An exclusive report by Al-Jazeera Mubasher reveals behind-the-scenes details of the visit of Mike Pence, former US Vice President, to Cairo on January 20, 2018, and the concessions that Cairo made on both domestic and [ More … ]
President Joe Biden is expected to call Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud on Wednesday, ahead of the scheduled release of a US intelligence report detailing the disappearance and murder of prominent journalist Jamal [ More … ]
A recent op-ed of The Washington Post criticizes the US State Department’s approval of a $197 million sale of naval surface-to-air missiles to the Sisi regime, while ignoring Cairo’s human rights bad record. Since taking [ More … ]
Iran has told the United Nations nuclear watchdog it intends to enrich uranium to up to 20 percent purity, a level it achieved before its 2015 deal with major powers at its Fordow Fuel Enrichment [ More … ]
Saudi Arabia wants the U.S. to act before Jan. 20, when President Donald Trump leaves office and Joe Biden — who has promised a tougher stance toward the kingdom — becomes president, the person said. [ More … ]
Under the agreement, Morocco will establish full diplomatic relations and resume official contacts with Israel. Israel and Morocco agreed on Thursday to normalise relations in a deal brokered with the help of the United States, [ More … ]
A resolution of the Gulf diplomatic crisis is in sight, with all nations involved “on board” and final agreement expected soon, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud has said. Until recently the three-year [ More … ]
Joe Biden’s campaign says Democratic candidate will be ‘the next president of the United States’ Joe Biden’s campaign all but declared victory in the US presidential election on Wednesday, saying the former vice-president had a [ More … ]
President Donald Trump has said the United States will remove Sudan from its State Sponsors of Terrorism list after the government in Khartoum paid compensation to victims of attacks. Trump, who is seeking re-election next [ More … ]
A new report has revealed that former Special Counsel Robert Mueller investigated links between the US and Egypt after $10 million was injected into the Trump presidential campaign 11 days before the 2016 election. The [ More … ]
The United States will unilaterally declare that United Nations sanctions targeting Iran are once again in force, breaking with almost every other UN Security Council (UNSC) member, including longtime allies! Virtually all UN sanctions on Iran [ More … ]
Democratic presidential front-runner says if elected this November he will seek regime change in Turkey In a newly surfaced video, the current front-runner in the US presidential race said he would seek regime change in [ More … ]
Turkish president says there could be a ‘new era’ in the Libyan conflict following a phone call with his US counterpart. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said “some agreements” have been reached with his [ More … ]
A Democratic House committee chairman said the investigation into arms sales might have been “another reason” for the firing of the inspector general, Steve A. Linick, reported the New York Times. The US State Department [ More … ]
Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund has bought minority stakes in major American companies including Boeing (NYSE:BA), Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) and Citigroup (NYSE:C), a regulatory filing showed, giving it a portfolio of nearly $10 billion in U.S.-listed [ More … ]
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