Former US President Donald Trump offered Jordan’s King Abdullah II control over the occupied Palestinian West Bank, a new book has claimed, in a secretive deal that shocked the monarch. In January 2018, Trump offered the “great deal” to King Abdullah w…
Lebanese turn to solar power after electricity failures
Hussein Shaker sat outside of his small shop in the Azmi neighbourhood of Tripoli, surrounded by solar panels of all sizes that were on sale. The 65-year-old engineer returned to Tripoli from Kuwait several years ago and opened up his store in 2015 but…
Qatar emir says country’s regional mediation role ‘pivotal’
Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani stressed on Wednesday his country’s “pivotal” role in mediation and reaching solutions through dialogue, in comments made to French media. Sheikh Tamim spoke of Qatar’s foreign policy and what the country has…
US Senators inch closer to receiving Abu Akleh report
The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee has passed an amendment demanding the State Department provide Senators with the report on the “shooting death” of Palestinian-American Al Jazeera, journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. The report was overseen by the U…
Putin says Russia doing ‘everything’ to get Iran in the SCO
Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed growing ties with Tehran as he met Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on the sidelines of a regional summit on Thursday. “On the bilateral level, cooperation is developing positively,” Putin said, as Moscow looks to…
Syria ‘not invited’ to Queen Elizabeth’s funeral
Syria is one of six nations that will not be invited to late British Monarch Queen Elizabeth’s funeral on 19 September, a Reuters report revealed. Syria, Russia, Belarus, Myanmar, Afghanistan and Venezuela will not be invited to the funeral, a foreign …
US establishes ‘anti-drone’ team in Saudi Arabia
The US military has established an ‘anti-drone’ team at Saudi Arabia’s Prince Sultan Air Base (PSAB) dedicated to combating the growing threat from unmanned drones in the region, according to reports. The base – comprised of both the Saudi and US force…
Somali envoy calls for more UN aid for country on brink of famine
Somalia’s special envoy to the UN sought Wednesday to draw attention to the gravity of the crisis in his destitute country in order to mobilise more aid. Millions of people are at risk of starvation across the Horn of Africa, which is in the grip of th…
Egypt agrees to free Al Jazeera journalist
Egypt has ordered the release of an Al Jazeera journalist held in pretrial detention, the Qatar-based network confirmed, as President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi concluded his trip to Doha on Wednesday. The decision will see Al Jazeera Mubasher’s Ahmed al-Naj…
Marvel’s ‘Captain Apartheid’ reveals Zionism’s kryptonite
On 10 September during Disney’s D23 Expo, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige announced the upcoming fourth Captain America film, Captain America: New World Order, and noted that among the side characters, will be a deep cut Z-list Israeli superhero f…