Archives for February, 2025

US President Donald Trump first unveiled his Gaza plan last week

Trump: Palestinians have no right of return under Gaza plan

Agence France-Presse

People gathered across Iran to mark the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution

Iran president says Trump aiming to bring country 'to its knees'

Agence France-Presse

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How vulnerable are UAE, Bahrain to Trump's 25% tariff on aluminum?

The United Arab Emirates is the second biggest exporter of aluminum to the United States after Canada, supplying $1.78 billion of the metal to Washington in 2024.

United Arab Emirates

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As Trump doubles down on Gaza plan, 69% of Israelis support idea despite concern

Three surveys show that Israelis support President Donald Trump's proposal to transfer Gazans to other countries and for the United States to take over the Strip, but are skeptical that such a plan could be implemented.

Three people were killed in the attack on the Nice church

Tunisian accused says cannot remember 2020 France church killings

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Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan (L) speaks during a joint press conference with Iraq's Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein (R), Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 22, 2023.

Turkey, Jordan, Iraq to hold first anti-ISIS summit this month: Turkish official

Top diplomats as well as Turkish, Jordanian, Syrian and Iraqi defense and intelligence chiefs aim to hold a first security summit this month as part of efforts to set up a regional anti-ISIS coalition, Al-Monitor has learned.

Vice President JD Vance will take part in an AI summit in France and then attend the Munich Security Conference in Germany along with Secretary of State Marco Rubio

Top Trump officials head to Europe for security talks

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Israeli forces have withdrawn from the strategic Netzarim Corridor as part of a fragile truce in Gaza

Palestinians back on key Gaza road as Israel withdraws

Agence France-Presse

Not too cold for exercise: a woman in Tehran jogs amid the snow

Iranian schools and offices shut as cold snap bites

Agence France-Presse

An Israeli soldier takes aim from a checkpoint in the Nur Shams refugee camp

Palestinians say Israeli forces kill 3 in West Bank raid

Agence France-Presse

Freed Thai farm worker Watchara Sriaoun, held hostage in Gaza for more than a year, is greeted by his family on his return to his hometown in northeastern Thailand's Udon Thani province

Thai hostage freed from Gaza says feels 'reborn' after return home

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Displaced Palestinians can now cross the Netzarim Corridor, a strategic zone cutting Gaza in two

Netanyahu praises Trump's 'revolutionary, creative' Gaza plan

Agence France-Presse

A member of the media tries out Sony's PlayStation 5 console during the Tokyo Game Show in Chiba City on September 26, 2024

PlayStation Network back online after 24-hour outage

Agence France-Presse

The five freed Thai farm workers arrived Sunday in Bangkok

Thai hostages freed from Gaza arrive in Bangkok

Agence France-Presse

A close friend to the US president, 67-year-old real estate magnate Witkoff is credited with playing a key role in negotiating the ceasefire in Gaza

Real estate mogul Steve Witkoff, Trump's man in the Middle East

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Iran's opposition abroad has recently been emboldened by the fall in late 2024 of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad

Thousands rally in Paris against Iran's leaders

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