Washington, Jan 22 (IANS) Jared Kushner on Thursday unveiled a Trump-backed plan for Gaza that calls for an immediate surge in humanitarian aid, strict demilitarisation, and a sweeping reconstruction and economic revival, presenting the proposal at a Board of Peace signing ceremony during the World Economic Forum in Davos. The initiative is linked to President Donald J. Trump’s 20-point peace plan and United Nations Security Council Resolution 2803. It outlines a transition from a two-year war…
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Washington, Jan 22 (IANS) US President Donald Trump said the Middle East was more stable after talks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in Davos. He pointed to what he called progress on Gaza, continued pressure on Iran, and rising interest in his proposed Board of Peace.Speaking after a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday (local time), Trump praised Egypt’s role in regional diplomacy. “Egypt has been great,” he said.Trump said the talks…
Abu Dhabi, Jan 20 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Tuesday announced that the country’s President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has accepted the invitation from the United States to join the Board of Peace. The decision was announced by Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs. “His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed emphasized that the UAE’s decision reflects the importance of fully implementing President Donald J. Trump’s 20-po…
Washington, Jan 20 (IANS) US President Donald Trump on Tuesday shared screenshots of what seemed to be private text messages from his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron and North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Secretary General Mark Rutte. According to the message, Macron told Trump that he did not understand what the US President was doing in Greenland and offered to set up a G7 meeting in Paris following the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday afternoon.He even expressed support for…
Washington, Jan 16 (IANS) US President Donald Trump said the United States has officially entered the next phase of its Gaza peace plan, backing a newly appointed Palestinian technocratic administration and calling for full demilitarisation of Hamas, including the surrender of all weapons and the dismantling of tunnel networks.“As (Special Envoy) Steve Witkoff announced, we have OFFICIALLY entered the next phase of Gaza’s 20-Point Peace Plan,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social, referrin…
Dhaka, Jan 15 (IANS) Grappling with severe economic crisis, political instability and militant violence at home, Pakistan cannot afford to pursue a foreign policy driven by the ambitions of a security establishment which is eager to project power abroad even as stability at home remains elusive, a report highlighted on Thursday. Highlighting Islamabad’s diplomatic overstretching and doublespeak, it detailed how Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, along with senior cabinet members, includin…
Washington, Jan 15 (IANS) The United States’ decision to place Gaza under a technocratic Palestinian administration and move toward reconstruction could create future opportunities for Indian companies in the civilian sector, even as officials stressed that rebuilding will only begin after security and governance conditions stabilise.Senior US administration officials on Wednesday (local time) outlined phase two of President Donald Trump’s Gaza plan, which establishes the National Committee …
Washington, Jan 15 (IANS) The United States has moved Gaza into a new post-war political framework by approving a technocratic administration and launching phase two of President Donald Trump’s plan to end the conflict, marking the first explicit US-backed effort to remove both Hamas and the Palestinian Authority from governance in the territory.Phase two establishes a transitional technocratic Palestinian body — the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG) — and initiates a …
Jerusalem, Jan 14 (IANS) Pakistan’s track record of orchestrating bloodshed over decades cannot be erased by mere diplomacy. With the Gaza peace plan hanging in the balance, excluding unreliable actors like Pakistan is not just prudent — it’s critical for lasting stability, a report said on Wednesday. It stressed that the world has endured enough darkness spread by Pakistan-sponsored terror; it’s time to insist on clarity.According to a report in ‘One World Outlook’ in the US-initiated pos…
Sydney, Jan 10 (IANS) That Pakistan is fast becoming the next fertile ground for Hamas to rejuvenate and converge with other deadly terrorist groups operating in South Asia and the Middle East has been proven once again with recent viral videos showing a senior Hamas representative sharing stage with operatives of banned Pakistani terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) during a public event in Pakistan’s Punjab province. Reports suggest that the person in the video has been identified as senior H…