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UN envoy decries Israel’s move to expand illegal settlement

The UN’s Middle East envoy says he is “very concerned” by Israel’s decision to advance construction in an illegal Jewish settlement in occupied East Jerusalem that would make establishing a contiguous Palestinian state even harder, reiterating that “settlement construction is illegal under international law”. The move also risks angering the incoming US administration led by President-elect Joe Biden, who has opposed settlement expansion and hopes to revive negotiations over a […]

16 November 2020

International News

As he nears victory, Biden vows action on “day one: to halt covid crisis

Democrat Joe Biden said on Friday as he closed in on winning the US presidency he would he waste no time in addressing the COVID pandemic upon taking office. "I want everyone, everyone to know on day one we're going to put our plan to control this virus into action," Biden said in a late night address from his hometown Wilmington, in Delaware. Biden expressed confidence that he would defeat […]

7 November 2020

International News

Sudan, US sign agreement to restore sovereign immunity

Sudan and the United States have signed an agreement to restore the African country’s sovereign immunity. The Sudanese Ministry of Justice said in a statement on Friday that the agreement will settle cases brought against Sudan in US courts, including for the bombing of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998, for which Sudan has agreed to pay a $335m compensation to victims. Last week, US President Donald Trump […]

31 October 2020

International News

Another Arab state to announce ties with Israel in ‘day or two’, US official says

The United States expects another normalisation deal between Israel and an Arab country to be revealed in the coming days, according to the US ambassador to the UN. Ambassador Kelly Craft, in a televised interview with Al-Arabiya on Wednesday, would not identify the country in question, but said the deal was expected to be announced in "the next day or two". The United States has for months been pushing a […]

25 September 2020

International News

Supreme Court fight could elevate Kamala Harris’s profile

Kamala Harris is poised to become a leading figure in the Democratic opposition to United States President Donald Trump's Supreme Court pick, with her status as both a lawmaker and vice-presidential nominee putting her in the centre of the fight. The California senator is in a unique role following the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday. She is Joe Biden's running mate and a member of […]

22 September 2020

International News

Uncertainty hangs over shape of TikTok sale to US investors

China's ByteDance says TikTok's global business will become its subsidiary, even as Oracle Corp and Walmart Inc said recently that they and United States-based investors would own the majority of the video app following a deal with US President Donald Trump's administration. Trump signed an executive order on August 14 giving ByteDance 90 days to sell TikTok, citing concerns that the personal data of as many as 100 million Americans […]

21 September 2020

International News

Trump and Biden on the offensive as US general election kicks off

United States President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden took rhetorical swipes at each other on Monday as the presidential campaign entered its traditional homestretch on the US Labor Day holiday. Trump described Biden, whom he trails in national polls, as a threat to the economy and "stupid", while Biden took aim at Trump's reported disparaging of fallen troops. At a White House news conference, Trump said: "Biden and […]

8 September 2020

International News

Saudi Arabia tells US it wants fair solution for Palestinians

Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz told United States President Donald Trump that the Gulf country wanted to see a fair and permanent solution for the Palestinians, which was the starting point for its 2002 Arab Peace Initiative, the kingdom's state news agency reported on Monday. The two men spoke by phone following a US-brokered accord last month under which the United Arab Emirates agreed to become the third Arab […]

7 September 2020

International News

China fires ‘aircraft-carrier killer’ missile in warning to US

China has fired two missiles, including one dubbed an "aircraft-carrier killer", into the South China Sea, according to a news report, in a pointed warning to the United States as tensions in the disputed sea lane rise to new levels. The South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported on Thursday that Beijing fired one intermediate-range ballistic missile, DF-26B, from Qinghai province and another medium-range ballistic missile, DF-21D, from Zhejiang province on […]

27 August 2020

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