Joe Biden’s in-tray: The five key foreign policy issues
Author LUKE COFFEY January 01, 2021 ARAB NEWS Short Url https://arab.news/b7vaa Whenever there is a new leader behind the desk in the Oval Office, they are sure to be tested […]
GOP Sen. Ben Sasse slams Republicans who plan to delay certification of Joe Biden’s win
By Morgan Rimmer and Rachel Janfaza, CNN Updated 11:16 AM ET, Thu December 31, 2020 Washington, DC (CNN) GOP Sen. Ben Sasse wrote on Facebook Wednesday night that he has been […]
Trump wins title of Americans’ most admired man in annual survey
Newcomers to the poll include Dr. Anthony Fauci. 18 percent of the U.S. adults surveyed in Gallup’s annual poll named President Trump when asked which man “living anywhere in the […]
Iraqi interpreters ‘stalked by death squads’ for helping the British
By Nafiseh Kohnavard BBC Persian, Iraq Silhouettes of Ali and Ahmed with Nafiseh Kohnavard image captionTwo Iraqis who worked for the British army spoke on condition of anonymity “I am […]
Russia, Turkey to develop military ties despite US sanctions
By AFP – Dec 29,2020 – JORDAN TIMES A handout photograph taken and released on Tuesday by the Russian Foreign Ministry shows Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (left) welcoming his […]
Israel, UAE collaborating to eliminate UNRWA – report
In doing so, Abu Dhabi would be rallying to a long-standing demand from Israel, insisting for years that UNRWA is obstructing peace. By SARAH CHEMLA DECEMBER 27, 2020 Israel and […]
Feds investigate whether Nashville bomber motivated by ‘paranoia over 5G technology’
LOCAL NEWS by: Josh Breslow Posted: Dec 28, 2020 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Federal investigators are “looking seriously” at whether “paranoia over 5G technology” led an Antioch man to detonate […]
Nuro set to be California’s first driverless delivery service
Source: BBC California has given the go-ahead for a commercial driverless delivery service for the first time. Robotics start-up Nuro plans to start its driverless delivery operations as early as […]
U.N. Official Calls for Julian Assange Pardon; Trump Mulls Granting Immunity to Mohammed bin Salman
HEADLINEDEC 23, 2020 Trump is expected to grant more pardons in the coming weeks. On Tuesday, the U.N. special rapporteur on torture, Nils Melzer, urged Trump to pardon WikiLeaks founder […]
Time Magazine Athlete of the Year: Lebron James
Source: Time By Sean Gregory At 11:58 a.m. on June 8, LeBron James logged on to a video call from the living room of his Los Angeles–area home. As the clock hit […]
GSA: Trump’s unpredictability pushed Arabs to seek partnership with other powers
By Mohammad Mazhari International December 25, 2020 – TEHRAN TIMES TEHRAN – Chief executive officer of Gulf State Analytics (GSA) says that the “unpredictability” of U.S. policies under Trump’s presidency […]
Trump Team Weighs Immunity For Saudi Prince In Assassination Plot: Report
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 — […]
Putting a price on normalization with Israel
BY BATU COŞKUN OP-ED DEC 25, 2020 White House senior adviser Jared Kushner (L) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a news conference in Jerusalem, Dec. 21, 2020. (AP […]
‘We thought we were going to lose him for sure’: 3-year-old Missouri boy suffers coronavirus-related stroke
Source: Independent By Rachel Brodsky ‘If this had been anybody over the age of 40 or 60, they would have probably had a very different outcome,’ a pediatric neurologist said A 3-year-old boy in Missouri has suffered a coronavirus-related stroke, according to his family. Colt Parris had reportedly stopped eating and drinking last […]
Biden’s win-over: What entails Jordan?
Dec 24,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – Asmaa Al Twaissi Through Trump’s presidency phase, Jordan had been facing enormous pressures causing political tension in the American-Jordanian relations, particularly those with regard […]
In Iraq, Trump’s Blackwater pardons meet with cynicism, fatigue
By Mustafa Salim and Louisa Loveluck Dec. 23, 2020 BAGHDAD — The 2007 unprovoked killing of Iraqi civilians by Blackwater security contractors is remembered here as one of the most […]
‘Cheaper than water’: Iraqis angry but unsurprised over Blackwater pardons
An Iraqi man rides a bicycle passing by a remains of a car, burnt after Blackwater guards escorting US embassy officials opened fire in Baghdad on September 16, 2007. (File/AFP) […]
Israeli envoys, Jared Kushner visit Morocco after establishing relations
US presidential advisor Jared Kushner (L) and Israeli National Security Advisor Meir Ben Shabbat arriving in the Moroccan capital Rabat. (AFP) Short Url https://arab.news/g2nqs Israeli delegation led by Led by […]
President Donald Trump urged to pardon Julian Assange to ‘keep him out of the hands of the Deep State’
By Tristan Kirk@kirkkorner The fiancée of Julian Assange has renewed her pleas for a pardon from President Donald Trump to stop the Wikileaks founder “falling into the hands of the […]
White House advisors fear Trump’s final days
By Kevin Liptak and Jeremy Diamond, CNN December 22, 2020 (CNN)President Donald Trump has turned to a fringe group of advisers peddling increasingly dubious tactics to overturn the results of […]