“The day that those hostages are released, the fighting will end.” In an interview with Al Jazeera, the Trump administration’s envoy for hostage negotiations Adam Boehler says he told Hamas that the US will “come for them” if…
Category: 3. Middle East
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Real Madrid defeated by Arsenal as Champions League holders fail to fire | Football News
Real Madrid’s Champions League defence ends with a tame 2-1 defeat in Spain by Arsenal, who claim a 5-1 aggregate win.
Arsenal have defeated defending champion Real Madrid 2-1 to reach the Champions League semifinals for the first time since…
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US Senator flies to El Salvador to help wrongly deported man | Crime
NewsFeed US Sen. Chris Van Hollen flew to El Salvador to try to free Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was wrongly deported by the Trump administration. The Maryland Democrat said Trump officials were “lying” about MS-13 ties and that El Salvador’s…
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Houthis report more than 12 new US strikes on northern Yemen – Middle East Monitor
US warplanes carried out more than 12 air strikes on Yemen’s northern provinces of Sanaa and Al-Jawf late Wednesday, according to Houthi-run media, Anadolu news reported.
“The American aggression launched 12 air…
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Russian, South African foreign ministers meet in Moscow – Middle East Monitor
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Wednesday met with his South African counterpart Ronald Lamola in Moscow for the 18th meeting of the Mixed Intergovernmental Committee on Trade and Economic Cooperation,…
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At least 50 killed after boat catches fire, capsizes in DR Congo | News
A motorised wooden boat with about 400 passengers caught fire and capsized near the town of Mbandaka.
A boat has capsized after catching fire in the northwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), leaving at least 50 people dead and hundreds…
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Is the US in a constitutional crisis? | Donald Trump
Frequent attacks by Trump administration on courts and the judiciary.
Attacks on judges and threats to defy the courts – highlights of the increasing tension between the Trump administration and US judiciary.
Some believe it’s a constitutional…
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Who will win the US-China trade war? | Donald Trump
US-China trade war escalates with huge stakes for the economies of both nations and the rest of the world.
The US and China are locked in a fast-moving trade war. It’s a game of brinkmanship.
Tariffs on both sides are now so high that commerce…Continue Reading
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‘Die-in’ held in Paris to protest killing of Palestinian journalists | Gaza
NewsFeed One hundred journalists staged a ‘die-in’ on the steps of the Opéra Bastille in central Paris to protest the killing of nearly 200 Palestinian journalists in Gaza since the war began. They laid on the steps in bloody press vests as…
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UK groups seek arrest warrant for Israeli foreign minister over Gaza war crimes – Middle East Monitor
Human rights groups have filed an urgent request for an arrest warrant for Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar during his current visit to the UK, citing his direct role in war crimes committed in Gaza,…
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