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Jordan's king warned US against assassinating Syria's Sharaa before Trump meeting Submitted by Sean Mathews on Thu, 05/15/2025 - 20:49 US senator says Trump foreign policy officials may have floated 'option' of assassinating President Ahmed al-Sharaa Left to right: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, US President Donald Trump and Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa meet in Riyadh, on 14 May 2025 (White House press...
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Israeli and US officials concerned Trump could push F-35 sale to Saudi Arabia Submitted by Sean Mathews on Thu, 05/15/2025 - 21:55 Trump's Republican allies are expected to push the sale of F-16s to Saudi Arabia in place of the more advanced F-35 fighter jets, officials say US President Donald Trump greets Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during the Saudi-US investment forum at King Abdul Aziz International...
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Israeli settlers assaulted a Palestinian woman who tried to stop a group from trespassing in the occupied West Bank.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Cannes Film Festival mourns Palestinian photojournalist Fatima Hassouna The Cannes film community mourned Palestinian journalist Fatima Hassouna on Thursday evening, cramming into theatres to watch the documentary about her life inGaza. She used to say this would pass, recalled director Sepideh Farsi ahead of a showing of Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk in the French Riviera resort town. "And it will pass. She is...
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:UN stresses adherence to principles of neutrality and independence in delivering life-saving humanitarian aid to Gaza.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Netanyahu only asked for 10 Israeli captives in latest offer, Hamas says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's latest offer to Hamas only demanded that the group hand over 10 Israeli captives from Gaza, Hamas representative Taher al-Nono said in a statement on Thursday. "Netanyahu says he wants only 10 captives, which means he does not care about the captives issue and is insisting on war," Nono said. "Any...
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Houthis vow to continue targeting Ben Gurion Airport Yemen's Houthi armed forces on Thursday declared the hypersonic ballistic missile fired at - and intercepted by - Israel a few hours earlier a success, given Israelis had to "flee to shelters and [halt] airport operations for an hour". The group, which has been the de facto government in Yemen for a decade, also said it would "expand its military operations" against...
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:A Wisconsin judge and a New Jersey mayor faced charges in two separate US courts on Thursday.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:AI chatbot Grok canβt stop talking about 'white genocide', admits it's by design Submitted by MEE staff on Thu, 05/15/2025 - 18:42 Social media users asked Grok a series of questions about 'white genocide', revealing that the bot was trained to keep mentioning it An image of the Grok logo, a generative artificial intelligence chatbot developed by xAI, and it's founder, South African businessman Elon Musk, in Toulouse,...
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:The president of the UAE announced plans to invest $1.4 trillion in the US over the next ten years.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Ben & Jerry's co-founder says US-funded 'slaughter' of Gaza not 'American way' Submitted by MEE staff on Thu, 05/15/2025 - 17:59 Ben Cohen was arrested during a Senate hearing for protesting against Gaza's war and 'starving kids' in the war-torn enclave Ben & Jerryβs co-founder Ben Cohen is removed by US Capitol Police while protesting against the blocking of aid to children in Gaza, on Capitol Hill in...
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Baraka's defence team say they will file a motion to dismiss trespassing charges pursued by the Trump administration.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Donald Trump's lawyers seek to stop judges' national block on executive order in case that could decide policy's future.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Israel intercepts missile from Yemen For the second day in a row, the Israeli army said its aerial defence system intercepted a missile on Thursday that it says was fired by the Houthis in Yemen.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Valeria Marquez, a 23-year-old beauty influencer, was shot dead during a TikTok livestream at a beauty salon in Mexico.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Approved UK arms exports to Israel skyrocketed under Labour, data shows Submitted by Dania Akkad on Thu, 05/15/2025 - 18:28 UK greenlit $169m in military goods to Israel in three months after a partial arms embargo Foreign Secretary David Lammy announcing the partial suspension of arms exports to Israel in September 2024 (Parliamentary Recording Unit/AFP) Off The UK government approved $169m worth of military equipment...
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Republicans have proposed the remittance tax as part of a broader push to crack down on undocumented immigration.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:As Trump snubs Israel, Gulf states flex their lobbying for an Iran deal Submitted by Sean Mathews on Thu, 05/15/2025 - 17:42 Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said an Iranian nuclear deal would increase regional investment, while Trump credits Qatar for pushing talks US President Donald Trump (L) and his counterpart, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, arrive at Qasr al-Watan (Palace of the Nation) in Abu Dhabi, on 15...
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Walmart is a bellwether of US consumer health and its statement is a signpost of the impact of the trade war.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Volodymyr Zelenskyy sends team led by defence minister for talks with Russian delegation in Turkiye's Istanbul.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:US Secretary of State Rubio: US 'not insensitive' to Gaza suffering US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters in Antalya, Turkey, on Thursday that he spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and that he expressed to him that Washington is troubled by the humanitarian situation inGaza. Rubio said the US was "not insensitive to the suffering" of people inGaza.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:The US and China have agreed to slash tariffs temporarily in a surprise breakthrough.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Bruce Springsteen accused the Trump administration of persecuting dissenters during a concert in the UK.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:US President Donald Trump paid a visit to US troops stationed in Qatar.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:The investigation comes amidst months of turmoil for the company, sending its stock plunging.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Federal authorities allege that Judge Hannah Dugan helped an undocumented man evade arrest by immigration agents.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Israel will not fund US-formed Gaza aid group, UN will not participate Israel's United Nations ambassador, Danny Danon, said on Thursday that his state will not fund the US-formed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, but will facilitate and enable it. The move bypasses the decades-long UN infrastructure in place to receive and distribute aid across Gaza. UN officials have slammed the US and Israeli decision, and on Thursday,...
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:We compare and contrast the 1948 Nakba with Israelβs ongoing genocide in Gaza.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:President Donald Trump praised the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi as βbeautifulβ.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Organised gangs are paid to carry out attacks and kidnappings, evidence uncovered by the BBC reveals.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Hamas praises Trump vision, urges him to use influence A statement from Hamas on Thursday has praised US President Donald Trump's vision for peace in the region, and urged him to use his influence to stop Israel's renewed war on Gaza. "Hamas has conveyed through all its communications, including with the US administration, its willingness to engage constructively with all international stakeholders to achieve this...
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:The BBC joins a convoy bringing families back to Homs, which saw some of the fiercest fighting.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Satellite images show building at sites in south Gaza after US says controversial Israeli aid plan to proceed.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Speaking in Qatar, the US President said that Iran has "sort of" agreed to the terms of a deal.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Tzeela Gez died from her injuries, but doctors were able to deliver her baby.
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