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Trump aims to drum up financial support for the US with his Middle East trip, but Iran and Gaza also hang in the balance.
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:Exclusive: Jordan profited up to $400,000 per Gaza aid airdrop, sources say Submitted by MEE correspondent on Thu, 05/08/2025 - 13:11 Insiders say Amman earned substantial money by facilitating aid deliveries into the war-battered Palestinian enclave Jordanβs King Abdullah II (left) aboard a military aircraft during an aid drop over southern Gaza, 27 February 2024 (AFP via Jordan Public Security) Off Jordanian...
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:UK and US leaders to hold separate media events outlining Donald Trump's first trade deal since global tariffs move.
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:The makers of new documentary βWho Killed Shireen?β say they have identified the Israeli soldier who shot her.
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:The former Microsoft CEO slams Elon Musk for his efforts to slash funding for US assistance to poor countries.
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:Concern for Saudi woman held in solitary confinement since February Submitted by Katherine Hearst on Thu, 05/08/2025 - 13:59 Mother of five Nourah bint Saeed al-Qahtani's health has sharply deteriorated in detention, rights groups say Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer meets Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the Royal Court in Riyadh on 9 December 2024 (AFP) Off Human rights groups have called on...
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:MP Shockat Adam says Starmer dodging issue of Gaza atrocities after Commons exchange Submitted by Imran Mulla on Thu, 05/08/2025 - 12:25 Leicester South MP said Keir Starmer failed to 'challenge a single fact' he raised at Prime Minister's Questions British Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers a keynote speech at the London Defence Conference in central London on 8 May (AFP) Off Independent MP Shockat Adam has...
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:Hamas blames 'individual' actors for rocket fire from Lebanon Hamas said "individual" actors were responsible for firing rockets towards Israel from Lebanon after it handed over several people, saying it was committed to the ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel. "The rocket launching incident was an individual act carried out by a number of young people... in reaction to the genocidal war and massacres committed by...
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:I once lived next to a Holocaust survivor. What would he make of Israel's starvation of Gaza? Submitted by Lubna Masarwa on Thu, 05/08/2025 - 14:09 Despite scenes of children andbabies whose bones poke through their skin, the genocidal calls from Israeli politicians are only getting louder Displaced Palestinian children gather to receive food at a government school in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on 19 February,...
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:Kyiv says deal βoperationalβ in a few weeks, hopes it will revive flagging US support against Russian aggression.
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:Iranian press review: Tehran uses phone tracking for hijab crackdown Submitted by MEE correspondent on Thu, 05/08/2025 - 13:15 Meanwhile, political prisoner goes on hunger strike demanding cancer treatment, commentators urge officials to resign over deadly port explosion, and conservatives slam new US sanctions An Iranian woman, not wearing the mandatory hijab, walks in a street in the capital Tehran on 12 December...
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:Red Cross denounces 'unacceptable' Israeli blockade on Gaza The Red Cross has denounced Israel's "unacceptable" blockade on aid entering the Gaza Strip on Thursday warning of a growing humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza. "It is unacceptable that humanitarian aid is not allowed into the Gaza Strip," Pierre Krahenbuhl, director general of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), told reporters in Geneva, adding...
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:Benjamin Netanyahu said he knew "with certainty" that 21 hostages were alive but the status of "three more" were unclear.
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:Five Iranian men were arrested on Saturday over an alleged plan to target "a specific premises", police say.
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:More than 100,000 men, women and children were reportedly forcibly disappeared by Bashar al-Assad's regime.
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:Almost 100 House Democrats sign letter urging Israel to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza At least 94 House Democrats have signed a letter urging Israel to immediately allow humanitarian aid into Gaza, saying it is βstrategically counterproductive.β In the letter addressed to Israeli Ambassador Yechiel Leiter and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, they said: βAs supporters of a strong US-Israel relationship, we write...
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:Trump picks Dr Casey Means, a close ally Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr for role.
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:Pakistan's military says at least 31 civilians killed and 46 others wounded in India's attacks.
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:Tens of thousands of people gathered in Vatican City's St Peter's Square as cardinals voted in first ballot.
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:NYC mayor sets police on Columbia pro-Palestinian protestors Eric Adams has just dispatched the New York Police Department to Columbia University after more than 100 students occupied the university library, according to reports.
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:Paris Saint-Germain beat Arsenal 2-1 at home to take their Champions League semifinal 3-1 on aggregate.
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:The Trump administration was also ordered in the case of Mahmoud Khalil to justify its use of a Cold War-era law.
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:President Donald Trump says US attacks on Houthi targets in Yemen will stop.
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:World Central Kitchen 'unable to replenish the stocks of food' for Palestinians in Gaza The World Central Kitchen (WCK) announced on its website that it had stopped operations in Gaza on Wednesday, adding that it "no longer has the supplies to cook meals or bake bread in Gaza". "Since Israel closed border crossings in early March, WCK has been unable to replenish the stocks of food that we use to feed hundreds of...
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:Ahmed al-Sharaa confirms Syria and Israel in indirect deconfliction talks Submitted by MEE staff on Wed, 05/07/2025 - 21:24 France slams Israeli bombing of Syria, calling it 'bad practice' French President Emmanuel Macron, left, and Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa greet each other after a press conference following a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on 7 May 2025 (Ludovic Marin/AFP) Off Syrian President Ahmed...
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:US student arrested after more than 100 occupy Columbia University Pro-Palestinian protesters occupied Columbia University's library on Wednesday, vowing to stay there as the school year ends. More than 100 Columbia University students occupied the universityβs Butler Library, saying they would stay there through the end of the school year. Public safety has attempted to kettle the building, and one student has been...
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:Black smoke rose from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, signalling that the papal conclave did not select a new pope.
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said that Donald Trumpβs tariffs are creating βa great deal of uncertainty.β
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:Interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa says Syria holding indirect talks with Israel 'through mediators'.
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:Social media users say Israel's war on Gaza 'greenlit' India's assault on Pakistan Submitted by Maysa Mustafa on Wed, 05/07/2025 - 18:48 Condemnations of India's attacks roll in as many draw parallels to Israel's behavior in Palestine Indian workers hang a billboard bearing the national flags of Israel and India in Ahmedabad, India, on 16 January 2018 (Sam Panthaky/AFP) Off Social media has been flooded with...
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:Two Israeli reserve soldiers wounded in West Bank shooting Two Israeli reserve soldiers were left wounded on Wednesday in a shooting at Rehan crossing near the city of Jenin in the West Bank, Haaretz reported on Wednesday. Israeli forces said in a statement that they are still pursuing the shooter. Yossi Dagan, head of the Samaria regional council, said that he expects the government to "flatten the Jenin refugee camp"...
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:Appeals court rules that Rumeysa Ozturk should be moved to Vermont A federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday that Tufts University PhD candidate Rumeysa Ozturk must be transferred from Louisiana to Vermont in a blow to the Trump administration. Ozturk was detained by immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) agents on 25 March. She is one of several foreign students in the US on legal visas who have been arrested by...
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:Israeli soldiers kill 20-year-old at West Bank City of Hebron checkpoint Israeli military killed a 20-year-old Palestinian man at one of the checkpoints at the south of the city of Hebron in the West Bank, reported Wafa news agency on Wednesday. The report says that soldiers manning a checkpoint at al-Fahs junction opened fire at Abdul-Fattah Ahed Ahmad al-Hreibat and killed him. The military has not yet released...
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Syriaβs interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa to Paris.
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:The central bank will hold steady amid economic uncertainty driven by tariffs.
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