climate studies, especially in the Middle East and North Africa, which already experiences low rainfall and arid…