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Trump Suggests Jordan, Egypt Take Palestinians; Hamas, Israel React

January 26, 2025 admin

Jerusalem: US President Donald Trump on Saturday floated the idea that Jordan and Egypt should take more Palestinians from Gaza, where Israel’s military actions have killed tens of thousands and created a dire humanitarian situation. The idea was welcomed by Israel’s far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, but Palestinian groups including Islamic Jihad and Hamas vowed…

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Trump wants Jordan and Egypt to accept more refugees, floats plan to ’just clean out’ Gaza

January 26, 2025 admin

Palestinians attend Friday prayers inside a mosque destroyed by the Israeli airstrikes in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, on January 24, 2025, days after the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas came into effect. | Photo Credit: AP President Donald Trump said Saturday (January 25, 2025) he’d like to see Jordan, Egypt and other Arab nations…

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Trump’s First Week In Office

January 26, 2025 admin

Donald Trump has shaken up America and the world in an extraordinary first week back in the White House that saw him remake the US political universe in his own image. On his first day, Trump signed more executive orders than any president in history, consolidating his power over every lever of the US government….

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U.S. Senate confirms Noem as Trump’s Homeland Security Secretary

January 26, 2025 admin

The U.S. Senate confirmed Kristi Noem as Homeland Security Secretary on Saturday (January 25, 2025), putting the South Dakota Governor in charge of a sprawling agency that is essential to national security and President Donald Trump’s plans to clamp down on illegal immigration. Republicans kept the Senate working Saturday to install the latest member of…

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What do Trump’s early decrees signal?

January 25, 2025 admin

U.S. President Donald Trump signed a number of executive orders and actions into force in the early days of his second term in office, which began when he was sworn in on January 20. Following multiple promises made on the campaign trail leading up to the 2024 presidential election, Mr. Trump controversially issued a spree…

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US President Donald Trump May Consider Rejoining World Health Organization

January 25, 2025 admin

Las Vegas: President Donald Trump said on Saturday he may consider rejoining the World Health Organization, days after ordering a US exit from the global health agency over what he described as a mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic and other international health crises. “Maybe we would consider doing it again, I don’t know. Maybe we…

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Flights Suspended For Over 40,000 Afghans Approved For Special US Visas

January 25, 2025 admin

Washington: President Donald Trump’s foreign aid pause has forced a suspension of flights for more than 40,000 Afghans approved for special US visas and at risk of Taliban retribution, a leading advocate and a US official said on Saturday. The stoppage was triggered by Trump’s order to halt foreign development aid for 90 days pending…

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Soumya Swaminathan on Trump’s Funding Remarks

January 25, 2025 admin

Hyderabad: Former chief scientist of the World Health Organisation, Soumya Swaminathan on Saturday said the US opting out of WHO would not be good for anyone including that country and contributions to the global health watchdog depends on the GDPs of respective countries. Hoping that the US, which has so much technical and scientific expertise,…

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Trump’s “Fiery” Call With Danish PM Over Greenland Has “Freaked Out” Danes

January 25, 2025 admin

The notion of the United States purchasing Greenland has been a topic of discussion for months, but recent developments suggest that President Trump’s administration is more serious about the proposition than initially thought. A “fiery” phone call between President Donald Trump and Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has reignited the debate over Greenland’s future, with…

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Trump’s Border Czar Homan, To Pope

January 25, 2025 admin

Washington: The war of words between US Border Czar Tom Homan and Pope Francis has escalated, with Homan firing back at the Vatican’s leader over his criticism of President Donald Trump’s deportation policies. In a televised interview, Homan accused Pope Francis of hypocrisy, pointing to the Vatican’s own robust security measures, including a wall around…

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